After the Watchmen preview yesterday, IESB spoke to Zack Snyder, asking him about the 300 prequel/sequel that was supposedly in the works.

Surprisingly, he had a little input on it!

Snyder says that the film will be sort of a prequel AND a sequel, taking place in the year between the end of the Battle of Thermopylae and the Battle of Plataea, which is the massive battle between Xerxes’ Persians and 10,000 Spartans PLUS 30,000 Greeks. This technically makes it a sequel; we only saw but a slight glimpse at that last battle and this will pick up after the core story of the first film ended.

This is both really good news and really bad news.

Bad news first — this means we’re not likely to get Gerard Butler back as Leonidas, which is why most fans wanted a prequel.