300 Sequel On The Way

Everyone had thought a 300 sequel was impossible, right? All the 300 Spartans are dead beside the story teller, how can they live to fight another day? Well they can't. This sequel takes place after the Battle of Thermopylae right before the Battle of Plataea and into the epic battle of course. This film might possibly come out in 2010 and they may start filming towards the end of this year if we're lucky. Zach Snyder will direct this one, so we are pretty sure it will have mind blowing cinematography and story telling. Frank Miller is currently working on the graphic novel that will inspire the film to greatness.

While the Battle of Plataea is not quite as epic as Thermopylae as far as odds are concerned, it is still a huge battle in it's own right. You know with Frank Miller's added creativity it will be more stylized than the actual battle. The only thing is they will need a big star to lead the Spartan army. Casting has not started yet but I'm sure they'll do a good job like on the last film.

The odds were still astonishing at 3:1 in favor of the Persians. The Persian's army numbered around 300,000 whereas the Spartan/Greek army totaled around 100,000. "A paltry 3 to 1" as the narrator said in the original film. There are all sorts of great moments that would be dramatic enough for the film. Like when a large portion of the Persian army was trapped in their camp, and slaughtered. There is also the pseudo retreat by the Greeks that enabled the Persians to charge in and meet their doom against the reformed Greco/Spartan lines. There is also the gathering of the Greeks and Spartans uniting together against a foreign threat. We saw the army that was formed in "300" but we didn't see the call to arms and political bantering to gain support against Xerxes army.

This film will do exceedingly well in theaters. It seems everyone really wanted to see what would take place in the next battle. Frank Miller and Zach Snyder's work has been doing exceedingly well lately. Snyder directed Watchmen which made 55 million and his directing career is just getting started. It is easy to imagine that as he masters the art, he will only improve. If they didn't want to make this film about the Battle of Plataea they could always make it about the Romans battling the Gauls with Julius Caesar or the Romans vs the Huns and Attila. Whatever route they end up taking, we can all be sure it'll be a great one.

By: Clarke Baldwin

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