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Total Film
Total Film
Entertainment
Matt Maytum

Advances in CGI means Gladiator 2 can achieve what was too risky in the 2000 original, which is why we're getting 12 baboons, a "real rhino", and a "massive water battle with sharks"

Gladiator 2.

What do you get when you cross a rhino, a shark, and a dozen baboons? Remarkably, it's not the start of a cheesy stand-up set. It's actually just some of the zoo's worth of animals that have been crammed into Gladiator 2. 

"I’ve got a troop of 12 baboons who are carnivorous. Trust me, these are real. And they look real," Scott tells Total Film in our final issue out on Thursday, October 10, which features Gladiator 2 on the cover. 

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