300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

***300: Rise of an Empire*** is a 2014 American epic action film directed by Noam Murro from a screenplay by Zack Snyder and Kurt Johnstad, based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, *Xerxes*. It is a sequel to the 2006 film *300*, taking place before, during, and after the main events of that film, and is loosely based on the Battle of Artemisium and the Battle of Salamis.

The cast includes Lena Headey, Peter Mensah, David Wenham, Andrew Tiernan, Andrew Pleavin, and Rodrigo Santoro reprising their roles from the first film, alongside Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Hans Matheson, and Callan Mulvey. It was released in 3D and IMAX 3D on March 7, 2014. The film's score was composed by Junkie XL, being the first film in an ongoing partnership with Snyder.

## Shooting

* Filming was from July 9th, 2012 - October 6th, 2012.

## Cast

* Sullivan Stapleton - Themistokles
* Eva Green - Queen Artemisia
* Lena Headey - Queen Gorgo
* Hans Matheson - Aeskylos
* Callan Mulvey - Scyllias
* David Wenham - Dilios
* Rodrigo Santoro - King Xerxes
* Jack O'Connell - Calisto
* Andrew Tiernan - Ephialtes
* Igal Naor - King Darius
* Andrew Pleavin - Daxos
* Peter Mensah - Persian Emissary
* Ben Turner - General Artaphernes
* Ashraf Barhom - General Bandari
* Christopher Sciueref - General Kashani
* Steven Cree - Decapitated Greek Marine
* Caitlin Carmichael - 8 Year Old Artemisia
* Jade Chynoweth - 13 Year Old Artemisia
* Kevin Fry - Lascivious Greek (as Kevin Fry-Bowers)
* David Sterne - Old Statesman
* Clive Sawyer - Senator (as Clive Leviev-Sawyer)
* Christopher Boyer - Senator
* Fred Ochs - Senator
* Price Carson - Senator
* John Michael Herndon - Senator
* David Pevsner - Senator
* Dimo Alexiev - Rope Puller (as Dimo Alexandrov Alexiev)
* Peter Ferdinando - Greek Ambassador
* Gregor Truter - Small Ambassador
* Vincent Walsh - Naval Commander
* Nick Court - Theban Commander
* Mark Killeen - Greek Commander
* Anthony Valentine - Young Greek Soldier
* Alexander Nikolov Dimitrov - Greek Marine
* Atanas Srebrev - Blacksmith (as Atanas M. Srebrev)
* Luke Roberts - Butcher
* George Georgiou - Greek Citizen
* Stefan Ivanov - Persian Commander (as Stefan Nikolaev Ivanov)
* Farshad Farahat - Persian Officer
* Daniel Rashev - Persian General 1
* Dimiter Martinov - Persian General 2

**Rest of cast listed alphabetically:**

* Ivo Arakov - Spartan (uncredited)
* Antony Argirov - Young Greek Soldier (uncredited)
* Asen Asenov - Politician 3 (uncredited)
* Aleksandar Belovski - Greek Citizen (uncredited)
* Jair Burgos - Persian Army General (uncredited)
* Scott Burn - Spartan Warrior (uncredited)
* Joshua Carlson - Lascivious Greek (uncredited)
* Hunter Clowdus - Spartan Warrior (uncredited)
* Wayne Dalglish - Young Spartan (uncredited)
* Max Decker - Darius (uncredited)
* Jared Degado - Spartan & Greek Warriors (uncredited)
* Dimiter Doichinov - Spartan Warrior (uncredited)
* Nick Granado - Priest (uncredited)
* Dimitar Ilkov - Greek Warrior (uncredited)
* Michael Johns - Spartan Warrior (uncredited)
* Jeffrey James Lippold - Greek Shipwright (uncredited)
* Christopher Maleki - Reza (uncredited)
* Caleb Mann - Spartan Warrior (uncredited)
* Nancy McCrumb - Athenian Woman (uncredited)
* Velizar Peev - Spartan Warrior (uncredited)
* Anton Poriazov - Themistokles Oarsman (uncredited)
* Bo Roberts - Spartan Warrior (uncredited)
* Gregory Shelby - Spartan Warrior (uncredited)
* Joel Shock - Spartan Warrior (uncredited)
* Jaswant Dev Shrestha - Armenian Advisor (uncredited)
* Nicholas Guy Smith - Senator (uncredited)
* Joe Sobalo Jr. - Spartan Warrior (uncredited)
* Georgi Stanislavov - Persian Bomber 03 (uncredited)
* Julian Stone - Voice Actor (uncredited)
* Gary Terranova - Spartan Warrior (uncredited)
* Marc Trottier - Spartan Warrior (uncredited)
* Velimir Velev - Hermit (uncredited)
* George Venev - Greek Warrior (uncredited)
* Mark Aaron Wagner - Artemesia's Father (uncredited)
* Danny Watters - Greek Warrior (uncredited)
* Corey Weber - Spartan Warrior (uncredited)