Hollywood star Paul Mescal, who is receiving a lot of positive response to his recently released movie ‘Gladiator II’, is set to host the upcoming episode of ‘Saturday Night Live’. Shaboozey was announced as a musical guest. Mescal and Shaboozey will be featured on the December 7 episode of ‘SNL’, reports ‘Variety’.

The upcoming episode marks the program’s first episode after a three-week hiatus for the Thanksgiving holiday. As per ‘Variety’, the ‘SNL’ episode will come two weeks after Mescal’s ‘Gladiator II’ hits theatres in North America. In Ridley Scott’s sequel to his 2000 best picture winner, Mescal stars as Hanno, the former heir to the Roman empire now forced to return to his home and fight as a gladiator.