Gerard Butler’s Fantasy Franchise Officially Scores Prequel Series

DirectorZack Snyder appeared to have distanced himself from franchise filmmaking, but the detour was deceptively brief. This past week, he premiered his first “indie” project, The Last Photograph, at the Toronto International Film Festival. It’s his first movie since his ill-fated Netflix run, which included two failed franchises — Army of the Dead and Rebel Moon. Before that, Snyder earned a complicated reputation with a string of comic-book adaptations that divided audiences but won him a legion of devoted fans. He’s now putting together a remake of John Carpenter‘s dystopian cult classic Escape from New York, which will mark his return to IP-driven filmmaking. In a new interview, Snyder revealed that he is also set to dive back into the fantasy world of his breakout blockbuster, 300.