Can you talk about those yet, or are those still under wraps for now? Oh, I wish I could. I sold an idea to Starz last August that we've been working on, and hopefully it will be announced later this year.
But, yeah, in my spare five minutes every other month, I chip away at that. Are you going to wear body armor to Comic-Con? Will you be expecting to hear "Kill them all!
Well, you know, I figure fans have got about six weeks to absorb the information. And the thing I think is important to remember is that, at any other studio, any other network, when Andy fell ill, I think they would have canceled the show.
They wouldn't have risked the prequel. They wouldn't have risked recasting the lead [due to Whitfield's heath problems, which led to his death in ]. They just would have cut their losses and protected their bottom line. But Starz felt very, very strongly that it would be a disservice to the fans not to conclude this story. So I'm incredibly grateful that they've given us this opportunity to finish the story, instead of just saying, "Well, you know what, the ratings are good, but let's move on.
But are you worried about the fan reaction, or are you just kind of thinking that they'll get it once they really have time to sit with the logic of the decision? Well, I'm always concerned and interested about the fan reaction.
But the interesting thing about this show is tracking the fan reaction through the seasons. When the first episode aired, [the reaction was] universal hate. You know, we got off to a rocky start. By the end [of Season 1], everybody loved it. Then, when Andy took ill and we announced the prequel, everybody hated the idea of a prequel.
By the end of the prequel, they loved it. Then, of course, when unfortunately Andy passed away and we had to recast the role, everybody hated that idea and then, by the end of the season, seemed to be on board. So I fully expect a repeat of history and everybody will hate this idea and then at the end of the season they will say, "Hey, that was pretty good. Nothing big, just a few factoids about "War of the Damned.
I was looking at some information on Spartacus' rebellion and realized that it only lasted about three years. It wasn't like it lasted a decade. It was very, very brief. And we'll jump ahead at the beginning of next season. A bit of time has passed between "Vengeance" and the next season because we wanted to [jump in at a new point in the story]. I'm sure we could have spent a whole season telling the story of how Spartacus gathered thousands and thousands of people but, ultimately it seems, in the storytelling arena, that it was much more exciting to jump in with Spartacus winning the war and having a massive slave army.
It just gave us more to play with and, basically, we cut out the shoe leather. Having said that, though, I think you face a huge amount of pressure because, in true "Spartacus" fashion, you killed off a lot of people in the most recent finale , including, I think, most of the Romans that we knew. I believe we may have murdered all the Romans.
You did -- you cleaned up every last scrap. But one of the things the show does well is create these very twisted, complex relationships between the oppressed and the oppressors.
And then also, over time, you transform people like Glaber and Batiatus into multifaceted human beings who do terrible things, but who you also root for.
So you've got a lot to set up this season, with several new characters coming in as antagonists. It's definitely a challenge. It's a challenge the way Batiatus was a challenge. With Batiatus, I had 13 episodes -- introducing the villain, getting you to love and hate him and then wrapping him up at the end. We've set up the idea of Marcus Crassus and then we realized, "Holy shit, we better cast somebody extraordinary to live up to this thing we've set up. We loved his audition. And I remember watching the first day of dailies with him as Crassus and I thought, "Yes, we percent got that one right.
I really loved the show very much. I love the era. I love the costumes and the knowledge that you can share with friends and family. I have a grandson in college. The students watch it together. If I miss a show. I generally record it for me to watch. Bring back Spartacus!!! I really really love this show, whats the point of getting us hooked on a show only to axe it??? I was introduced to Spartacus recently and I have watched all available seasons within 2 weeks.
I find the story most captivating and feel that there was much more to tell. Bring back spartacus. This was by far the best tvshow that had aired in quite sometime. Far far far better than game of thrones and that show is still on. I do not want to see a spin off with caeser. I would enjoy a spin with someone in spartacus crew.
Everytime I hear about game of thrones I want to cry because it is still on the air and spartacus is not. Its not to late to pick the show back up or for another network to pick it up. What more can us loyal fans do to get … Read more ». Spartacus needed two things, good boats and good sailors, to be able to land an advance party of his troops across the strait.
The pirates, however, had other plans. Undeterred Spartacus ordered his troops to assemble boats of their own and, while they succeeded in building a number of them, their attempt to cross the strait failed, leaving his troops stuck on the Italian mainland. This left Spartacus with no choice but to take his force north to face a Roman leader more ruthless than any he had encountered before. By the time Spartacus had reached the straits a new leader named Marcus Licinius Crassus had taken command of the Roman forces.
Strauss notes that he was a wealthy individual, able to raise a large army and pay them, at least in part, out of his own pocket. In his military life he was even more ruthless. Among his forces were the remnants of legions belonging to Gellius and Lentulus that had been previously defeated by Spartacus. Needless to say discipline tightened under Crassus. Rather than try and openly battle Spartacus in southern Italy he built a system of fortifications centred on the Melia Ridge in an effort to trap Spartacus and starve his troops.
Spartacus responded to the situation by offering Crassus a peace treaty which Crassus swiftly rejected. Perhaps seeing his own soldiers beginning to waver Spartacus stiffened their resolve by crucifying a Roman soldier where all could see. Ancient writers say that he lost thousands of soldiers in the break out. Furthermore a split emerged in the rebel camp. A dissident group led by Castus and Gannicus, which included many Celtic and German troops, broke away from Spartacus and set off on their own.
In the spring of 71 BC things fell apart for Spartacus. Castus and Gannicus were defeated by Crassus, likely sometime before April, at the Battle of Cantenna. Spartacus was now isolated further. Laeta and Sibyl also survived the event, and were considered to be revealed as pregnant, though DeKnight ultimately thought the idea to be "too TV. Finally, DeKnight admitted that while he wouldn't have wanted another season in between 'Vengeance' and 'War of the Damned' to make Spartacus' battles against Roman villains too repetitive, he might have preferred a few additional episodes to 'War of the Damned' to make things less cramped.
DeKnight had plenty to say about the potential for a Caesar spin-off and his upcoming Starz series ' Incursion ,' but what say you? Were you satisfied by the 'Spartacus: War of the Damned' series finale? Would you have liked to see the story end any differently? Tell us what you wanted to see in the comments below!
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