300: BATTLE OF ARTEMISIA (Cast News)

• 300: BATTLE OFARTEMISIA

Joel Edgerton in Warrior

The Thing and Warrior actor Joel Edgerton is reportedly intalks to star in the sequel 300: Battle of Artemisia.

Vulture says Warner Bros. has begun talks with Edgerton toplay "Themosticles, the famed archon and general who led the Greeks tovictory against the invading Persians in 480 BC."

Side Note: Themistocles was actually Athenian and not Spartan,and the Battle of Artemisium happened simultaneously with the battle of Thermopylae,just that Artemisium was a battle on the sea. Artemisia, on the other hand wasknown to be a female commander in the Persian army. How much of this historywill be relevant to the story?? We don’t know… but we do that the film is basedon Frank Miller’s graphical novel Xerxes, which is the prequel to his story300. So it will be interesting to see what they planning with the story for thefilm.

Noam Murro will direct from a screenplay co-written by theoriginal film's director, Zack Snyder, and based on the forthcoming graphicnovel by Frank Miller.

The Aussie actor is currently shooting The Great Gatsby.He'll also star in Kill Bin Laden for director Kathryn Bigelow. His pastcredits include Animal Kingdom, King Arthur and, of course, his role as"Owen Lars" in the Star Wars prequels.