Six years back, the release of 300, a graphic war story about an old old war forgotten to many, saw the emergence of a lot of things. Homage to one of the bravest hero-kings, a unique frame by frame adaptation of a comic book on the big screen, a young Fassbender, a popular war-cry and a shout out to Sparta!, a sudden increase in Gerard Butler's fan base and maybe most importantly, Zack Snyder and his ways of scaling up the 'ooohh!' factor in a movie. On the day that Zack Snyder's next movie, a certain Man of Steel, released its newest trailer, a journey he could never have taken but for the success of 300, Snyder has tweeted the first poster of the prequel to his old success, titled 300: Rise of an Empire.
Snyder would no longer be directing it but he's still associated with the movie, and so is Frank Miller and I hope that their presence in whatever capacity will not let us down. If the poster is anything to go by, things are looking good. It's got the comic book touch, the darkness of war reflected in the gloomy rain-filled clouds, and the red colour once again chillingly distinct from the backdrop. 300: Rise of an Empire would bring forth the story of Themistocles, an Aethenian general to be played by the unknown Sullivan Stapleton, who like King Leonidas in 300, took a stand against Xerxes and one of his allies, Queen Artemisia. The actual historical tale is once again interesting, and the fact that the battle happened more than twenty centuries back should allow the writers to take some liberties to build a strong and entertaining movie. While there is no Gerard Butler flexing his muscles here, Eva Green as Artemisia would be one of the highlights of the movie. In the coming months, more on the film would surely be marketed before eventually the battle begins in August. The beginning is good... and hopefully so would be the end! Ha-ooh Ha-ooh Ha-ooh!
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