Battle of artemisia and that the two directors in the running are noam murro and jaume collet. She is the merciless and brutal leader of the persian navy and battles a greek fleet at the same time the 300 spartans make their last stand at thermopile. Rise of an empire plays fast and loose with the history, asks paul. The sequel to zack snyders 300, formerly known as 300.
Jul 16, 2011 weeks ago, the race to direct a sequel to zack snyder s 300 for warner bros. New details on 300 sequel battle of artemisia from xerxes. Though rise of an empire has lost the artemisia from its title, the movie will explain how that goddess manipulates xerses into going to battle against the spartans. While that battle from the first 300 is taking place, there were others going onactually, its all of this and then there is an intersection point with the first movie. The fleet is under the command of a greek woman queen artemisia of.
Eva green lets us know what we can expect from her character in 300. That wont stop hollywood from making a sequel, presumably without an spartans. Mar 14, 2012 rodrigo santoro in talks to reprise xerxes in 300. Rise of an empire 2014 artemisia s wrath scene 810 movieclips. Jun 28, 2011 snyder affirmed for fans that he would work on the next movie until the graphic novel was finished.
A sequel to this movie where nearly every character diedseemed completely preposterous. If the movies action recalls video games, the dramatically artificial. The movie will apparently take place alongside 300. The film sets up a final battle between xerxesartemisia and themistocles and its not giving away too much to say the movies conclusion. Rise of an empire trailer 3 2014 zack snyder movie. Battle of artemisia to star sullivan stapleton collider. That happened and while work went into the art, snyder began work on the screenplay. She survived the battle and did not meet her fate while engaging in combat. The thinking behind this one is pretty clear wed wager that joe. See what the real artemisia and themistocles would have looked like. Frank miller has already crafted the graphic novel on which the film will be based. Says sequel takes place at the same time as the original by matt goldberg march 14, 2012.
With akira set, warner brothers chooses director for. Battle of artemisia, and one of the men previously tipped as possible director, noam murro, has been chosen to helm the film. Rise of an empire sullivan stapleton animal kingdom, strike back stars as themistocles, who. Rise of an empire is a prequel, a side sequel, and a sequel to the original film, 300 2007, with the events in the followup taking place before, during, and after the events in the original. Rise of an empire eva green commands the screen and a large persian naval fleet in the highly entertaining notquite sequel to zack snyders 300. If you loved the first movie for all of its oiledup muscles. Both the 300 films are essentially about spartans going to war against the. The persian army led by mortalturnedgod xerxes and artemisia eva green. It is a sequel to the 2007 film 300, taking place before, during, and after the main events of. Upon learning he is alive, artemisia leaves to ready her entire navy for battle.
Rise of an empire movie is the battle of marathon in 490 bc. Sep, 2012 300 prequel is no longer battle of artemisia september, 2012 by tim isaac leave a comment ever since the first movie hit box office gold, warner bros. Update it has now been confirmed that rodrigo santoro will indeed return to play xerxes. Jamie blackley cast as second male lead in 300 sequel battle. Rise of an empire is a 2014 american period action film written and produced by zack snyder and directed by noam murro. Sullivan stapleton is apparently taking over the 300. Jamie blackley being cast in the 300 sequel, possibly called 300.
Battle of artemisia isnt necessarily a sequel or prequel to 300, as the events in the film take place at the same time as the events in 300. Jamie blackley cast as second male lead in 300 sequel battle of artemisia february 16, 2012 by. Jamie blackley cast as second male lead in 300 sequel. The huge success of this film led to a 2014 sequel called 300. When asked about the possibility of returning to the role, he had this to say. Rise of an empire pits themistokles against the massive invading persian forces led by mortalturnedgod xerxes, and artemisia.
Update rodrigo santoro talks about 300 sequel battle. Battle of artemisia role joel edgerton had once about us. Rise of an empire 2014 frequently asked questions imdb. Eva green has entered negotiations to play artemisia in the movie. 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. This acceptable sequel to zack snyders 300 was professionally directed by noam munro, though has some flaws and gaps. Joel edgerton may play themistocles in the 300 sequel entitled 300. Sullivan stapleton gets lead role in 300 prequel 300. This movie follows themistocles and the battle of artemisium, which coincidentally happens on the exact same three days as the battle of thermopylae which was the basis of 300. Jan 20, 2014 the battle of artemisium was a naval engagement, concurrent with the battle of thermopylae, and was fought between an alliance of greek citystates and the persian empire in september 480 bc, in. Rise of an empire 2014 my heart is persian scene 310 movieclips.
Jamie blackley cast as calisto in sequel jamie blackley is calisto in the 300 sequel. At that time it was unclear whether or not snyder would return to direct the movie, which is now titled 300. Rise of an empire is not so much a sequel as it is a companion piece to 300. The movie delivers all the necessary elements but their impact is dull. With akira set, warner brothers chooses director for 300. Battle of artemisia, the followup to zack snyders 2006 blockbuster 300, she continues this streak, playing artemisia, a character whos the equal to her costars, including on. But now that colletserra is in talks to take over the liveaction akira film from albert hughes, murro appears ready to grab the reins on 300. The movie presents double the barbarian ways of slaughter and kills weighing against the first part in the series. Battle of artemisia previously titled xerxes, which is the name of millers graphic.
Ew has confirmed that rodrigo santoro will be reprising his rule as villainous, golden ruler xerxes in the 300 sequel battle of artemisia as previously reported, eva green will play the title. The first trailer for director noam murros sequel 300. In the original 300 movie, historical flow was not distorted, there were only minor speculations, such as whether king leonidas and xerxes met to negotiate or not which is not so important since the actual battle in the original 300 movie and the events that followed were presented within reasonable limits. Rodrigo santoro who memorably played xerxes in zack snyders 300 was recently asked about the upcoming sequel battle of artemisia. The movie is set approximately 10 years before the events of 300. Rise of an empire gore, glamour, and a goth warrior maiden in a semi sequel to 2006s 300, a naval battle between the greeks and. While an american revolutionary war movie featuring 300s. Neither confirmed an official production schedule for battle of artemisia, but canton did say that. Artemisia is the main antagonist of the 2014 film 300. Originally titled xerxes, the movie is set to be a spinoff and not a true sequel, as those who watched the first movie to the end may probably have guessed. Deadline has the scoop that the film has now been retitled 300. The battle of artemisia have chosen sullivan stapleton animal kingdom to play one of the two key male roles in the film, though there has been confusion as to whether he.
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