But instead of setting the prequel during a time where the same actors in 300 can reprise their roles, miller is going back a little further to introduce new characters and focus on the rise of xerxes. If the movies action recalls video games, the dramatically artificial lighting. Following a successful film adaptation, a lesssuccessful film sequel, and years of delays, miller has returned to the world of 300 with a spinoff series called xerxes. The violence in the new movie is artificial and fantasybased, but extremely bloody, with many fight scenes, slicedup bodies, severed heads and limbs, and huge gushes of spraying blood. The warner bros and legendary pictures logos are seen on doors that open up to reveal the mural of leonides and the 300 spartans. The sequel continues the story of the 300 spartans that laid down their life to defend greece against xerxes, the persian king rodrigo santoro, and his enormous army. Bloody 300 sequel boasts different agenda from recent. Frank millers 300 sequel finally arrives in april screen rant. The original film delighted in a gory retelling of ancient spartans locked in an epic battle against a brutal persian invasion. The fall of the house of darius and the rise of alexander, the longawaited followup to the book that many consider writerartist frank millers magnum opus has been given an official release date by publisher dark horse comics. Rise of an empire isnt a sequel to 300 as much as a parallelquel, catching up with the athenianled grecian forces at the same time that 300s king leonidas and his. The fall of the house of darius and the rise of alexander, finally gets a release date. However, even a terrible sequel wasnt enough to kill the hunger for glorified spartan. The historical inaccuracies in 300 today i found out.
If it was, it would include the arcadians and the phocians and all the other greeks that were also at that battle. Rise of an empire, was released in 2014 and collected huge profit at boxoffice. Frank miller returns to the world of 300 with xerxes. While 300 was never a film that needed a sequel and really deserved not to have one as a proper sequel could never be concocted rise of an empire ultimately gives us the events that surround the actions of the spartans as they chose not to cooperate with the rest of greece to fight off the invading persians. Personally i would love to see some sort of sequel or a different war with the spartans, as long as it was in the same visual and. We just wish rise of an empire made it a bit clearer that this is a prequel telling a story apart from that of 300s. Rise of an empire trailer 2 2014 300 sequel movie hd movieclips coming soon.
Funny that hollywood glorifies spartans, they were a society that kept white slaves, and you are as much a descendant of those slaves than of. Both the 300 films are essentially about spartans going to war. The huge success of this film led to a 2014 sequel called 300. There are very few epic movies, whose sequels are going to be released in future and 300 is also one of them. It is based on xerxes, the yetunpublished sequel to the 300 graphic novel, both written by frank miller for dark horse comics. It didnt collect more than the 1 st part, but managed to collect large amount at boxoffice. And with an eyecatching use of a superimposition chroma key camera technique, it proved to be one of the most visually striking movies in the 21st century. Rise of an empire almost makes it seem as though that movie will tell the story of the rise of the spartans, which it doesnt.
Ive loved the story ever since i saw the 300 spartans, starring richard egan. Watch the movie trailer for the 2014 sequel to zack snyders 2007 film 300. Battle of artemisia opens august 2, 20 guillermo del toro s monster movie pacific rim has been moved from may 10, 20 to july 12, 20. While king leonidas and his 300 spartans have their date with destiny at thermopylae, another battle against the persians is brewing, this time at sea. Greek general themistokles leads the charge against invading persian forces led by mortalturnedgod xerxes and artemisia, vengeful commander of the persian navy. Thats something that director zack snyder tried to emphasize when his spartans defended their homeland in 2006s 300. It was released on march 7, 2014 after lingering seven years in development hell. New details on 300 sequel battle of artemisia from xerxes.
Identifying some of these historical inaccuracies, starting from spartas then. When a fleet of ancient spartan ships makes its way across the mediterranean, folks are delighted to welcome it, but, all too soon it becomes apparent that there is more to them than meets the eye. The movie delivers all the necessary elements but their impact is dull. Despite the awesomeness that is the 300 film and the sequel the epic battles, the amazing directing, the incredible cinematography by zack snyder, and all the impressive special effects our mission in this site is very specific, and thus, this article focuses on the historical inaccuracies of this movie. Trying to make a sequel to 300 by telling more of the events of the persian wars would be ridiculous. Its the way the lone surviving spartan told the story to the other spartans to get them psyched up for an epic battle with the persians. Those who remember 300 know that xerxes was the godlike villain of the film who led the persian army into battle against 300 oiledup spartans. Reporting from the 34th annual saturn awards, talked to mark canton, gianni nunnari and bernie goldmann, the producers of 300.
