Spartacus: Gods of the Arena
| Spartacus: Gods of the Arena | |
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| Genre | Historical drama |
| Created by | Steven S. DeKnight |
| Written by | Steven S. DeKnight Maurissa Tancharoen Jed Whedon Aaron Helbing Todd Helbing Seamus Kevin Fahey Misha Green Brent Fletcher |
| Directed by | Jesse Warn Rick Jacobson Michael Hurst Brendan Maher John Fawcett |
| Starring |
John Hannah Manu Bennett Peter Mensah Nick E. Tarabay Dustin Clare Jaime Murray Marisa Ramirez Lucy Lawless Jeffrey Thomas Stephen Lovatt |
| Theme music composer | Joseph Loduca |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Producer(s) | Steven S. DeKnight Robert Tapert Chloe Smith Charles Knight Aaron Lam |
| Editor(s) | Allanah Milne |
| Running time | 300 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Starz |
| Original release | January 21 – February 25, 2011 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Spartacus: Blood and Sand |
| Followed by | Spartacus: Vengeance |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Spartacus: Gods of the Arena is a Starz television miniseries and prequel to Spartacus, which premiered January 21, 2011. The series follows the character Gannicus (Dustin Clare), the first gladiator representing Lentulus Batiatus to become Champion of Capua. Cast members and characters reprised from the original series include John Hannah as Batiatus, Lucy Lawless as Lucretia, Peter Mensah as Oenomaus, Nick E. Tarabay as Ashur, Lesley-Ann Brandt as Naevia, Antonio Te Maioha as Barca, and Manu Bennett as Crixus.
The miniseries aired in Canada on Movie Central and The Movie Network, on Sky1 in the United Kingdom and on FX in Latin America.
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The opportunity to produce Gods of the Arena emerged when the second season of Spartacus was halted while lead actor Andy Whitfield battled Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Series creator and executive producer Steven S. DeKnight expanded a single flashback episode for the second season into a six-part mini-series. Production for Gods of the Arena began in New Zealand in August 2010.
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