"300 Spartans" will be filmed as a prequel series, and director Zack Snyder is expected to return

According to foreign media reports, the prequel series of "Spartan 300 Warriors" is in the early development of Warner Bros. Television, and Zack Snyder is expected to return. The specific plot details are still under discussion, but sources said that the series will serve as a prequel to the 2006 film. No screenwriters or platforms are involved in the project yet.

Zack Snyder, who directed and co-wrote 300, is in talks to direct and serve as an executive producer. Deborah Snyder, who served as an executive producer on 300, will serve as an executive producer with Zack Snyder through their production company Stone Quarry, and Wesley Coller of Stone Quarry will also be involved. Gianni Nunnari, Mark Canton and Bernie Goldmann, who all served as producers on the film, are also in talks to return.

"300", starring Gerard Butler, was adapted from the Frank Miller comic and tells the famous "Battle of Thermopylae" in history. It was released in the United States in 2007.

It is reported that the film is the most profitable film in Zack Snyder's directorial career. It cost only 65 million US dollars and eventually grossed 456 million US dollars worldwide. Combined with the income from discs and other peripherals, the film made a profit of over 200 million US dollars.

300 tells the story of King Leonidas of Sparta leading 300 warriors to fight against the huge army of the Persian Empire. Gerard Butler plays King Leonidas and Rodrigo Santoro plays King Xerxes I of Persia. Other starring actors include Lena Headey, David Wenham, Dominic West, etc. The film was a huge success after its release, with a global box office of more than 450 million US dollars and a production cost of only 65 million US dollars. It also inspired many derivative works, such as the 2008 film "Spartan King" and the "South Park" episode "D-Yikes!".

In 2014, the sequel "300: Rise of an Empire" was released. The film was adapted from another comic book by Frank Miller. Zack Snyder participated in the screenplay again, but did not direct the film. Many actors from the original film returned, and Sullivan Stapleton played the new protagonist Themistocles. The sequel was not as well-received as the previous one, but the global box office still reached 337 million US dollars, and the production cost was 110 million US dollars.

The development of the prequel series to "300" reflects the strong demand for adaptations of well-known IPs in the current streaming market. For example, Amazon recently ordered the prequel series "Legally Blonde" about Elle Woods' high school years, and earlier this year released the drama "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" starring Donald Glover and Maya Elskkin. Other TV and film adaptation projects in development include the movies "Fatal Attraction", "Sexy Beast" and "Dead Ringers".