Frank Miller does tend to get excited when his comic book properties are made into kick ass movies. We know he is planning to write brand new Sin City stories for future collaborations with Robert Rodriguez and now comes word from the producers behind the 2007 CGI heavy 300, that Miller is writing a another comic story set in the universe.
The plan is to adapt the prequel or sequel tale once Miller has published it.
Collider got the scoop out at the Saturn Awards on Tuesday Night.
Also planned is a Blu-Ray release of the original 300 (which I would expect to be one of the most gorgeous so far released).
Another interesting scoop the site got from the event was a juicy story of a new movie titled War of the Gods, a 300 esque CGI film from the visually stunning helmer Tarsem Singh (The Cell, The Fall). It will start filming in the first quarter of next year and will be another Greek movie.
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Awesome stuff. Some more of Miller’s sublime Sin City work would be much appreciated and anything tinged with Greek mythology gets my juices going. Bring ‘em all on!
It will most likely be the battle of Salamis, which followed Thermopylae–that’s been mentioned before. It certainly won’t be a prequel, since the only battle that could take place in that era other than Thermopylae would be the Battle of Marathon, which considering the way 300 ended, would make a movie about that battle redundant.
So what’s left then. A totally original story about a fictional battle durring the Greco-Persian wars? Again, redundant. Perhaps some story of nation-states trying to outwit one another and politlcal intrigue at home? Already did that in 300.
Whatever it is I’ll be on board regardless. Just hope if he’s going to call himself using a historical backdrop he at least stays a little closer to the actual history next time.
Too right JaySmack. 300 is a really enjoyable film, but it commits so many heinous crimes against historical accuracy it’s outrageous.
An adaptation of Xenophon’s Anabasis would make a good ancient Greek film if Miller wants to carry on in that vein. The epic tale of the ten thousand Spartans and their expedition through the Persian Empire has already been realised in a modern-day setting in The Warriors, but it could be fantastic as a fantastical period piece decked out in Miller’s mind-blowing aesthetics.