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"300: The Battle of Artemisia&amp;#039;s screenplay has been praised by producer Mark Canton. Zack Snyder and Kurt Johnstad have &amp;quot;nailed&amp;quot; the script for the prequel, delivering an &amp;quot;epic story&amp;quot;, according to the Warner Bros executive. &amp;quot;They&amp;#039;ve done a tremendous job making a highly intelligent, epic story that will stand on its own. But it&amp;#039;s not a conventional sequel and, for what we do, that&amp;#039;s what you hope and pray for - that you can be original and authentic at the same time,&amp;quot; Canton told Coming Soon. The Battle of Artemisia was previously titled Xerxes, based on Frank Miller&amp;#039;s Dark Horse Comics project of the same name. The studio announced the rebranding back in June. 300 stars Gerard Butler and Lena Headey will reportedly make cameo appearances in their previous roles as King Leonidas and Queen Gorgo respectively. Unknown actors are likely to feature in the lead parts. 300: The Battle of Artemisia, directed by Noam Murro, is yet to be given a release date. Watch the trailer for 300 below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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