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"

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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.

“Ive got a troop of 12 baboons who are carnivorous.

Trust me, these are real.

“CG allowed us to do things we couldnt do on the first,” explains producer Douglas Wick.

“We wanted to have a rhinoceros on the first movie.

Gladiator 2 opens in cinemas on November 15.