300 Prequel goes Xerxes
Even though the 2006 film 300 has already some what faded away with it’s popularity, that still does not stop comic book writer and movie director Frank Miller from conjuring up a prequel. Miller has already penned up a script and the title for it is Xerxes. Along with that, a smidgen of the plot is revealed especially what battle it will be focusing on. There has been much speculation for some time that the prequel would center on several battles, but instead Screen Rant confirms that it will be the battle of Marathon.
There is one other major question that we have not answered, and that’s if Gerard Butler will be returning to play the role of the courageous and cunning character King Leonidas. Unfortunately the actor will not be returning to reprise his role, but that won’t stop Legendary Pictures from finding another character in Miller’s script to be casted and conquer this feature. Frank Miller is also putting together at the same time a graphic novel that will intertwine the two stories together before the film comes out. Zack Snyder, who originally directed 300 does show interest in helming this prequel but is waiting to see the final results from Miller’s graphic novel and script before he commits.
300 was a fun, action packed romp that really put director Zack Snyder out there in all of our fanboy radars before he was attached to direct Watchmen. The thing is, do you find it necessary for them to continue on with a prequel? Or do you think that they’re cashing in on a cow that’s already withered away and died?
