300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

300 and One? More Spartans on Horizon

Posted on March 11, 2008

300With 300’s epic bloodbath matched only by its own epic gross, it should come as no surprise that the studios want to get working on a sequel. Producer Mark Canton was all smiles and winks when talking about 300 and expressed a strong interest in working with director Zack Snyder again. Canton seemed to imply that all they were waiting for was the thumbs up from Warner Bros. which can’t be all that far off.

Most assuredly Frank Miller and Zack Snyder would be courted and lured back for this story or the flick would most assuredly suffer. No news on what the story would entail, what battles it would cover, or when it would take place, or with who. Sparta was a dominate player for a fairly long period of war and faced off against both the Persians and other Greek states. The sequel could chronologically move forward to either the Battle of Platea (pictured briefly at the end of the film) where the Spartans, at full force, crushed the Persians. The Spartans also played a large role in the Peloponnesian War and even went against, and defeated Athens, on land and at sea.

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Source: SOS Hollywood

Spartans Come Back to Life in 300 Sequel

Director Zack Snyder in talks with writer/artist Frank Miller about the next chapter in the lives of the Spartans.

In the same way that comic fans were blown away by the compelling story and gory visuals of the original 300 comic books, movie fans were enthralled by the Zack Snyder-helmed film version when it was released in March 2007.

In fact, the film became the highest-grossing March-release film in history with $70,885,301 earned and still holds the top spot for a Spring release film. 300 went on to earn $456,068,181 worldwide and launched the careers of both Snyder and Gerard Butler, who captivated us as King Leonidas.

In Hollywood, those kinds of numbers can only mean one thing…sequel!

So, where is it? According to a recent interview, Snyder confirmed that he has had conversations with Frank Miller, writer/artist of the original 300 mini-series, and that the sequel will be based upon a follow-up graphic novel, which Miller will create. Snyder said that he will have no input into Miller’s graphic novel—and doesn’t want any—and that the story will take place between the Battle of Thermopylae and the Battle of Plataea.

Fans of the film will remember that Dilios (played by David Wenham) tells the story of King Leonidas and the 300 Spartans’ fall to a throng of soldiers to inspire them to victory:

"And so my king died, and my brothers died, barely a year ago. Long I pondered my king's cryptic talk of victory. Time has proven him wise, for from free Greek to free Greek, the word was spread that bold Leonidas and his three hundred, so far from home, laid down their lives. Not just for Sparta, but for all Greece and the promise this country holds. Now, here on this ragged patch of earth called Plataea, Xerxes's hordes face obliteration!"

Snyder has said that he will be directing the sequel and that he eagerly anticipates Miller’s graphic novel.

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