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Xerxes Is Returning To Play Xerxes In 300: BATTLE OF ARTEMISIA!!
The Kidd here...
You can't certainly have a movie about Xerxes without Xerxes involved, so it's nice to hear the news from Deadline that Rodrigo Santoro is returning to reprise his role from 300 in the follow-up of sorts, 300: BATTLE OF ARTEMISIA.
There's been some shifting as to what 300: BATTLE OF ARTEMISIA will actually entail, with the initial plan being to follow Frank Miller's Xerxes, which followed Xerxes and his search to become a god, starting 10 years prior to the events of 300 and carrying up to where the first film picked up. It's now starting to appear that Noam Murro's film will be more of a companion piece to 300, taking place at about the same time as the Spartans' stand, just from a different angle in the expansion of Xerxes' empire.
300: BATTLE OF ARTEMISIA is set to start rolling sometime this summer.
-Billy Donnelly
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why why why why
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....Shit
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March 16, 2012, 12:50 p.m. CST
also i was first where is my prize that everyone thinks they get
by Kyle Hoschar
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And his MONUMENTAL 7 mile solo deep dive into Marianas Trench? I have not heard about this anywhere, even the news. This is crazy.
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March 16, 2012, 12:57 p.m. CST
Erm...so we'll be seeing 300 again but from the other side of the ridge?!
by Can
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March 16, 2012, 12:58 p.m. CST
The idea of seeing his rise to "God"-hood sounded a least a bit better than this!
by Can
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March 16, 2012, 1 p.m. CST
appeal of the first film = Snyder signature style + Gerry Butler's charisma
by Spandau Belly
and they are choosing to make a sequel without either of those
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This one is the not neededest.
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So in the very least it'll make good wanking material, considering she'll probably be naked half the movie.
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whats the worse that can happen? Plus, these actors have bills to pay and the gotta eat.
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Hope there's more buff men ripped like Hulk's shirt. And I'm not gay, I just appreciate well turned out bros.
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Incest is not the best! Jamie Lanister is a perv Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
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Actually, I think that does make you gay.
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Has anyone really been clamoring for a sequel to 300? I really enjoyed 300, but as a one-off.
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Where we get little perks of the original film from a different angle. Neat idea, but who is the protagonist/hero? Are we supposed to root for Xerxes?
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I never thought of the Game Of Thrones connection!
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Sounds like an ideal project for Pedro Almodóvar.
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He will always be Takes A Shit Guy to me
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Theres so much spooky shit in and around the Marianas trench(Extraterrestrial related) that i wouldn't be surprised if camron keeps a firm "lid on it till" he can properly "filter" his findings for readily deceived masses
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Theres so much spooky shit in and around the Marianas trench(Extraterrestrial related) that i wouldn't be surprised if camron keeps a firm "lid on it till" he can properly "filter" his findings for readily deceived masses
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According to imdb Peter Mensah played, The Messenger in 300. Until this talkback I remembered his character as Xerxes. Shows how much attention I paid. Has Peter Mensah signed on too? After Spartacus he must be a pretty big deal now.
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The complete opposite of what the BROS who loved 300 would care to root for? That guy? And the movie is all about him? This is going to flop.
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...in that article, including the headline. That's an average of once each line.
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March 16, 2012, 3:45 p.m. CST
Why are you people crying about this? This sounds great. 300 was a lot of fun. You whining bitches won't be happy with anything until your dismal lives improve and no movie will do that for you
by torontoxic
What do you mean 'you people'?
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woopee. not to mention a very gay movie that also spouted against 'boy lovers' while they paraded around looking really gay. that movie made no damn sense. xerxes was no more gay than gerard butler and his army, lets be honest. oh the irony...
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March 16, 2012, 4:25 p.m. CST
I hope it has the scene where he orders a river to be chained and branded with hot irons for having the temerity to wash a bridge away that his troops built
by in6087
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I've read that there's anywhere between a few feet (a meter) or more of dead/decaying organic matter on the open area at the bottom of the sea. So thick and fine that if it's disturbed, it can be hours before it's clear enough to see again. That is if you have any light as it's blacker than a woodchuck's asshole down there. But give Cameron credit - his brother probably invented half the tech that would allow this submersible to get down so deep without killing his brother or the various cameras he'll bring along. We might get lucky and get some footage of one of those hot vents - life teaming and thriving off a sulfur rich environment also potentially similar thing at the bottom of Europa's oceans orbiting Jupiter. And I agree with you guys about the sequel - yet another movie without a need for a sequel. But the wall of dead dudes was pretty cool though.
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Since 300 is fresh on everyone's minds, and all.
