By Zack Snyder is returning to Ancient Greece.
The filmmaker is reported in talks to direct and executive produce a TV series that would serve as a prequel to his 2006 film “300” for Warner Bros. Television.
Variety broke the news, saying the project is in early development with plot details still being worked out.
No writer or platform is currently attached to the project with Snyder’s the only major name linked at present as deals are still being worked out.
Also in talks to return are numerous producers from the original film including Gianni Nunnari, Mark Canton, and Bernie Goldmann. Deborah Snyder and Wesley Coller would also produce for Snyder’s Stone Quarry production label.
The film was a highly stylised adaptation of the Frank Miller comic of the same name which was loosely based on real historical events – namely the Battle of Thermopylae.
Leonidas (Gerard Butler), the king of Sparta, leads a small force of elite soldiers against the much larger army of Xerxes I of Persia. (Rodrigo Santoro). Lena Headey, David Wenham, Dominic West, Vincent Regan, Tom Wisdom, and Michael Fassbender co-starred.
The film was a major worldwide hit, grossing over $450 million from a $65 million budget.
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