‘Those About To Die’ is the perfect mix between ‘Spartacus’ and ‘Roma’ and already has a release date on Prime Video

Based on the novel that inspired ‘Gladiator’

You may not know it, but if someone inspired Ridley Scott to make Gladiatorand we assume that its second part, which is getting closer and closer, is Daniel Pratt Mannix IV, especially his novel Those About to Diepublished in 1958, whose fame has endured to this day and which will soon be brought to the small screen in format miniseries nothing less than Roland Emmerichthe person responsible for films like godzilla either Independence Day.

It will be, as we have mentioned, a miniseries of 10 episodes produced by Peacock but which, as was logical, will not reach SkyShowtime in Europe, but will will do it to Prime Video after both companies have reached a distribution agreement in our territory.

His first trailerwhich you can see below, has inevitably reminded us of the film starring Russell Crowe, but also of series like Spartacus either Romeonly with the touch that Emmerich gives to his projects, although on this occasion there is something that does not it just fit usit may be because of that anachronistic music, but judge for yourself.

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Those who are going to die greet you

Those About To Diewhich will arrive on Prime Video on August 9 of this year, is inspired by the work of the same name by Daniel Mannix and seeks to take us to ancient Rome, exploring the life of gladiators and political intriguess of the Empire. The series, which promises an impressive historical recreation, focuses on the brutal world of coliseum combat and the role these spectacles played in Roman society.

The production, which features a cast of international talent led by Anthony Hopkins, Iwan Rheon and Sara Martinsexplores the world of Roman games, filled with bloodlust, greed, power and corruption. The races in the Circus Maximus they are controlled by the Blue, Red, White and Green factions, owned by the aristocracy. When the taste for entertainment became more violent, the Colosseum was built, a huge stadium for gladiator and animal combat, boosting the business of the bets.

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