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300 was a great action flick... if you thought it was "gay", you brought those feeling with you... am i striking a chord with you? i suppose rambo was totally gay also? he didnt have a shirt on for most of his movies...
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March 16, 2012, 4:57 p.m. CST
with that being said... there is no need for this movie
by THE_ONE_MAN_GANG
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March 16, 2012, 5:52 p.m. CST
Look up Cyrus the Great and tell me that wouldn't be an awesome movie...
by mdk
Won't happen though since Iranians are the current "bad guys du jour".
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March 16, 2012, 5:54 p.m. CST
Xerxes... how about the time he burned Athens yo the ground, felt bad about it, so paid to rebuild the whole thing?
by mdk
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March 16, 2012, 5:57 p.m. CST
300 was not gay! Where was the gay sex? So what if Xerxes is freak? The best villains are deranged. I will watch this remake for sure since the premise works for me.
by uberfreak
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how could you all forget!
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apologies @syn_flood
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I'd like to see a Xerxes and Darius centric story myself
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March 16, 2012, 8:26 p.m. CST
I don't know why people are puzzled as to when this story takes place ...
by berserkrl
because it's easy enough to google: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_I_of_Caria
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Was that the real story of Thermoplae (which Miller did capture some elements of) was far more interesting and cinema worthy than the stuff Miller made up. Xerxes crossing the Hellespont, the nuances of Spartan society, the Helots, the intrigues with Athens all make for great cinema. mutants and grotesques are just so cliche.
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March 16, 2012, 9:17 p.m. CST
Jim Cameron is one a quest to find those NTI's from The Abyss
by lv_426
Abyss part II anyone? I'd watch it.
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March 16, 2012, 9:20 p.m. CST
Or maybe Cameron is making a found footage underwater sci-fi thriller?
by lv_426
3D found footage James Cameron flick, plus a 3D IMAX documentary about his dive in the Mariana Trench to help finance Avatar II, Avatar III, and Battle Angel in the coming years.
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March 16, 2012, 9:21 p.m. CST
Maybe Jim can throw some money to Sir Ridley for an epic adaptation of The Forever War?
by lv_426
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He and his group will be departing from apra harbor today. Water has been rough lately, so his exploration down the trench may be delayed until seas are calmer.
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March 16, 2012, 9:25 p.m. CST
This will be an ancient Greeks vs. Persians naval battle film
by lv_426
Could be cool. Isn't it supposed to be The Battle of Artemisium, not Artemisia? I still say the Anabasis, or March of the 10,000 would be awesome to see in movie form. Maybe it is just too epic even for Hollywood and all the fancy pants special effects technology we have these days?
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You flyboys crack me up.
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We all knew it was inevitable but this is just pathetic greed...
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That caricature is one of the worst things ever. Figure that shit out.
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A movie based on Anabasis? People would say it's a rip off of THE WARRIORS.
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you are not even getting his native language right, for fuck's sakes! i guess i now know why 300 is popular, it appeals to ignorance. 300, the most homoerotic homophobic movie ever made.
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his shit post are full of ignorance and animal rape because he's a backward ass sheep fucking Iberian cunt
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I hated the first film but love Eva Green, I'll probably just wait for this to be on TMN and watch it then. I sat through 10 episodes of that dreadful Starz CAMELOT for Eva, I can sit through one dreadful 300 sequel
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Despite the fact that the 300 aren't actually in the movie. That's like making a stand-alone movie about Doctor Octopus and putting 'Spider-Man' in the title. It's only purpose is to tell the seething masses of stupid people that the movie takes place in the same world as some other movie.
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March 17, 2012, 11:28 a.m. CST
Oh rreally? Did anyone ask for this?
by JohnCarters PaleBloatedCorpse
More Muscle Mary's in leather speedos? At least the first one had some original visual flair - which then turned out to be little more than the Z.Snyder-One-Tric-Pony (TM) as demonstrated in his other works.
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March 17, 2012, 2:01 p.m. CST
ARTIMISUM! 300: Battle of ARTIMISUM! For the love of God, they announced the change in November of last year.
by ShadowVoyd
Outside of Rodrigo Santoro returning, that name change was the one solidly positive thing about the movie to happen to date.
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Hire Javier Bardem
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March 17, 2012, 4:07 p.m. CST
300: The Sequel That Is Not About The Same 300 Guys, But Which We're Afraid To Release Without Reminding You About 300 In The Title
by IronSkillet
Next up: Eight Men Out: The 1978 Super Bowl
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March 17, 2012, 6:01 p.m. CST
xiphos_2, i do know a lot about ignorance, i have read your posts.
by AsimovLives
you provide great insights into the ignorant mind. thank you.
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