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.

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.

Denzel Washington is rising in Gold Derby’s Oscar odds for Best Supporting Actor for Paramount Pictures’ “Gladiator II,” according to our combined predictions. Many pundits are singling him out as the standout performance in Ridley Scott’s latest sequel,