In the wake of the original Frank Miller comic book series and two movies – Zack Snyder’s 300 in 2006 and sequel 300: Rise of an Empire in 2014, Variety is reporting this afternoon that a television series adaptation of the 300 property is now in development.
The website’s report notes that Zack Snyder is in talks to direct and executive produce the series from Warner Bros. Television, but that the project is in very “early development.”
Variety adds, “Exact plot details are still being worked out, but sources say the show would serve as a prequel to the 2006 film. No writer or platform is currently attached to the project.”
In the 2006 movie starring Gerard Butler, “In the ancient battle of Thermopylae, King Leonidas (Butler) and 300 Spartans fight against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. They face insurmountable odds when they are betrayed by a Spartan reject.”
Frank Miller and Lynn Varley created the original comic book series that Snyder brought to the screen, which was a fictional retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae and the events leading up to it from the perspective of Leonidas of Sparta. The limited series debuted in 1998.
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