300:rise of an empire

After seven years of waiting, no one knew if a sequel to '300' would do the business of its predecessor. And now we have a definitive answer: yes. '300: Rise of an Empire' effortlessly took the number one spot at the box office, proving that America still loves shirtless Greeks murdering each other in slow motion.

It's hard to know what to make of '300: Rise of an Empire' as the first film seemed a pretty complete story, and it came out in 2006 -- which is a long, long time ago in sequel years. But this first trailer for the movie (released to coincide with producer Zack Snyder's latest film 'Man of Steel') looks kind of great.

We haven't seen a trailer yet for Noam Murro's '300' prequel '300: Rise of an Empire' and now there's a very good reason why not. Today, Warner Brothers bumped the film into 2014, which caused Tom Cruise's 'All You Need is Kill' to move its release date as well.

You might think Zack Snyder is keeping busy, what with post-production on 'Man of Steel' and the latest trailer hitting today, but he broke a near-six month twitter silence to tweet the debut of the first poster for '300: Rise of an Empire.' And the poster definitely makes it looks like the last movie, and that it is proud of its producer.