Earlier today, Peter reported on the race to the screen between two new Greek mythology epics inspired by 300. The flip side of this news is that both director Zack Snyder and 300 producers, Mark Canton and Gianni Nunnari (who are also producing one the aforementioned epics) confirmed to Collider at the Saturn Awards that a 300 sequel/prequel is finally bubbling.
“We’re working on sequel of 300, the prequel of 300,” said Nunnari. Canton chimed in with, “We’re looking to do another 300 and we’re looking for Frank Miller and Zack to do their thing. …Because we’ve had obviously around the world quite seriously such an amazing journey. It keeps on going. We’re talking about the genius of Frank Miller and Zack Snyder.”
In a separate interview, Snyder confirmed that if “something is cool” they’ll do it (isn’t this Hollywood’s MO right now?)…
“Yeah, I’ve talked to Frank a little bit about it, and he’s going to do something, I think he’s going to draw something. We’ll see what he does. If something’s cool we’ll make a movie out of it,” said Snyder.
There you have it! He’s going to draw something. For over a year, news about a follow-up to the game-changing green screen money maker has floated about the Net. Back in March ‘07, Miller was said to be prepping one, even. As for a storyline, nothing was offered up in these interviews. Previously some readers suggested that “a sequel could be made using 10,000: The Battle of Plataea or the naval Battle of Salamis.” Of note: Snyder is interested in returning, whereas some speculated that Miller—with The Spirit already campaigning hard in Geek Land—would helm.
Up next for Snyder after Watchmen is the animated owl fantasy, Guardians of Ga’Hoole. He also has The Tattooed Man on the burner. He is also quite flabbergasted that some people don’t “get” the commentary that is nippled regalia in Watchmen.
Discuss: Would you rather see a sequel, a prequel, see everyone involved simply stop with the original or see nothing at all (if the latter, don’t bum us out, thanks)?
Resurrected Discuss: Uh oh. Some commenters below still feel with a certain passion that 300 was not “historically accurate.”
June 27th, 2008 at 9:04 am
Nada.
June 27th, 2008 at 9:12 am
Please don’t let this bastardization of ancient greek history continue!!!
June 27th, 2008 at 9:15 am
awesome
June 27th, 2008 at 9:16 am
300 is no where near historically correct, but that was never the point. It was a fantasy
June 27th, 2008 at 9:44 am
Coincidentally, I just saw 300 for the first time the other night. Other than the abs on every Man, I didn’t think it was that great. Visually yes, plot, no.
June 27th, 2008 at 10:00 am
300 was all about the visuals. The plot really didn’t matter
June 27th, 2008 at 10:05 am
I saw the indy spin-off comedy “305″ at the Newport beach Film fest and was totally blown away. I thought it would be stupid, but they did a great job. It comes out on July 8th. You guys should check it out.
June 27th, 2008 at 10:12 am
I thought 300 was the most homo-erotic thing I have ever seen on screen. Coincidently, all the frat boys at my school loved it.
June 27th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Prequel is a great idea. Plenty can be done… it has been too long that should have been on this LONG AGO.
June 27th, 2008 at 10:29 am
@Aqualeo - You’re right, but why create a fantasy out of a story that’s completely routed in history? Especially Thermopylae, a defining moment in human history. 300 completely infantilizes everything these REAL MEN did. I can’t wait until we see a legitimate movie on the subject (I’m ignoring the ‘62 version).
In the meantime, I’d rather not see anymore from Miller/Snyder in this time period. Unless it’s MYTHOLOGY. That’s free game.
June 27th, 2008 at 10:30 am
I enjoyed 300 a lot, but I don’t want to see a prequel or sequel.
Leave it alone.
June 27th, 2008 at 10:57 am
What Frank Miller wanted to do with 300 was put his spin on it. He even said himself that it was not correct history but a comic book version of it.
Plus, you still get an idea of what they actually did at the end of the movie even if the way it was executed was not right.
June 27th, 2008 at 11:41 am
Snyder is talented, Miller is not. Zack would have to be crazy to not keep moving forward. He should stay away from comic book stuff after Watchmen for a while me thinks.
