Overview
- The series debuts today on Starz in the US with two episodes, with new installments each Friday, and arrives on MGM+ in the UK on December 6.
- The 10-episode revival imagines Ashur surviving and rising to run Batiatus’s former gladiator school, with Nick E. Tarabay reprising the role.
- Early notices delivered a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score at press time, with praise from Variety, RogerEbert.com, The Wrap and Collider.
- DeKnight reports he was not asked to tone down violence or sexual content, keeping the franchise’s signature intensity intact.
- Cast preparation included a monthlong "Gladiator Camp" of daily combat and conditioning, with Tenika Davis, Graham McTavish, Ivana Baquero, Jamaica Vaughan, Jordi Webber and Claudia Black among the ensemble.