Gladiator II is Scott's biggest chance to prove to many that he is far from a spent force and can still craft groundbreaking movies.

Gladiator 2, the follow-up to Ridley Scott's original 2000 movie, may have only just arrived, but you might already be wondering: will there be a Gladiator 3? With 24 years between the original and the sequel,

Nearly 25 years after the first Gladiator stormed into movie theatres director Ridley Scott has called the sequel to the swords-and-sandals epic that starred Russell Crowe and won the Oscar for best picture his finest work as a filmmaker.