Frank miller returns to the world of 300 with xerxes vulture. The film was directed by zack snyder, while miller served as executive producer and consultant. Haha soo funny a trailer for a 2018 movie having only clips from the 2 other 300 movies and nothing new at all. Instead, the movie could pick up from the end millers sequel and have.
For the third part of 300, the plot will mostly not involve spartans fighting against the. Rise of an empire is a 2014 american action film written and produced by zack. It is a sequel to the 2007 film 300, taking place before, during, and after the main. Director zack snyder seems intent on taking the premise of the 300 franchise. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. It is a sequel to the 2007 film 300, taking place before, during, and after the main events of that film, and is very loosely based on the battle of artemisium and the battle of salamis with considerable altering of historical facts. In many way its a paint by numbers sequel as such although the timeframe of.
Cinema urteilte, regisseur noam murro beweise ein inszenatorisches. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. The last stand of the 300 spartans top documentary films. Rise of an empire pits themistokles against the massive invading. Filled with blood and gore, 300 sequel is actionpacked. Despite that film s unique visual style, it told a story of heroes that. Of future 300 movies that take the action away from ancient greece. Whats the bloody 300 sequels beef with antiwar movies. Adapted from the book by frank miller, this is a modern retelling of the battle of thermopylae of 480 bc, when the 100,000 strong invading persian army of king xerxes was held. Few recent tentpoles have lent themselves less naturally to a sequel than zack snyders 300, a movie in which nearly all the major characters died, while a brief coda showed a unified.
Rise of an empire is the sequel to the violent hit 300, with the story taking place before, during, and after the events of the original. This documentary, the spiced version of western history books as to what happened and the movie 300 are all full of crap. Themistokles reiste zuerst nach sparta, um leonidas zu bitten, spartas flotte zur verfugung zu stellen. With frank miller releasing his own comicbook sequel to 300 this year, fans are asking whether there will be a third 300 film to make a spartan trilogy. The original film delighted in a gory retelling of ancient spartans locked in. The movie is about the 300 spartans, not the persian wars. Will 300 get another sequel, heres what zack snyder says. What did you think of zack snyders 300 movie and the sequel.
Rodrigo santoro, who memorably played the kinky and goldladen xerxes in zack snyders glossy gore fest 300, has revealed some surprising new details about the films in. Superman and finally justice league, while still mourning for his lost. Based on frank millers latest graphic novel, xerxes, and told in the breathtaking visual style of the blockbuster 300, this new chapter of the epic saga takes the action to a fresh battlefieldon the seaas greek general themistokles sullivan stapleton attempts to unite all of greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war. Rise of an empire is the film sequel to 300, directed by noam murro and written by zack snyder and kurt johnstad.
With sullivan stapleton, eva green, lena headey, hans matheson. The film was directed by zack snyder and stars gerard butler as leonidas i revered king of sparta, lena headey as leonidas wife queen gorgo, dominic west as the traitorous councilman theron, david wenham as diliosone of the 300 spartans that. Both are fictionalized retellings of the battle of thermopylae within the persian wars. It was filmed mostly with a superimposition chroma key technique, to help replicate the. Rise of an empire trailer 2 2014 300 sequel movie hd. Leonidas and his 300 spartans and the battle of thermopylae. Whereas such films condemn the horrors of war, the 300 sequel relishes it. King leonidas of sparta and a force of 300 men fight the persians at thermopylae in 480 b. Rise of an empire the title is meaningless is a follow up to the first film where the spartans have died. Its why gerard butler is still out there making movies as one of. Although its easy to see the zack snyderdirected movie as being a mere cross. But what will feature in the next 300 movie remains a mystery. What is the timeline between 300 and 300 rise of an empire.
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