300 Rise Of An Empire: Sullivan Stapleton “Hopes To God” For Sequel

While speaking to Deadline, 300: Rise of an Empire star, Sullivan Stapleton, let it be known that he would be happy to return for a sequel to the recently released film.

“As for the sequel,” Stapleton said, “it’s a huge story, and those battles between the Greeks and Persians went on for years and years. I hope to God we do another sequel. If we don’t, hopefully they put me in another film.”

300: Rise of an Empire opened to a $136 million weekend, worldwide. That’s well short of what the original 300 managed, but it still makes back the film’s production budget and then some, which is a win for the studio. We’ll have to wait and see if it’s final box office take is enough to convince Legendary and Warner Bros. to make another one.

In 300: Rise of an Empire, after its victory over Leonidas’ 300, the Persian Army under the command of Xerxes marches towards the major Greek city-states. The Democratic city of Athens, first on the path of Xerxes’ army, bases its strength on its fleet, led by Admiral Themistocles. Themistocles is forced to an unwilling alliance with the traditional rival of Athens, oligarchic Sparta whose might lies with its superior infantry troops. But Xerxes still reigns supreme in numbers over sea and land.

300: Rise of Empire is currently in theaters.