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In the 7+ years since 300 hit theaters, hints at a potential sequel, both to the movie and its inspiration, Frank Miller's 1998 comic series, have been coming at a trickle. A new trailer has confirmed that a movie sequel titled 300: Rise of an Empire will be coming out next March, and it'll be based on Miller's graphic novel sequel, of which fans saw a preview back in Dark Horse Presents back in 2

Noam Murro, best known for the critically acclaimed dramedy Smart People, has been hired by Warner Bros. to direct 300: Battle of Artemisia, the film formerly known as Xerxes and a spin-off of 300. Murro will shoot a screenplay co-written by Zack Snyder, who directed the original film, and is based on an in-progress graphic novel by Frank Miller...

On sale this week is Dark Horse Presents #1, a revival of the legendary indie comics anthology whose original first issue in 1986 launched what was to become one of American comics' most venerable publishers, Dark Horse Comics. The series was notable for debuting major works and creators including Frank Miller's Sin City, Paul Chadwick's Concrete, Eric Powell's The Goon and many more...

Despite releasing a lithograph of 300 antagonist and Persian God-King Xerxes this past fall, Dark Horse Comics had been relatively quiet on the character's titular prequel. Leave it to the upcoming covers of the newly relaunched Dark Horse Presents to change all that, though...

A new Frank Miller lithograph has just been offered for pre-order on the Dark Horse website, featuring Xerxes, the Persian God-King from Miller's "300," a testosterone-laced reinterpretation of the Battle of Thermopylae that was adapted into a 2006 film by Zack Snyder...