300 is a 2007 fantasy war movie directed by Zack Snyder, which is based on a graphic novel of the same name by Frank Miller.

The Spartan king Leonidas, played here by Gerard Butler, did defend the ‘Hot Gates’ in Northern Greece with 300 hoplites, against an invading Persian army that Herodotus, the ‘father of ...

The new trailer for “300: Rise of an Empire,” which hit ... riding over the corpses of Gerard Butler’s Spartan King Leonidas and most of his 299 loyal, doomed subjects.

Warner Bros. president Alan Horn wanted Gerard Butler to give up smoking before accepting the role of King Leonidas in 300.

men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians, and 400 Thebans. Xerxes waited for 10 days for King Leonidas to surrender or withdraw but left with no options he pushed forward.

playing the fearsome Spartan King Leonidas — was apparently quite war zone on set. Butler himself apparently walked away from 300 unscathed, though he detailed injuries he sustained on other ...