Hollywood to make racist sequel "300" to foment Iranophobia

Pars Today- Warner Brothers Incorporation is going to make a TV sequel adopted from the anti-Iran movie "300".

According to a report, Hollywood, once more, has chosen a non-Iranian subject adopted from the racist film "300" in a bid to turn it into a sequel.

The details of the story are being examined, but it is said that this sequel will be as a prelude to the hate-mongering movie "300" which was produced in 2007.

No screenwriter or platform has been determined for the project, yet. This is while, negotiations are in progress on the issue. Zack Snyder, filmmaker and writer of "300" is negotiating for direction and production of the sequel.

His wife, Deborah Snyder, who was the executive producer of "300", will return for the same job and talks are underway with other producers to make the sequel.

"300" had been made on the basis of a graphic novel of the same title written by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley and was inspired by the film "The 300 Spartans" made in 1962.

In this film, King Leonidas of Sparta in ancient Greece, leads a small force of elite soldiers against the massive army of the Iranian King Xerxes I.

Gerard Butler plays the role of Leonidas and Rodrigo Santoro portrays Xerxes.

"300, Rise of an Empire" was also made in 2014 in continuation of the first film on the basis of a graphic novel by Miller titled, "Xerxes". The screenwriter was again Snyder but he wasn't the director.

Turning films into sequels has been a prevalent thought in Hollywood for recent years.

Although the film "300" was praised for the techniques of production, in terms of subject, it faced many criticisms and the film critic Roger Ebert said, "The characters of the film are one-dimensional and are more like caricatures."

Ebert was among the critics who called the film as a feast of fascist ideals.

Thomas Willmann, a jurist of Art Shock cinematic magazine, said that this film, like a propaganda film, is trying to add the morale of the American soldiers in Iraq war in a ridiculous, clumsy and childish way. It seems that an unholy unity has been originated in a shameful fascist mentality; and watching the missing arrows of Iranians vs. Spartans, one can only laugh to the screenwriter.

Source: Mehr news agency

Key phrases: Iranophobia in the West, Hollywood, spread of racism, Iran and the US, propaganda films, Iraq war

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