300: Rise of an Empire is scheduled for release on March 7, so Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures have announced special screening of the original 300 on February 7th in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Boston, Dallas, Washington DC, Phoenix, Toronto, and Montreal, as well as the first 13 minutes of 300: Rise of an Empire.
300: Rise of an Empire stars Sullivan
Stapleton, Eva Green, Lena Headey, Hans Matheson, Rodrigo Santoro, David
Wenham, Igal Nao, Callan Mulvey, Jack O’Connell, and Andrew Tiernan
FANS IN TEN MAJOR CITIES WILL BE
TREATED TO THE FIRST
13 MINUTES OF “300: RISE OF AN
EMPIRE” AT SPECIAL SCREENINGS
OF ZACK SNYDER’S “300” ON
FEBRUARY 4
BURBANK, CA – January 30, 2014 –
In celebration of the March 7th release of Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary
Pictures’ “300: Rise of an Empire,” fans in ten cities in North America will
have an opportunity to see the movie that started it all, Zack Snyder’s “300,”
returning to the big screen exclusively for this event.
Fans attending the event will
also be the first to see the first 13 minutes of the much-anticipated “300:
Rise of an Empire,” which will be unveiled—complete and uncut in 3D IMAX—prior
to the first film’s screening.
The cities in which the events
will be held are: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Boston, Dallas,
Washington DC, Phoenix, Toronto and Montreal.
About “300: Rise of an Empire”:
Told in the breathtaking visual
style of the blockbuster “300,” this new chapter of the epic saga takes the
action to a new battlefield—on the sea.
“300: Rise of an Empire” pits the Greek general Themistokles against the
massive invading Persian forces, ruled by their God-King Xerxes, and led by
Artemisia, the vengeful commander of the Persian navy. Knowing his only hope of defeating the
overwhelming Persian armada will be to unite all of Greece, Themistokles leads
the charge that will change the course of the war.
Warner Bros. Pictures and
Legendary Pictures present, a Cruel and Unusual Films/Mark Canton/Gianni
Nunnari Production, “300: Rise of an Empire.”
The action adventure stars Sullivan Stapleton (“Gangster Squad”) as
Themistokles and Eva Green (“Dark Shadows,” “Casino Royale”) as Artemisia. Reprising their roles from “300” are: Lena
Headey as the Spartan Queen, Gorgo; David Wenham as Dilios; Andrew Tiernan as
Ephialtes; Andrew Pleavin as Daxos; and Rodrigo Santoro in the role of the
Persian God-King Xerxes. The main cast
also includes Hans Matheson as Themistokles’ closest friend and advisor,
Aeskylos; Callan Mulvey and Jack O’Connell as father and son soldiers, Scyllias
and Calisto; and Igal Naor as the Persian King Darius.
The film was directed by Noam
Murro, from a screenplay by Zack Snyder & Kurt Johnstad, based on the
graphic novel Xerxes, by Frank Miller.
Gianni Nunnari, Mark Canton, Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder and Bernie
Goldmann produced the film, with Thomas Tull, Frank Miller, Stephen Jones and
Jon Jashni serving as executive producers.
The behind-the-scenes creative
team was led by includes director of photography Simon Duggan, production
designer Patrick Tatopoulos, editors Wyatt Smith and David Brenner, and costume
designer Alexandra Byrne. The music is by
Junkie XL.
Opening on March 7, 2014, the
film is being released in 3D and 2D in select theatres and IMAX, and will be
distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment
Company. “300: Rise of an Empire” is
rated R by the MPAA for strong sustained sequences of stylized bloody violence
throughout, a sex scene, nudity and some language.
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