Universal has released the teaser trailer for Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood, and it looks like they’re selling it as Gladiator Part II. Lots of epic battle scenes make the cut to the tune of a hard-rocking anthem, and it actually works pretty well. Russell Crowe looks to be in engaged in some full-on Maximus bad-assery, defying kings sheriffs, slaying dudes, and all that whatnot. We don’t see as much of Cate Blanchett as I would’ve liked, so I guess we’ll have to wait until the full trailer for some more Maid Marian.

Australian newspaper The Courier-Mail has also released the first official images from the film. I’ve posted a few of them below, but you can check out the rest by going over to their website. All in all, I’m impressed by what I’m seeing. Scott has proven himself to be more than capable of working with this kind of material, but I’ll admit that I did lose some confidence when early rumors of on-set troubles began to surface. It looks like they’ve put together something promising, though.

Check out the teaser and images below the jump! Apple also has the teaser in HD here.

Robin Hood is due out on May 14, 2010.

Tags: Cate Blanchett, Ridley Scott, Robin Hood, Russell Crowe