Starz TV’s Spartacus: Blood and Sand Trailer

Posted by on July 27th, 2009   Filed under: Action, Trailers, TV
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Have you ever wondered what Stanley Kubrick’s classic sword-and-sandals epic Spartacus would look like through a Zack Snyder filter? Well wonder no longer, friends, because this week Starz released the first trailer for their upcoming TV series Spartacus: Blood and Sand. I have to admit, they’ve done a pretty good job of replicating the look of 300 here… but is an on-going series like this really going to work?

Of course, Zack Snyder actually has nothing to do with the show. It’s produced by Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert, who did Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. I’m guessing this will be more successful than their most recent series Legend of the Seeker, but a lot will depend on the writing (it looks like they have a lot of writers from Smallville working on the show… not sure how that will play out). Newcomer Andy Whitfield plays the lead role, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Gerard Butler. What are the odds? Spartacus: Blood and Sand premieres sometime in 2010; check out the trailer after the jump.



  • Maopheus

    Interesting. I didn’t even know that Starz did their own series. Yes, the 300 look is replicated pretty well, although it does lend itself to pretty cool trailer material just by its very nature. I agree that I’m not sure if this can be sustained for an on-going series. I would think a 3-4 part miniseries would suffice. I’m sure it will be rife with inaccuracies of course just like Gladiator.

  • Interesting, it looks very 300ish, and hopefully it’s nothing like “Legend of the Seeker”. That was worse then the book.

  • Paul Andrews

    Looks great, but the trailer is virtually unwatchable due to all the ‘to black’ fades.

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    and tell chris tucker to get me on his next movie to rush hour 4 and tell i cand wait to it hit tv for i can see it a i mint i cant wait and i cant wait to spartaus come on tv to for i can see it and good night i have to go to bed holla back at me to jonestown miss po box34 38639 217mainseet 1?

  • elizabeth

    When will this be on dvd and to buy it please? Thanks Elizabeth Osborne
    leave information at elizagadute@hotmail.com