The first trailer for Gladiator 2 launched this week, 25 years after the Russell Crowe original was shot.

Even though director Sir Ridley Scott returns for the sequel, the new film with a ballooning budget certainly has a lot to live up to.

Gladiator is considered one of the greatest films ever made having stormed the box office, won Best Picture and Best Actor Oscars among others and arguably had a perfect ending.

Now Gladiator II is here following a grown-up Lucius with the first trailer…