June 27th, 2008 at 11:44 am
300 was an incredible movie based on an incredible story. Even tho it wasnt based on exact history, it was still an amazing movie, very well put together. A sequel or prequel would be amazing. Considering that most of the story took place in a few days, there is plenty left before and after leonidis and his troops were killed. As a greek who has ancestry rooted in the areas in and around sparta i myself would love to see another movie based(tho not executed) in history.
June 27th, 2008 at 11:45 am
first off i enjoyed 300, the MOVIE and the COMIC book! still amazes me that people think it was a history channel episode or something. the movie/comic was one mans story about his king and the 300 that fought… it was nothing more then a rally cry, or a motivational speech to his fellow spartans as they prepared for battle against a army that outnumbered them… geez people if was just a movie! not HISTORY!
you want history– read a book!
June 27th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Yeah, it was specifically done in the “over the top” venue of filmmaking. For this category, as well as being inspirational amidst our time of cowards and anti-patriots, I can’t think of anything better. There were some dialogue things I would have changed, some pacing here and there, but ultimately it was a testimony to anyone who goes against the tide to take a stand when absolutely necessary. Visually, it was groundbreaking in several ways, and the characters, though maybe not perfectly ancient Greek ones, were believable and likable. Lena Headey as Queen Gorgo can outhot Megan Fox any day. It was one of those films that borrowed from other sources, obviously, but did it with enough of its own unique style that makes it worth watching. Anyone who sees it as homo-erotic is probably homosexual or has tendencies towards such. 90% of the story is about the king and queen and their “Spartan” love for each other that comes to fruition at the end of the movie.
June 27th, 2008 at 11:55 am
No Zack Snyder = NO BUENO
June 27th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
lets just stop with a sequel to everything please. You know sometimes one movie is enough and this is one of those times. I enjoyed 300 mostly (narrating got on my nerves) but I think the things it had going for it was its unique-ness which a sequel in its very nature cannot be.
June 27th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Anyone who claims 300 was not historically accurate wasn’t paying attention. If you actually watched it, it’s like Loki says… The movie was the story a guy was telling before battle to motivate his men. Of COURSE things were not accurate. Of course the hero was amazingly heroic, the men incredibly brave and the bad guy stood 9 feet tall.
Next we’re going to have people complaining Cinderella isn’t historically accurate.
June 27th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Silence, you whining wankers. Who cares about just history? Can you stop complaining about it and enjoy the artistic/imaginative side? If they stuck to the straight historical story, we’d be reading the petty high school literature we’ve heard time and time again. I, for one, want to see more, prequel or sequel. Narrow minded history snobs…
June 27th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
I would prefer a prequel, personally.
“Because we’ve had obviously around the world quite seriously such an amazing journey.”
Translation: It made a lot of $ :)
June 27th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
There is no need for this. Just let 300 die.
June 27th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
@ bryan harley
it’s just entertainment, man. if you want historical accuracy, read a book.
truthfully, i am glad that they did something that was so ridiculously over the top than try to go for historical accuracy and fail miserably.
@ greg
yes, it was. who cares? even if it was homoerotic, it was still the most righteously badass movie ever made. dare i say it, that might’ve been the most historically accurate thing about it.
June 27th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
I wasn’t trying to say anything negative about the homo-erotic aspects of it, perhaps I should have made that clearer. What I found bizarre about the movie, was that it seemed to demonize the Persians by making them erogenous, ala David Bowie,(somehow feminine males are weaker and more evil I guess) but at the same time, the Spartans themselves just seemed, well, homo-erotic, which is backed up by history as the Spartans practice man-boy love. But in the end, this was not a badass movie at all. It was a stupid, stupid movie.
June 27th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
i will end the discussion foe people who think they’re too cool to like 300.
300 is fucking bad-ass.
period
June 27th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
300 was great on it’s own. Visually spectacular, pumped up with testosterone, and it had everything it needed story-wise to keep the film going. If you want historical accuracy then look elsewhere (I suggest “The 300 Spartans”, a 1962 film of the same subject matter).
As for a sequel or a prequel, it’s not needed. Could it be good? Sure. Do I want to see it? Most likely not. If they rehash the same old tricks from the fist one then no. I’m afraid to see “The Spirit” because it looks too much like “Sin City” to me.
