Earlier in July, Peacock sent viewers back to the bloody sands of the Roman Colosseum with Season 1 of its new series Those About to Die helmed by Independence Day's Roland Emmerich. The show unfolds ...

The 'Silence of the Lambs' star is more of a featured player than a lead in Roland Emmerich and Robert Rodat's spectacle about power and bloodsport in 1st century Rome. By Daniel Fienberg Chief ...

Time is a Circus Maximus. Back in the early aughts, “Gladiator” conquered the box office before HBO established its bona fides as a home for sex, violence and big budgets with “Rome” a few years later ...

Did you ever watch a Roland Emmerich movie and think, "Wow, if only this had more plot, less spectacle, and ran an extra eight hours?" No?

Those About to Die streams on Peacock beginning Thursday, July 18. The real star of Those About to Die is also a reminder of televised George R.R. Martin adaptations – because it’s Game of Thrones’ ...