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THOSE ABOUT TO DIE – Review by Susan Granger

September 9, 2024September 9, 2024 Susan Granger anthony hopkins, Cinecitta Studios, drama series, Iwan Rheon, Jojo Macari, peacock, Roland Emmerich, Those About to Die, Tom Hughes, Year of Four Emperors

Director Roland Emmerich recruited Anthony Hopkins to head the cast and created a cutting-edge virtual production to replicate ancient Rome for his first television series Those About to Die, streaming on the Peacock network. This brutal, bloody sword-and-sandal epic explores despicable trickery and feverish gambling in the world of Circus Maximus chariot racing and, although it’s derivative, disjointed, repetitive and somewhat incoherent, it should whet your appetite for Ridley Scott’s upcoming Gladiator 2, scheduled for release later this year.