Gay 300 sequel penned by Zack Snyder – but film studio ‘said no’
"I would love to do it, [but Warner Bros.] said no… you know, they're not huge fans of mine"
Words: Jamie Tabberer; picture: Wiki/Warner Bros. Pictures
Zack Snyder has written a “really great” third 300 film focusing on a love story between two men – but claims it was turned down by Warner Bros.
The first 300 film – about a bloody battle between Persia and Greece – came out in 2006. Directed by Snyder, it grossed $456.1 million worldwide.
Justice League director Snyder also served as a producer on follow-up 300: Rise of An Empire, which grossed $337.6 million in 2014.
“It turned out to be a love story”
Discussing the possibility of a third film on The Playlist’s The Fourth Wall podcast, 55-year-old Snyder said: “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.”
“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, [WB] said no… you know, they’re not huge fans of mine. It is what it is.”
Snyder is also known for the films Wonder Woman, Watchmen and Man of Steel.
Attitude has approached a representative for Warner Bros. for comment.
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