Engxoxweni nentatheli yaseHollywood, umkhiqizi uPouglas Pet waphendula, njengoba izinto zenza nge-Sicvel "Gladiator" Ridley Scott. I-PEC yatshela ukuthi ukukhiqizwa kusesigabeni sokuqala, ngoba iskripthi sefilimu elisha asikakulungeli. Abadali abafuni ukuphoqa izehlakalo, bafuna ukuthuthukisa izindaba eziqinile nezithambile ezazingeke zibe ngaphansi kokwangempela. I-PEC iphawule:
Yebo, sisebenza ku-Sicvel. Ngicabanga ukuthi ngamunye wethu ophethe i-pita enkulu ebhekisa endleleni ifilimu yokuqala yaphenduka ngayo. Ngendlela, izimo eziningi, engathola naye ithuba lokukhuluma naye, ngavuma ukuthi: "Ngiyasaba ukuthinta lokhu" noma "angifuni ukukuthatha lokhu uma sithola uhlobo oluthile lomkhiqizo odlula." Vele, akekho noyedwa kithi obheka inketho enjalo. Ngakho-ke umsebenzi uya. Sonke sinomuzwa wokuthi ngokushesha nje lapho sinokuthile okuhle ephepheni, sizobe sesikulungele ukuthatha isinyathelo esilandelayo.
Mayelana nenhloso kaRidley Scott ukususa ukuqhubeka kwe- "Gladiator" kwaziwa ngoNovemba 2018. Mhlawumbe enkabeni yesakhiwo kuzoba ngumshana we-commor yasendulo yaseRoma. Khumbula, ifilimu yokuqala noRussell Crowe yashicilelwa ngonyaka ka-2000, wawina amaphrimiyamu amahlanu we-Oscar, okubandakanya umklomelo "ekuphakanyisweni kwefilimu okuhle kakhulu. Lesi sithombe sibiza ama- $ 103 wezigidi, futhi emabhokisini omhlaba aqoqa ama- $ 460 million.