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Variety wrote:Legendary Pictures has confirmed it is developing a "300" follow-up for Warner Bros. that Frank Miller is writing and Zack Snyder is intended to direct.

Miller is writing the graphic novel the project will be based upon, although at this point it's not clear whether it will be a prequel or spinoff. Most of the characters, including Gerard Butler's King Leonidas, died in the original, making a follow-up tricky.

Snyder won't officially commit until after he sees Miller's take, but he's definitely interested, and the prospect of his involvement already has fanboys in a tizzy.

Legendary, which also co-financed and produced Snyder's "Watchmen" for Warners, considers the project a major priority.

"The vision of Frank Miller's universe that Zack Snyder brought to the screen in '300' is unlike anything ever seen before," said Legendary topper Thomas Tull. "We want to be certain that the story originates with Frank and be as compelling as the first."

Another "300" has been rumored from the start, but last week Snyder and the original producing team stoked a frenzy online when they talked about it at the Saturn Awards.

It won't necessarily be easy for the team to repeat their success, however.

Spinoffs of bloody actioners can prove challenging, especially when the main characters kick the bucket the first time out. Warners would surely like to cash in on "I Am Legend" again, but would have to find a way to deal with the fact that star Will Smith's character died at the end. Producers tried to figure out how to revisit "Gladiator," but they too were hampered by the fact that the star character, played by Russell Crowe, expired in the original. A second "Wanted" could also prove tricky for Universal given the violent deaths of so many characters.

SirThinks2Much wrote:How can you have....another 300? The number's going to be all wrong whether it's a prequel or a sequel.

ICv2 wrote:Miller is writing the graphic novel that the film will be based upon, but it’s not known whether it will be a prequel or a spin-off [spoiler](it can’t be a sequel since King Leonidas and his band ended the first film by attending a banquet in Hades courtesy of the Persian hordes).[/spoiler]

SirThinks2Much (post: 1240624) wrote:How can you have....another 300? The number's going to be all wrong whether it's a prequel or a sequel.

bigsleepj (post: 1240789) wrote:I suspect the sequel will be a crazy sort of post-modern mish-mash where Frank Miller and Zack Snyder both travel to the real Battle of Thermopolae and find that Quentin Tarantino and Samuel L Jackson have set themselves up as warlords bent on conquering the world. Or maybe all this is just a drug induced fantasy of three movie fans that are spending time on a boat in the Aegean. Then there's a confusing part where a sleeping Spartan dreams about three American teenagers on a boat, only to be woken by Frank Miller dressed in a toga. They then go to battle, only to realize that all this is the dream of a butterfly. The movie then ends as Homer Simpsons steps on the butterfly.

bigsleepj (post: 1240789) wrote:I suspect the sequel will be a crazy sort of post-modern mish-mash where Frank Miller and Zack Snyder both travel to the real Battle of Thermopolae and find that Quentin Tarantino and Samuel L Jackson have set themselves up as warlords bent on conquering the world. Or maybe all this is just a drug induced fantasy of three movie fans that are spending time on a boat in the Aegean. Then there's a confusing part where a sleeping Spartan dreams about three American teenagers on a boat, only to be woken by Frank Miller dressed in a toga. They then go to battle, only to realize that all this is the dream of a butterfly. The movie then ends as Homer Simpsons steps on the butterfly.

Fish and Chips (post: 1240796) wrote:The only route they can take with this is an examination of the Spartan who returned. Yes, he is a hero for sounding the alarm and carrying the king's dying will, but to do so he returned, "Retreated" from the field of battle, which might lend him a strong sense of shame. The battle of Salamis is an afterthought.

Fish and Chips (post: 1240796) wrote:The battle of Salamis is an afterthought.

EricTheFred (post: 1241060) wrote:Afterthought? One of the most decisive naval battles in all of History is an afterthought???

Navy men get no respect at all, I tell ya...

Technomancer (post: 1241067) wrote:I'm outraged! Salamis was really the decisive battle of the war, and even Plataea was no sideshow.

initialdfreak wrote:Personally I didnt like 300 too bloody and some of the content I thought just wasnt appropriate

ShiroiHikari (post: 1240725) wrote:You know Hollywood's out of ideas when they want to make sequels of movies in which all or most of the principal characters DIED.

Fish and Chips (post: 1240796) wrote:The only route they can take with this is an examination of the Spartan who returned. Yes, he is a hero for sounding the alarm and carrying the king's dying will, but to do so he returned, "Retreated" from the field of battle, which might lend him a strong sense of shame. .

Technomancer (post: 1241564) wrote:I believe he died at Plataea, there's a reasonably detailed discussion of him in the book "Persian Fire".

Saj (post: 1241457) wrote:Wait wait wait wait wait wait...... Alien 5??? huh???