300: Rise of an Empire

300: Rise of an Empire is an upcoming 2014 American-Israeli action film directed by Noam Murro. It is a follow-up to the 2007 film 300, taking place before, during, and after the events of that film.The cast includes Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Callan Mulvey, Hans Matheson, and Jack O'Connell. The cast also includes Lena Headey, Rodrigo Santoro, and David Wenham, reprising their roles from the first film. It is scheduled to be released in 3D and IMAX 3D on March 7, 2014.The composer for the film is Junkie.

Earlier the movie was entitled as '300: Battle of Artemisia' but then it was decided that it will be entitled as '300:Rise of an Empire' Even though all the heroes of 300 ended up thoroughly dead, Zack Snyder's 2007 actioner was a big success and spawned quite a few imitators, so it's getting the franchise treatment, with a new film that has been described alternately as a prequel, a sequel, and a spin-off. Whatever it is, the film has a new title.



Directed by Noam Murro, the new film centers on Greek general Themistokles as he tries to unite all of Greece. Most of the plot is set concurrently with Leonides' battle in the original film, with Themistokles leading the charge against the invading Persian forces led by Xerxes, man-turned-god, and Artemisia, the commander of the Persian navy.

"The idea of this movie was always that it takes place at about the same time of the first one," Murro told MTV News. "It's as if you zoomed out and saw a bigger time frame and told a bigger story of what happened in 300."

I am eagerly waiting for the movie....