This film from Zack Snyder, the offspring of critics, is still a cult film and will leave Netflix

Bad reviews upon its release did not prevent 300 from becoming a cult film. Shot entirely on green screens, Peplum is Zack Snyder’s second feature film adaptation of Frank Miller and Lynn Varley’s graphic novel. Despite the many liberties taken with historical facts, the comics are inspired by the authentic Battle of Thermopylae in AD 480.

New generation peplum

Following the success of Sin City, which used the same technology, 300 marked a new era in the history of the peplum, one of the most popular genres of Hollywood’s Golden Age.

But the feature film also launched Zack Snyder into the mainstream, just a few years after his first film, Army of the Dead (George A. Romero’s supercharged Zombie remake).

Its rating of 2.9 out of 5 on our site is a testament to the press’s reception of the 2007 film. But if it wasn’t a critical success, 300 was still a true commercial triumph with over $456 million. grown all over the world. France also took part in the madness, with a total of 1.7 million viewers.

The sequel has already seen the light of day

A success, a sequel was released in 2014 under the title 300: The Birth of an Empire. The Noam Murrow-directed sequel (Zack Snyder is credited as a producer) sees the return of Queen Gorgo, played by Lena Head and Xerxes I (Rodrigo Santoro). The rest of the cast consists of new characters, including Eva Green as the Greek queen Artemisia I.

Far from the triumph of the first film, this sequel still found some success at the box office with nearly $331 million. Enough to discuss the production of a third installment, but this project never materialized due to rights reasons. A lawsuit filed by Zack Snyder against Warner Bros. studio. During the production of Justice League for several years after his dismissal.

300…3 coming soon?

However, an agreement was reached that the director could finish editing the superhero film. The latter also announced that it has revived the rights to the 300 franchise, now it remains to be seen if this is a spin-off called Blood and Ashes “Violent and sexual homoerotic film” The history of Alexander the Great will see the light of day.

As is often the case, we’ll have to wait until Zack Snyder’s busy schedule (currently involved in the development of his Netflix franchise Rebel Moon) allows him to devote himself to the 300 universe again. Now it’s up to the fans. Listening to yourself to let people know for a filmmaker what his next priority should be…

Zack Snyder’s 300 will no longer be available on Netflix starting April 30.

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