Gladiator II is on the final cover of Total Film magazine, on sale in print and on digital newsstands on 10th October 2024. Sadly, GamesRadar have announced the closure of the long-running title, which launched back in 1997, offering a wide range of cinema, DVD and Blu-ray news, reviews, and features.
GamesRadar, which is owned by Future, publishers of PC Gamer, SFX, TV Times and more, continues to publish the comics-oriented website Newsarama as part of their GamesRadar offering, and the games-focussed Edge Magazine.
“It’s with a heavy heart that we announce that this will be the final issue of the print magazine,” the publisher says in a statement posted to the title’s social media channels on Facebook and X. “We like to think that this final print edition is a showcase of everything that Total Film magazine strived for, with a thrilling blockbuster on the cover, A-list interviews, fair and impartial reviews, smaller interesting movies nestled alongside the more mainstream fare, and above all else a passion for cinema radiating out of every page.
“In the cover feature, we’re talking to Ridley Scott, Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington and more about returning to the Colosseum for Gladiator II. From epic set pieces, to Scott’s unique approach to shooting, to Maximus’ legacy, it’s the perfect primer to this autumn’s most anticipated sequel.
“Print subscribers will receive their issue with an exclusive cover shortly (and our subscriptions team will be in touch shortly to discuss next steps).
“So for now, it only leaves us to say a huge thank you to all the staff, writers, designers and photographers who made Total Film print magazine what it was over the past 27 years. And we’d also like to express our endless gratitude to everyone who has read, subscribed to or otherwise supported the magazine.”
While the magazine itself is going away, Total Film‘s archive content and expert movie and TV writing will continue to live on at gamesradar.com/totalfilm
• Back issues of Total Film as far back as 2012 are available digitally via PocketMags
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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Shame, but I’m as guilty as anyone else by not reading it regularly enough.