Why don’t they try some original material?
June 27th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Movies are for entertainment
Documentaries are for education
The creators never said it was historically accurate so why do some people bitch about its accuracy?
You have a choice to watch a sequel or not. Don’t ruin it for those who would like to see one. Obviously, the popularity of 300 makes it clear that enough people liked the movie regardless of historical accuracy, it made money. A prequel will also because there are plenty of people who will pay to watch it. Now go back to your anal-retentive little hole and stfu.
June 27th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
i think some people take this stuff waaaaay to seriously.
you can grumble, you can debate, you can argue….
….fact is, that this movie “killed” (no pun intended) in the theaters and on dvd …….
wtf (why the f**k) wouldnt they want to make another?
this movie may not have been historically correct, but i think thats the main reason why it did so well in the box office and beyond!
you live in such a small world if you think movies (which are acting, and faking to begin with) are supposed to be historically correct to get the message across to the masses…you idiots! thats what books are for!
movies are for the fanatics in us all, the ones who needed the visual stimulation wtf (who the f**k) cares if its true or not?
as long as its entertaining me, i could care less if it was true or not, truth comes from history books and remembering what you learned in school.
who watches movies to learn history anyway?
you have got to be kidding me guys c’mon..wake up!
June 27th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
If anyone would care to re-read my comment I said nothing about historical inaccuracies. I didn’t like the fact that they took a true story and told it as a fantasy, when it would’ve been better based in reality. Just my opinion.
June 27th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
And the ‘62 version was terrible. Again, something I noted in my original comment. Don’t you people read?
June 27th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
I remember way back seeing adds in a Sin City comic book announcing Sin City 300 bc as coming out. I don’t think historical accuracy was ever the point. They got a lot of good material there to play with. I can see it now “480:the fall of Athens”.
June 27th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
That was actualyl a very good movie!
JT
June 27th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
I hit on this idea for a sequel/paraquel scenario: Show the battle of Plataea, and meanwhile,”back home” in Lacodaemon…
…Leonidas’s son is going through his egoge, and that is to climb the mountain and kill the traitorous Ephors. They’re the only thing standing in his way to inheriting his father’s throne. This way we preserve the “bigger picture epic vs. parlour drama” tack the the first film took.
Yeah, the kid’s barely six. But Gorgo and her Senator friend are threatened by some of Theron’s adherents and they decide to push the kid into his rite of passage early. Hey, he’s a Spartan…he can handle it…
June 27th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
The prequel to 300, tentatively titled The 299?
June 27th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
I know I’m in the 1 percentile here, but I didn’t care for 300. I couldn’t relate to the story I guess. I still think Gladiator was better. Not only was 300 not accurate, but it wasn’t even a good film.
Dare I say that The Number 23 was better? Yeah, I said it.
June 28th, 2008 at 7:39 am
I don’t know if anybody realized, but the whole movie was told by a man rallying an army. That is why the movie was insanely bias and portrayed the Spartan Army as such jacked, fierce, and courageous men. Sure in real history there was no minotaurs and huge monster type things. We know it wasn’t true, but did the Greeks back then? No. To the normal average citizen of the Greek peninsula, there could have been those animals and monsters in battle. Heck how should they have known?
June 28th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Shakespeare wasn’t historically accurate either. His plays are still great entertainment. Of course there are those idiots who think that anything in a movie based on history is accurate, but that is why they are idiots. They are like people who watch a movie based on a book hoping that it will be a substitute for reading.
I would enjoy seeing a well made movie that presents a more accurate account of ancient Sparta, but that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy a fiction like 400. This type of liberty rarely bothers me. It doesn’t here.
June 29th, 2008 at 12:21 am
I think it is pointless to debate 300’s accuracy. In reality it is beyond inaccurate. It’s nowhere close to the actual events, plus the more spectacular battle was just before that - the Battle of Marathon - where a vastly outnumbered Athenian force repelled the Persians back to the sea. The Spartans showed up only after the battle, despite the runner who sprinted 120 miles to Sparta to enlist their help (ie, the famous Marathon legend). The actual force that kept the Persians back during the events of 300 numbered more than 3000; also, a major Greek force was there, but withdrew AFTER it was discovered the Persians were about to surround them.
