‘300’ Sequels Could Focus On Other Historical Battles, Says Zack Snyder
Despite being amassive box office successandarguably one of the most influential filmsof the past ten years,Zack Snyder’s300has yielded only one sequel so far, the tepidly received300: Rise of an Empire. Still, Snyder has hopes the series could keep going – albeit in a slightly different way than we might have expected.
Earlier this month, Snyder revealed he was considering a300-style movie about George Washington during the Revolutionary War. Well, as it turns out, that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Snyder says he’s looking at “different incarnations of300” set in various locations at various points throughout history, including the Alamo.
Collidergot the chance to ask Snyder whether we might see more300sequels. Here’s his response:
I think I mentioned that we talked about the Revolutionary War version, and we talked about the Alamo, and we’ve talked about there’s a battle in China, a “Lost Legion” kind of concept, any of those kinds of things are on the table.
Basically, it sounds like Snyder wants300to give rise to a series of spiritual sequels, though the filmmaker doesn’t use that exact phrase himself. Positioning these films under the300banner could give them a bit of a marketing boost, in the same way that10 Cloverfield Lanebenefited from being marketed as aCloverfieldsuccessor even though the narrative link between them is tenuous at best.
The300formula seems to boil down to a few basic elements: macho, larger-than-life warriors; copious, stylized violence; and a sort of “David and Goliath” dynamic that pits a small but spirited force of heroes against a much larger, better equipped army. It’s not hard to see how Snyder and his team could replicate that formula for different battles throughout history, and moving the action out of ancient Greece opens up all kind of new creative possibilities.
Even if Snyder decides to make more300sequels, though, we likely won’t see them for a while yet. The director is currently busy getting started onJustice League: Part One, which opens in 2017, and is set to tackleJustice League: Part Twoafter that. In the meantime, you’re able to hit theaters this weekend to see Snyder’sBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which features a more evenly matched battle than the one we saw in300.
