Maximus is sent into a life of slavery and fights in the gladiator arena to avenge his slaughtered family and Aurelius.
The 80-year-old director is currently working on the TNT sci-fi series Raised by Wolves, on which he will make his television directorial debut that will shoot in South Africa.
Almost two decades after the original Oscar-winning historical drama hit theaters, Gladiator is coming back to the big screen as Ridley Scott is moving forward with a sequel with Peter Craig (Top Gun: Maverick) attached to write, according to Deadline.
Scott is well-known for his work on the Alien franchise, including the most recent installment Alien: Covenant, and most recently directed the 2017 crime thriller All the Money in the World based on the J. Paul Getty kidnapping.