One last point - the chances are good that it was the Athenians that bribed the Spartan oracle (they had done this before). The Persians actually had a beef with Athens, thanks to a beef between them and Xerxes’ grandfather.
But 300’s major faux pas? The Spartans were actually the ‘boy lovers’ :)
Really, though, who cares? The movie was awesome, but I doubt a prequel would be a good idea. 300 was an unexpected one-hit wonder. Any more movies from that franchise, much like The Matrix, would just pale in comparison and risk changing it all into a big movie cliche. Besides, Miller’s often-jingoistic stories are usually only good for a single punch.
July 1st, 2008 at 11:45 am
How could anyone say that 300 was a bastardization of history. It was originally a huge success for Frank Miller in dark horse comics. it was based on The 300 Spartans movie that frank saw as a kid. Zach Snyder just wanted to make a great comic book movie. He never wanted to offend anyone by making this movie. I loved the movie because I’ve been following Frank’s work for years, and I will for years to come. Next you’ll hear someone say Sin City was offending crime bosses and its not historically correct.
Joker
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:50 am
I really thought the movie was something new and really enjoyed it. I would love to see a sequel to this film. I kind of think that the prequels are getting old and want something new.
July 3rd, 2008 at 8:56 am
300 was killer. I’d love to see a movie that serves as a prequel and sequel simultaneously. Those are fun. Everyone almost always agrees tha the original was teh best; except for the case of, say STAR WARS, where the second film to be created remains at the top of the list. I saw 300 in the theaters four times. I’ll go back and see another movie about these characters for sure!
July 8th, 2008 at 3:18 am
i loved 300 but shouldnt it been called 302? 300 of their best soldiers plus the captain and king lionides.. anyways i would to love to see a prequel the movie ended with plataea and the sequel should start with battle of plataea and move on to the navel battle of salamis
July 20th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Frank Miller has always described 300 as a campfire tale. To me the sum of its parts is greater than the whole. I enjoyed the movie first as a Frank Miller fan and loved that, although Snyder followed the comic closely, it wasn’t as choppy as Sin City. I could not believe the unbelievable conditioning the actors endured and appreciated that they fit the part rather than slapping a rubber bat suit on any old actor willing to suffer for the cash. I was surprised that my wife enjoyed the movie more than I did but testosterone dripping he-men seem to get that reaction from women which probably explains a lot of the box office. Also, it was visually entertaining and had many memorable scenes. Many movies have left a bigger impression on me and without a doubt this movie doesn’t come close to be in the top 1,000 of all time but it sure as hell is better than 90% of the films crapped out on an annual basis.
July 31st, 2008 at 5:34 am
I hope they make a sequel but not a fantasy one. Tell the real story, the real story is better than fantasy crap. The battle of salamis, the battle of marathon, the battle of thermopylae, the battle of plataea. All awesome stories. I just want to better understand what happened and what it would have been like to be a greek at the time.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
For every one of you who argues that it is not historically accurate, you are correct. 300 was based on the graphic novel, 300, which was based on a real event called the Battle of Thermopylae. There were far more than 300 soldiers in the real event, thousands of Greeks fought on land and on sea. Perhaps only 300 (301 if that doesn’t include Leonidas) Spartans attended. Perhaps 1000. History is written by who won the fight, so we’ll never know how many actually fought, but that has nothing to do with this movie nor the book it is based on. 300 wasn’t realistic because it was based on a fantasy novel. If you want a ‘real’ version of 300 look in your local Wal-Mart for a low-budget edition, which will probably be called The 300 Spartans or something of that sort.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Hate when I think of extra things after I post…
Spartan Phalanx was mentioned in the movie yet rarely followed. I thought this was good though, because it would be rather dull to see spartans huddle together like a giant wall of turtles and poking people to death.
As for that random scene of homo-sexual women, I think it has a reason. Xerxes thought he was a ‘god on Earth’ and more than likely at the time homo-sexuality was a taboo. The fact that he breaks this taboo makes him seem eviler?
August 6th, 2008 at 9:45 am
its just a movie so all of you stop complaining about, what movie is accurate, just accept the fact that hollywood is just a bunch of idiots trying to make money