Director Zack Snyder has been talking about his plans to adapt Frank Miller’s upcoming 300 prequel Xerxes .

Xerxes will be based around the character played by Brazilian actor Rodrigo Santoro in 300 who was the leader of the Persian army.

Although the story is being pitched by some as a prequel and by others as a sequel it is in actual fact neither or if you like; both.

I’ll leave it to Mr. Snyder to explain…

“This movie follows Themistocles and the Battle of Artemisium, which coincidentally happens on the exact same three days as the Battle of Thermopylae [which was the basis of '300']. This one starts off with a quick retelling of the why of the Persian wars. It starts off at the Battle of Marathon and then it goes back to Themistocles finding out that Persians are invading again, and off we go over to learn a little bit about why Xerxes is the way he is.”

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