SDCC TV: '300': The TV Show, Star Wars Live-Action Series and More
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While Cinematical has been busy covering all the movie-related Comic Con treats, our sister site TV Squad has been knee deep in all-things boob tube. Similar to film, all the genre-based TV shows bring their stars to Comic Con to preview upcoming seasons and geek out with fellow fans. Today is the biggest day for television at Con, and so we'll report back tomorrow with some of the stuff our friends over at TV Squad managed to uncover -- but in the meantime, here's a taste of what they've been up to so far.-- Did you know Starz was getting ready to premiere a new show called Spartacus: Blood and Sand? No, it's not Sparta or anything (it actually takes place in Rome and follows the city's most famous gladiator), though the brand new trailer totally looks like Ridley Scott's Gladiator ... if Zack Snyder directed it instead. Seriously, the thing has such a 300 vibe that for a second I thought it was from the same team, but it's not. Know who's behind this? Sam Raimi. Yup, it's Raimi, Rob Talpert (Drag Me to Hell) and Steven S. DeKnight (Smallville) executive producing, while Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess), Peter Mensa (300) and Erin Cummings (Dollhouse) star. The show itself looks bloody, vicious and pretty awesome, especially for those who dug the violence overload in 300.
Watch the trailer after the jump and let us know what you think ...
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7-26-2009 @ 3:29AM
flo said...
Lucy Lawless? I'm watching.
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7-26-2009 @ 3:57AM
Riley Freeman said...
it does have a 300 feel. shoot they even got the black guy from the black hole scene in 300.
but wtf is starz? off to tvsquad i wanna know if this is gonna get put on something that i actually get in canada. or am i gonna have to watch this online all the time
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7-27-2009 @ 10:43PM
David said...
Yea that is totally like 300. Its like gladiator in some ways but wayyyy more like 300. Im amazed actually because the style, colors, and action shots are all exactly like 300. I suspect they saw some potential in how popular that movie was and want to take it and keep running with it. Is this a TV series though? Looks like movie quality if it is.
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