Spencer Treat Clark

The official title for Paramount's highly-anticipated Gladiator sequel has been officially unveiled as Gladiator II. Artwork from the sequel was spotted by CinePop at the annual Las Vegas exhibitor convention CinemaCon, where movie theater owners from around the world gather. The title was seen on a shield affixed to a number of epic statues at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, where the convention is held.

Since crew members were reportedly injured in a fire, the Gladiator 2's set has been thrown into disarray. The Sun revealed on Friday that six crew members had to be rushed to a hospital after being engulfed in a fireball. In Morocco and the Sahara desert, the much awaited sequel has been shot.

Paul Mescal is racking up roles. According to Deadline, the actor, who appeared in "Normal People," is reportedly in talks to appear in a sequel to Ridley Scott's "Gladiator." This news comes more than two decades since the original film's debut, which earned five awards at the 2001 Academy Awards, including best picture. The sequel is set to take place years after the events of the first film, which resulted in the honourable death of its hero Maximus (Russell Crowe). In the first film, Mescal would play Lucius, the son of Lucilla, who appears briefly as a young boy, played by Spencer Treat Clark. Lucilla (Connie Nielsen), Maximus's uncle and niece to the tragic Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), is the former lover of Maximus and sister to the sadistic Commodus.