Starz has released the uncensored red band trailer for Spartacus: House of Ashur, the upcoming gladiator sequel to the network’s long-running historical drama franchise. The drama is slated to premiere on December 5 with back-to-back episodes, exclusively on the STARZ app and all STARZ streaming and on-demand platforms.
“The show is a thrilling, erotic, history-bending, roller-coaster experience that builds on everything that made the original series a colossal hit. What if Ashur had lived, and the Romans rewarded his treachery with the gladiator school where he once bled? Welcome to the House of Ashur,” reads the official synopsis. “No longer a slave, Ashur has clawed his way to power, owning the same ludus that once owned him. But ruling a band of merciless gladiators is child’s play compared to surviving the savage world of Roman politics — a cutthroat game in which betrayal isn’t a sin, it’s currency. He flips tradition on its head by unleashing Achillia, a fierce and powerful gladiatrix eager to prove herself worthy in a man’s world. Together, they ignite a new kind of spectacle that shocks, disrupts, and offends the elite with every drop of blood.”
Check out the new Spartacus: House of Ashur trailer below (watch more trailers):
What happens in the Spartacus: House of Ashur trailer?
The video features the return of Nick E. Tarabay as Ashur, a former slave who managed to become the master of his own house. To hold on to the power he received from betraying Spartacus, he recruits a female gladiator who’ll help his house stand out in the arena. The trailer highlights some of the show’s brutal sequences, teasing just how unhinged the gladiator sequel is going to be. Tarabay played the character during the first two seasons (2010’s Blood and Sand, 2012’s Vengeance) of the original show, and in the 2011 prequel Gods of the Arena.
Spartacus: House of Ashur is executive-produced by Daredevil’s Steven S. DeKnight, who served as the creator and writer of the original show. The ensemble cast includes Graham McTavish as Korris, Tenika Davis as Achillia, Jordi Webber as Tarchon, Jamaica Vaughan as Hilara, Ivana Baquero as Messia, Claudia Black as Cossutia, India Shaw-Smith as Viridia, Jackson Gallagher as Caesar, Jaime Slater as Cornelia, and Leigh Gill as Satyrus. Besides DeKnight, the show is also executive-produced by Rick Jacobson and Aaron Helbing. It is a production by Lionsgate Television.
