Watch: Two new Exodus: Gods and Kings videos highlight Ramses’ relationship with his father Seti and with Moses

Another day, another featurette for Exodus: Gods and Kings — and this one, without quite saying so, draws perhaps the closest connection between this film and Gladiator of any video to date.

Note how it focuses on Ramses’ relationship with his father Seti, who thinks Moses would make a better Pharaoh in his place than Ramses, his own flesh and blood. That’s eerily reminiscent of how Marcus Aurelius wanted Maximus to succeed him as the Emperor of Rome rather than his own son Commodus, no?

The question now is whether Seti will die in his sleep or whether someone will, um, intervene, the way Commodus killed his own father to become Emperor.

In any case, here is the new featurette, via Coming Soon:

And now for the screencaps. First, some context-less close-ups of Ramses:

Seti gives Moses and Ramses their swords, and Moses looks at Ramses:

Seti waves as Moses and Ramses go to their chariots:

Ramses at the Battle of Kadesh:

Another shot of the Memphis palace, possibly from after the battle:

Seti sits on his throne, with Moses on his right (!) and Ramses on his left:

Seti (on his deathbed?) tells Moses, “I trust you more than him to lead.”

Ramses sits on the throne at his coronation:

Moses rides a horse while inspecting the construction site at Pi-Ramses:

Insects swarm around a building during one of the plagues:

Ramses looks to the side, at the wall of water, as the tsunami approaches:

The film’s Facebook page also posted a 14-second video today to announce the “global premiere” that will be taking place on December 3. It includes a few new shots from the scene where Seti gives Moses and Ramses their swords:

An Australian interview with Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton also went up on MSN yesterday, and it has some interesting quotes from the co-stars, but no new footage.

Check out earlier videos and my shot-by-shot trailer analyses here:

• The first trailer (July 8, 2014)
• The ‘The World’ featurette (September 3, 2014)
• The ‘Locations’ featurette (September 10, 2014)
• The ‘Costume Design’ featurette (September 17, 2014)
• The ‘Creating the Action’ featurette (September 24, 2014)
• The second trailer (October 1, 2014)
• Micro-interviews with Christian Bale and Ridley Scott (October 17, 2014)
• Interview with Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton (October 21, 2014)
• Interview with Ridley Scott (October 28, 2014)
• The ‘Something Is Coming’ and ‘Two Brothers’ TV spots (November 3, 2014)
• The 3D featurette (November 8, 2014)
• The ‘Out of My Control’, ‘Follow Me’ and ‘Remember This’ TV spots (November 10, 2014)
• The third trailer (November 10, 2014)
• The ‘Strength’ clip (November 11, 2014)
• The ‘Miriam’ clip (November 18, 2014)
• The ‘Ridley’s Epic World’ featurette (November 19, 2014)
• The ‘What Makes You Happy’ clip and the Relevant featurette (November 21, 2014)
• The Entertainment Tonight report (November 23, 2014)
• The ‘Moses’ featurette (November 24, 2014)