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"Spartacus producer Steven S. DeKnight has revealed more details about the upcoming second season. He told IGN that the new run, subtitled Vengeance, will see Spartacus (Liam McIntyre) become more heroic. &amp;quot;When we started Spartacus, we knew he wouldn&amp;#039;t be the golden hero from the start,&amp;quot; explained DeKnight. &amp;quot;As much as I love the Stanley Kubrick movie, I didn&amp;#039;t want him defending slaves from the right start. I wanted a guy who was very much ruled by his own passions and emotions. &amp;quot;So he&amp;#039;s going to go from there, from that place, to putting his own feelings aside and fighting for the greater good. So that&amp;#039;s where we want to take him in Season 2.&amp;quot; DeKnight also confirmed that the new season will follow Spartacus and his men on the run, and will move away from the ludus. &amp;quot;You will still see the arena that we came to know in season one, but [only] for part of the season,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;Spartacus and his people will obviously not be fighting in it but the fights themselves won&amp;#039;t have gone away. And then, eventually, we&amp;#039;ll completely move away from the gladiator side.&amp;quot; He added that future episodes will take some historical liberties with the depiction of Spartacus&amp;#039;s revolution. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s interesting because historically they raped and pillaged their way through the land,&amp;quot; he admitted. &amp;quot;But it&amp;#039;s a little hard to portray your heroes as good guys if they slaughter children and rape women. But we don&amp;#039;t pull back from the fact that they will kill a lot of Romans who they perceive to be the problem.&amp;quot; Spartacus: Vengeance will air on Starz later this year. Prequel series Gods of the Arena concludes tonight at 10/9c. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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