2026 is shaping up to be a big year for Russell Crowe, who is still riding high from the success of Nuremberg, his WWII legal thriller that was a smash hit at the box office and on streaming. Crowe began his year in 2026 with a new MMA movie, Beast, which is perfect for fans of The Smashing Machine (starring Dwayne Johnson). After an underwhelming box office run, Crowe’s Beast has become one of the biggest VOD hits of the year on platforms like Prime Video and Apple TV. Crowe is also hard at work right now filming his new Highlander movie with Henry Cavill and Dave Bautisa — he took to his personal social media a few weeks ago to share the first look of himself training to get into top-tier shape for his role as Ramirez in the film.
Fans have high expectations for Highlander, and understandably so considering the team of actors and creatives involved, but it will have a tough time topping Crowe’s most important action movie, Gladiator. Crowe teamed up with Ridley Scott in 2000 for the legendary historical epic, Gladiator, which is still viewed as a classic all these years later. Fans can’t stop watching Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator, either, which has led the film to charge back into the Paramount Plus global top 10 in more than 15 countries around the world. Gladiator is one of the few films in movie history to win five Oscars at the Academy Awards — Russell Crowe won the award for Best Lead Actor, and the film also scored wins for Best Picture, Best Costume Design, Best Sound, and Best Visual Effects.
What Is ‘Gladiator’ About?
Gladiator tells the story of Maximus Decimus Meridius (played by Russell Crowe), a Roman general who sets out on a revenge mission against a corrupt emperor after he murdered his family and sold him into slavery. Scott returned to the world of Gladiator back at the end of 2024 for the polarizing legacy sequel, Gladiator II, but Russell Crowe was completely omitted from the film as a star and producer. Crowe has since come out and expressed his discontent with this, saying that the entire film is an example of people not understanding what made the original such a success.
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- Release Date
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May 5, 2000
- Runtime
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155 minutes
- Writers
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David Franzoni, John Logan, William Nicholson
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