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First Official Piece Of Casting For '300: The Battle of Artemisia'
Things are starting to move on the '300' prequel '300: The Battle of Artemisia,' despite the egregious fact that it isn't called '299.' The first bit of official casting has taken place and it looks like Sullivan Stapleton ('Animal Kingdom') has landed the lead. He won't, as some had supposed, be playing Xerxes, Rodrigo Santoro is in talks to reprise that part, but instead Stapleton will be taking on the role of Themistocles. This was the role for which the studio had originally wanted Joel Edgerton, but that didn't work out. Themistocles was an Athenian general who, like Gerard Butler's King Leonidas from '300,' battles the invading Persian armies. Frank Miller, who wrote '300,' is currently finishing the graphic novel on which this film will be based.
Don't get me wrong, Stapleton is a very talented actor, but I do find it funny that it seems like Warner Brothers couldn't get Joel Edgerton so they just settled on someone else from 'Animal Kingdom' instead. First of all, I'm glad Stapleton won't be replacing Santoro as Xerxes and that they are making moves to get him back for the prequel. Stapleton may be a relative unknown here in the states, which can foster doubt in his casting, but keep in mind that Gerard Butler was also a relative unknown when he did '300.' Also, I highly recommend 'Animal Kingdom' if you haven't seen it, a phenomenal film. It'll be interesting to see how Stapleton distinguishes himself from Butler's Leonidas. Doing a quick bit of digging on the actual Themistocles, the biggest difference between he and Leonidas, part from his being from Athens, is that he was a big proponent of having a formidable navy. Hopefully this means we'll get a few sea battles in the prequel.
What do you guys think? Has anyone seen 'Animal Kingdom?' Are you excited about the '300' prequel?
Source: Deadline
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Tags: 300, 300: The Battle of Artemisia, Animal Kingdom, Frank, Miller, Stapleton, Sullivan, casting, prequel
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Comment by corey vire on February 10, 2012 at 8:54pm
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The history channel already did this... Better.
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Comment by NotTheWhosTommy on February 9, 2012 at 10:58pm -
THIS. JOKE. GOT. OLD. FIVE. YEARS. AGO!
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Comment by dan smith on February 9, 2012 at 10:48pm -
Why aren't I being linked to IMBD for movie stuff?
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Comment by Justin Martyr on February 9, 2012 at 10:16pm -
@darth geekboy & @wes whiteside
Athens to Sparta: Greasy arse cried the kettle to the pot.
Besides, people were complaining about how historically innacurate the first 300 was, pedophilia is the only way to rectify this.
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Comment by PanchoCheeseCake on February 9, 2012 at 9:20pm -
I can only assume they will be fighting completely naked, like the irish did.
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Comment by Wes Whiteside on February 9, 2012 at 8:58pm -
@ darth geekboy - Let's hope Leonidas was only being sarcastic when he called the Athenians "boy lovers"!
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Comment by Tony*22 on February 9, 2012 at 8:36pm -
This should be interesting. Would like to see how it works out.
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Comment by demonknight on February 9, 2012 at 6:28pm -
I loved 300 when It came out like most guys did unless you were an idiot and you like girly movies like the Notebook or something!! Anyway I was hoping that they would find a way to to some kind of sequel or prequel to 300 so I can't wait to see this movie when it comes out im sure it will be awesome and trust me it will make tons of money, now if we can just get a sequel tothe awesome SIN CITY that would be great, Frank Miller needs to start writing that next !!!!!!!!!!!
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Comment by SpikeGhost on February 9, 2012 at 5:36pm -
i personally didn't like 300. So i don't really care for this news.
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Comment by Kian410 on February 9, 2012 at 4:35pm -
this is going to suck, and I'm not just saying that because I'm persian.
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