Damn!!!
If these eyes don’t open a man’s imagination to flights of fantasy, I doubt anything will.
Anyway, if you like looking at naked men in action scenes, this looks like a good place to be come January 2010. You’ll also have to be prepared for a lot of gore and violence. What doesn’t seem clear just yet, is whether or not a quality storyline will accompany these tantalizing scenes. Reviews from TV.COM and HITFIX.COM follow below.
From: TV.com
By Anna Hiatt
The gladiator Spartacus is coming to TV with a star-studded cast and a graphic style that makes 300 seem tame.
I am Spartacus!!
Raunchy sex and bloody violence reign in Spartacus: Blood and Sand, a new TV spectacle about a Thracian soldier-turned-gladiator. We got an exclusive look at the extended trailer for the new show, which is coming to Starz in January 2010. Trust us when we say: Spartacus is racier, more fast-paced, and more violent than any other show on TV.
How so? The sex scenes (complete with nudity) are so explicit everyone short of sex workers will blush. Every detail of the brutal gladiatorial massacres in Roman arenas is included — arching blood squirts, sliced tendons, the works. Seriously, it’s like 300 on steroids. On TV. Titillating, no?
Spartacus has the sensory impact of a sledgehammer — in a good way. For visual punch, the show is mostly produced using a green screen (meaning most of the backgrounds are computer-generated), with meticulous attention paid to visual storytelling. The result? A show that’s so realistic you’ll feel like one of the thousands of jeering Romans watching as those poor suckers get skewered in the arena. It’s hard not to enjoy.
In addition to sex and violence, Spartacus also has an impressive cast, including the Warrior Princess Lucy Lawless as the scheming wife of Batiatus (John Hannah), owner of a gladiator school. Andy Whitfield plays Spartacus.
Spartacus has all the makings of an instant hit: violent slaughters that may be too hard for some to stomach, spectacular production value, and, of course, Lucy Lawless.
From: www.hitfix.com
By: The staff at Hitfix
Aussie actor Andy Whitfield has been cast in the lead role in Starz’ drama series “Spartacus: Blood and Sand.”
In addition, Lucy Lawless has been cast in a key role in the series, which will begin production in New Zealand on April 1 and will premiere on Starz in January 2010.
Steven S. DeKnight (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Dollhouse”) will serve as showrunner on “Spartacus” and will executive produce along with Rob Tapert, Sam Raimi and Joshua Donen.
The production will utilize “300″-style virtual environments to recreate the Roman Republic in all of its glory.
Whitfield (“McLeod’s Daughters”) will play Spartacus, a Roman soldier sentenced to death in the gladiator ring for defying a Legate. After multiple gladiatorial wins, he’s sold into slavery, but if the Stanley Kubrick film has taught us anything, it’s that he’s destined for bigger things.
Lawless (“Xena: Warrior Princess”), will play Lucretia who owns a gladiator camp with her husband Batiatus and eventually comes to own Spartacus as well. In addition to credits including “Battlestar Galactica” and “Burn Notice,” Lawless also just happens to be married to Tapert.
Starz also announced casting that includes: Erin Cummings (“Dollhouse”) as Thracian priestess Sura, Spartacus’ wife; Peter Mensah (“300,” “Avatar”) as Doctore, Batiatus’ most loyal and trusted slave; Manu Bennett (“30 Days of Night”) as Crixus, the top gladiator at Batiatus’ Ludus; Antonio Te Maioha (“Legend of the Seeker”) as Barca, a big, hulking brute of a man who is Batiatus’ bodyguard and hit man; Craig Parker (“Legend of the Seeker”) as Glaber, a Roman Legate, who blames Spartacus for his failed military campaign; and Nick E. Tarabay (“Crash”) as Ashur, a former gladiator who is now the Ludus’ resident bookie.
The premium cable network promises “a new set of stories rich in character, action, sex and combat.”
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