Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither was the talent of Academy Award winning, NAACP Image Award winning, and Golden Globe Award recipient Denzel Washington. Returning to the big screen and gracing us with his presence once more, Denzel Washington will play the character Macrinus in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II this fall.

Nearly 20 years after winning five Academy Awards including Best Picture, ‘Gladiator’ is returning for a sequel. Denzel Washington, two-time Academy Award winner, is in final negotiations to co-star in the upcoming sequel to the classic movie directed by Ridley Scott.