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" The first logo for 300: Rise of an Empire has been released.  Noam Murro (Smart People) takes over the directing reigns from Zack Snyder on the sequel, which will take place at the same time as the 2006 film.   Brazilian actor Rodrigo Santoro will reprise his role as Persian king Xerxes, and recently promised that Snyder&amp;#039;s influence will be felt in the second film despite his diminished involvement. As on the original film, Snyder co-wrote the script with Kurt Johnstad, and also has a producing credit. Santoro will reportedly share the focus of the film with Sullivan Stapleton and Eva Green&amp;#039;s characters. 300: Rise of an Empire will be released on August 2, 2013.  Watch the trailer for 300 below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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