Spartacus: Blood and Sand

Spartacus Vengeance trailer and air date

Starz has finally announced the air date for the upcoming series “Spartacus: Vengeance”. You may recall the star of the first season “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” sadly died a couple of months ago, after a battle with cancer. His role has been taken on by actor Liam McIntrye when the series returns. The date for...
By Angela Share

Spartacus Vengeance official trailer

Finally the first official “Spartacus: Vengeance” trailer is with us and it looks like more of the same, even without its lead Andy Whitfield in the titular role. The new guy (Liam McIntyre) looks to be doing a good job, given the terrible circumstances and the negative feedback he’s already had from die-hard Andy Whitfield...
By Angela Share

Comic-Con 2011 bloopers / outtakes video

There’s not much to say here other than this is awesome and it comes to us via that cute little guy Michael Ausiello (I just want to adopt and hug him, he’s so cute!). Australian TV fans will no doubt love the cast of “Spartacus” singing “Waltzing Matilda” and New Zealand actress Lucy Lawless doing...
By Angela Share

The Saturn Awards winners list 2011

The Saturn Awards for 2011 have been and gone and we’ve got the winners list below. Great to see “Fringe” and its stars Anna Torv and John Noble taking home a win (now if only this was that much deserved Emmy for the pair). Nice to see “The Walking Dead” up there and Lucy Lawless...
By Angela Share

No Ordinary Family snags Lucy Lawless

  Lucy Lawless, in the world of geek TV, the woman can pretty much do no wrong. She is of course most famous for playing “Xena: Warrior Princess” and at present plays the rather saucy Lucretia in “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” spinoff series “Spartacus: Gods of the Arena”. Now Lucy Lawless is heading back to...
By Angela Share

Spartacus prequel Gods of the Arena to be stand alone series

The producer of “Spartacus” – one Steven S. DeKnight – has been chatting about the upcoming “Spartacus” prequel “Gods of the Arena”. It seems despite the “Spartacus” tie-in viewers won’t need to have seen Spartacus to fully enjoy the show. “Gods of the Arena” will be standalone series. DeKnight stated “”If you didn’t see season...
By Angela Share

Starz will recast Andy Whitfield Spartacus role

It’s official Starz are definitely looking to recast an actor in the eponymous role of Spartacus is Spartacus: Blood and Sand. If you missed our post from a week or so ago, lead actor Andy Whitfield who played the role in season one is unable to continue due to a recurrence of cancer that struck...
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Andy Whitfield being recast in Spartacus?

If you missed the news earlier this month, actor Andy Whitfield has sadly had a recurrence of cancer and is therefore unable to return to the Starz series Spartacus. It was thought Whitfield was in remission, but the cancer returned in a more aggressive form. Whitfield was quoted as saying he wanted to spend time...
By Angela Share

Spartacus prequel snags Josef Brown

  If you haven’t seen the first season of Starz gruesome swear fest Spartacus, you might not want to read on as this will mention storylines from that first season. In the first season two gladiators were having a love affair, they were Barca, played by Antonio Te Maioha and Pietros played by Eka Darville....
By Angela Share

Spartacus: Blood and Sand coming to Go! Channel Australia

  Looks like Aussie audiences are going to get to see lots of swears and masses of blood and guts come August as Starz hit Spartacus: Blood and Sand heads to channel Go!. The show stars Andy Whitfield from McLeod’s Daughters as the eponymous character Spartacus. If you’ve not seen Spartacus and this will be...
By Angela Share

Spartacus Andy Whitfield health update

  You may recall Andy Whitfield, the eponymous character in Spartacus was undergoing cancer treatment. The good news is Whitfield seems to have come through the treatment with flying colors and will be attending this years Comic-Con. Starz are sending a bunch of people from Spartacus along and Whitfield is excited to be going. He...
By Angela Share

Lucretia and Batiatus get their own spin off thanks to Starz

Starz are smart, they know Spartacus: Blood and Sand is a hit, they know the fans love it and they know fans also enjoyed the characters of Lucretia and Batiatus (Lucy Lawless and John Hannah). I won’t go into spoiler territory, because I haven’t seen the last few episodes and reading the press release I...
By Angela Share

Starz drama Spartacus: Blood and Sand delayed due to stars cancer treatment

Andy Whitfield, the star of the brutal gladiator series Spartacus: Blood and Sand has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, meaning shooting on the series will be halted. The star who has previously appeared in Aussie shows McLeod’s Daughters and Packed to the Rafters is said to be dealing with the news well. Prognosis is good...
By Angela Share

Lucy Lawless to star in Spartacus and it sounds very Xena

  Lucy Lawless is probably most famous for playing Xena: Warrior Princess in the eponymous series. Now it seems she’s back and set to team up once more with Xena creators Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert for Spartacus: Blood and Sand, a new show for cable channel Starz. Lucy Lawless will be playing Lucretia on...
By Angela Share