The follow-up to 300 is finally coming this summer, and to prove it, a couple of new images from 300: Rise of an Empire has been released. One features Aussie actor Sullivan Stapleton as the mighty Themistokles, while the other features a sea-bound battle.
Director Noam Murro’s has been talking about the movie to USA Today, saying it runs “parallel” to the 2007 blockbuster 300. He adds, “The few against the many is still here. It’s hundreds vs. hundreds of thousands. It’s about taking on the mightiest power of all with wisdom and tactics.”
Murro also compared Themistokles to Gerard Butler’s King Leonidas in 300, saying “Themistokles is battle-scarred and a warrior, but at the same time he’s a politician. He’s not the king. He has to rule in a democracy. It’s a different complexity of character.”
Sullivan Stapleton aspoke about the cunning Artemisia (Eva Green), who is after revenge.”She does most of Xerxes’ dirty work in this film,” he says. “She’s seeking revenge, and she does it well. She’s a force to be reckoned with.”
The movie is out this August.
Ever since the first movie hit box office gold, Warner Bros. has been working on a follow-up, which has been very slowly making its way to the screen. Now the studio has announced that the prequel is changing its name. Up until now it’s been known as 300: Battle of Artemisia, but has now been re-titled 300: Rise of an Empire.
He’s not exactly a household name yet, but 21-year-old Jamie Blackley scored a fairly high-profile role in London Boulevard and will be seen this summer in the big budget Snow White And The Huntsman. Now he’s booked another role that’ll almost certainly help out his fledgling film career, playing Calisto in 300: Battle Of Artemisia.
Although 300: Battle Of Artemesia is a prequel to the Gerard Butler starring hit, it follows different characters and so a whole new cast is needed. Now one piece of that puzzle has fallen into place, as 
After Casino Royale, it seemed the world was at Eva Green’s feet, but she made the choice to make more interesting, arty projects, rather than jumping headlong into the mainstream. However now she’s planning another full-on Hollywood role, as 
The sequel to 300, once called Xerxes and now 300: Battle of Artemisia, has been very slowly moving forward ever since the first film was released. Frank Miller has been hard at work creating the graphic novel on which the movie will be based, and while Zack Snyder was supposed to direct, he’s busy with Superman and so Noam Murro has taken over. However Snyder has been working on the script with Kurt Johnstad, and they’ve now completed work.