Zack Snyder Has Written A Third 300 Film

Zack Snyder has revealed that he's written a third film for the 300 series.

The 55-year-old co-wrote and directed the first instalment, which was released in 2006, and wrote and produced the less successful sequel 300: Rise of an Empire, which came out in 2014.

Warner Brothers recently tasked him with making it a trilogy, but unfortunately the studio didn't go for the end result, according to Snyder.

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Speaking to The Playlist's Fourth Wall podcast, he said: "I just couldn't really get my teeth into it. Over the pandemic, I had a deal with Warner Brothers and I wrote what was essentially going to be the final chapter in 300.

"But when I sat down to write it, I actually wrote a different movie. I was writing this thing about Alexander the Great, and it just turned into a movie about the relationship between Hephaestion and Alexander.

"It turned out to be a love story. So it really didn't fit in as the third movie."

Gahhh, don't you just hate it when you sit down to write the third and final film of a gory franchise and you end up penning a bloody love story?

Still, while it may not have met the brief, Snyder reckons it's actually a very happy accident.

He added: "But there was that concept, and it came out really great. It's called Blood and Ashes and it's a beautiful love story, really, with warfare.

"I would love to do it, [Warner Bros.] said no... you know, they're not huge fans of mine. It is what it is."

So if there are any other studios out there intrigued by a love story/warfare cocktail, they might want to reach out to Zack.

LADbible has contacted Warner Bros. for comment.

Perhaps the trilogy was best avoided, though.

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The OG movie starring Gerard Butler as King Leonidas was a commercial success - and while some critics felt it was simultaneously over the top and overly simplistic - it had some stand out moments ('THIS! IS! SPARTA!') and was broadly considered to be an enjoyable watch.

The sequel was less well received, and has a rating of just 45 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

Film critic Mark Kermode wrote: "Considering the level of carnage, it's astonishing how dreary it all manages to be, with computer-game visuals and Carry On dialogue conspiring to render everything dead in the water."

Whether we ever get to see Blood and Ashes remains to be, well, seen.

Topics: TV and Film, US Entertainment

Jake Massey

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