Frank Miller Talks 300 Prequel Xerxes
The Los Angeles Times talked with Frank Miller about his follow-up feature to 300, the Zack Snyder-directed adaptation of his graphic novel about the doomed army of Spartans. 300 still holds the highest-grossing March release ever. There had been rumors of this sequel coming earlier this year with Miller going to Greece to research elements for the plot. Snyder is supposed to be coming back to direct.
Now we have a better idea of whats going on with the project from the writer himself. Miller said the follow-up is now titled Xerxes, and is set about 10 years before the events of 300.
“It’s the battle of Marathon through my lens,” Miller said Wednesday. “I’ve finished the plot and I’m getting started on the artwork.”
Miller said he is not surprised Greece is resurgent in Hollywood. “Every generation returns to ancient Greece because, well, the stories are so damn good,” said the artist, who also directed last year’s The Spirit.
Miller said that during his research trips to Greece he realized that the myth and history overlap begins to blur, which adds to the storytelling allure. “The fact and the myth are inseparable and, believe me, when you go sailing for a while in the Aegean Sea, you start believing in Poseidon.”
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