300: Rise of an Empire is an upcoming 2014 American film directed by Noam Murro. It is a follow-up to the 2007 film 300, taking place before, during, and after the events of that film. The cast includes Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Callan Mulvey, Hans Matheson, and Jack O'Connell. The cast also includes Lena Headey, Rodrigo Santoro, and David Wenham, reprising their roles from the first film.
The film centers on Themistocles and Artemisia I of Caria, as well as Xerxes I of Persia. It originally went under the working title of Battle of Artemisium(widely mis-reported as "Battle of Artemisia"). The Battle of Artemisium was a naval engagement, concurrent with the battle at Thermopylae, and was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states and the Persian Empire in September 480 BC, in the straits between the mainland and the northern tip of the island of Euboea (modern Evvia). The film will probably also focus, in part, on the Battle of Salamis, in which Artemisia played a major role, as well as possibly the Battle of Marathon.Salamis was fought once the Persian Empire had advanced into southern Greece and occupied Athens.
The film will also cover some of the backstory of Xerxes, and will explain how he became "the god King".
- Sullivan Stapleton as Themistocles
- Lena Headey as Queen Gorgo of Sparta
- Eva Green as Artemisia
- Rodrigo Santoro as King Xerxes, Great King of Persia.
- Andrew Pleavin as Daxos
- Callan Mulvey as Scyllias
- David Wenham as Dilios
- Jack O'Connell as Calisto
- Hans Matheson as Aeskylos
- Andrew Tiernan as Ephialtes
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