The Arena (2001 film)

The Arena
Cover image of VHS cassette
Directed byTimur Bekmambetov
Written byJohn William Corrington
Produced byRoger Corman
Sergei Livnev
StarringKaren McDougal
Lisa Dergan
Edited byDmitriy Kiselev
Distributed byNew Horizons Home Video
Release date
  • 28 August 2001 (2001-08-28) (U.S.)
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Running time
92 min.
CountriesRussia
United States
LanguageEnglish

The Arena is a direct-to-video film from producer Roger Corman on the subject of female gladiators. It is a remake of the 1974 The Arena with Pam Grier. It was shot in Russia by Kazakh director Timur Bekmambetov[1] with a Russian crew and it featured Playboy Playmates Karen McDougal and Lisa Dergan,[2] in their feature film debut, playing Amazon slaves forced to be gladiators in a Roman arena.