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If your testosterone levels aren’t high, they’re about to increase exponentially after you watch this first trailer for 300: Rise of an Empire. Acting as a bookend prequel/sequel to Zack Snyder’s 300, Rise of an Empire follows Themistocles (Sullivan Stapleton), an Athenian warrior, during The Battle of Artemisium. The film’s events will take place before, during, and after 300, which gives the producers a natural way of rehashing clips from the original 300. Rise of an Empire will also give a bit of a backstory on the film’s antagonist, Xerses, and how he rose to power. The screnplay was co-written by Snyder and Kurt Johnstad based off of an unpublished graphic novel by 300 creator Frank Miller, so the tone should stay true to what people have grown to love from 300.
Basically, expect more muscles, more blood, more yelling, and more gratuitous sex scenes on a heavily computer generated backdrop when 300: Rise of an Empire hits theaters March 7th, 2014.