"Gladiator" is widely hailed as one of the best historical epics of its time, telling a classic hero's journey about a betrayed Roman general rising through the gladiator ranks to avenge his wife and child.

Ridley Scott’s highly anticipated Gladiator 2 must cross $568 million at the box office to break the director's 7-year record of highest-grossing year.

Paramount Pictures released a new trailer for Ridley Scott's Gladiator II on Monday. "It is an art, choosing gladiators. They're usually prisoners of war," says Denzel Washington, who plays Macrinus,