Dustin Clare goes Roman in Spartacus: Gods of the Arena.
Anchor Bay Entertainment releases the Starz original TV series Spartacus: Gods of the Arena on Blu-ray
It’s about time, because we’re hungry for the over-the-top violence and sexual escapades — not to mention the drama and violence — that sold us on Starz’s wildly popular first go-round of the show, Spartacus: Blood and Sand.
A prequel to Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Gods of the Arena consists of six episodes set in Ancient Rome and focusing on the House of Batiatus (the gladiator training school — a “family” business — located in Capua, a city in Southern Italy) as it rises in the glow of its infamous, blood-thirsty champion Gannicus (Dustin Clare, Underbelly). It’s during these times that a young Batiatus (John Hannah, The Mummy) and his calculating wife Lucretia (Lucy Lawless, TV’s Xena: Warrior Princess) scheme to overthrow the family patriarch and take control, ensuring that the school’s gladiators are in the highest demand.
Joining Spartacus: Blood and Sand’s returning stars Hannah, Lawless and Peter Mensah (300) are new cast members Clare, Jaime Murray (TV’s Dexter) and Marisa Ramirez (TV’s General Hospital).
The Blu-ray
Both versions include these special features:
- extended scenes
- alternate endings
- and “content too risque for cable TV” — Seriously?! What could be more risque than what was already shown?
Here’s the trailer, which offers a whole lot of the sex and violence we were talking about before:
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