{"id":658,"date":"2008-06-30T16:55:03","date_gmt":"2008-06-30T23:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2008\/06\/300-x-2\/"},"modified":"2008-07-01T00:35:39","modified_gmt":"2008-07-01T07:35:39","slug":"300-x-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2008\/06\/30\/300-x-2\/","title":{"rendered":"300 x 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eonline.com\/uberblog\/b144716_counting_down_300_sequel.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: italic\">from E! Online<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal\" class=\"Apple-style-span\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.05em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #cccccc\" class=\"entry_title\">Counting Down to\u00a0<em>300<\/em>\u00a0Sequel<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; padding: 0px\" class=\"entry_meta\">Today 7:03 AM PDT by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eonline.com\/uberblog\/index.jsp?author=josh%20grossberg\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #083b74; text-decoration: none !important; text-transform: uppercase\" rel=\"author\" title=\"view all posts by Josh Grossberg\">JOSH GROSSBERG<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"width: 233px; float: left; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px\" class=\"entry_img_left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/20080630\/293.bulter.300.063008.jpg\" height=\"379\" width=\"233\" alt=\"Gerard Butler, 300\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"clear: both; display: block; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1.2em; color: #999999\" class=\"photo_credit\">Warner Bros. Entertainment<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 0.5em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px\">For Greece! For glory! For ripped guys in skimpy armor!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 0.5em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px\">Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. are looking for a plot to hang a follow-up to\u00a0<em>300<\/em>on, as they try to repeat the surprise blockbuster success of the 2006 flick adapted from\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eonline.com\/celebrities\/profile\/index.jsp?uuid=63266206-0ad7-437e-b65f-8dae173ff53c\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #336699; text-decoration: none !important\" class=\"name\">Frank Miller<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s graphic novel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 0.5em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px\">Fanboys will be heartened to know that,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.variety.com\/article\/VR1117988284.html?categoryid=13&amp;cs=1\" style=\"color: #336699; text-decoration: none !important\" target=\"_blank\">according to\u00a0<em>Variety<\/em><\/a>, original director\u00a0<strong>Zack Snyder<\/strong>\u00a0is being wooed for the next installment, which will be based on a new graphic novel from the acclaimed comic-book writer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 0.5em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px\">The problem is exactly who will be going to war this time around, considering nearly all of<em>300<\/em>&#8216;s main characters\u00a0were killed off at the end of the first film, including\u00a0<strong>Gerard Butler<\/strong>and his heroic pecs. Butler&#8217;s testosterone-fueled King Leonidas led Sparta&#8217;s small\u00a0yet fierce army in a doomed but inspiring standoff against the Persians in the Battle of Thermopylae.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 0.5em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px\">Miller must work out whether the new saga will be a prequel, a sequel or a possible spinoff headlining those who survived the brutal fighting, and whether there will be a number referenced in the title (<em>150<\/em>?\u00a0<em>600<\/em>?\u00a0<em>3,000<\/em>?).<\/p>\n<p>[ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eonline.com\/uberblog\/b144716_counting_down_300_sequel.html\" target=\"_blank\">click to read full article at E! Online<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from E! Online Counting Down to\u00a0300\u00a0Sequel Today 7:03 AM PDT by\u00a0JOSH GROSSBERG Warner Bros. Entertainment For Greece! For glory! For ripped guys in skimpy armor! 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