Spartacus: Blood and Sand

LLMU said:
abit weird to not see Andy Whitfield as Spartacus. Hope he has fully recover.
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'Spartacus' star Whitfield dies of lymphoma at 39

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andy Whitfield, who played the title role in the hit cable series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand," has died at age 39, according to representatives and family.

Whitfield died Sunday in Sydney, Australia, 18 months after he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, manager Sam Maydew told the Associated Press.

"On a beautiful sunny Sydney spring morning, surrounded by his family, in the arms of his loving wife, our beautiful young warrior Andy Whitfield lost his 18 month battle with lymphoma cancer," Whitfield's wife Vashti said in a statement. "He passed peacefully surrounded by love. Thank you to all his fans whose love and support have help carry him to this point. He will be remembered as the inspiring, courageous and gentle man, father and husband he was."

'Spartacus' star Whitfield dies of lymphoma at 39 - Yahoo! News
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Very sad, strange that I know about 3 people who beat this cancer with the same name, but I understand there are about 70 classification of NHL.
 
RIP, shame to see him go this way. Way too young. :(
 
RiP

That seemed pretty fast ? I thought they said he was fine 6 months ago ?
 
I just finished Gods of the Arena yesterday, and was reading up on Whitfield and his condition with hopes of maybe him returning in some capacity at one point.

Terrible, terrible news. RIP.
 
Starz released episode 1 for webview for US viewers. There are of course, terrible ways for us to obtain it too.

Good opening, will take getting used to the new Spartacus, but there's still loads of gore and tits.
 
Can a Mod please change the title of this thread to

Spartacus - Series 3: vengeance


Just saw an ad that its showing on UK TV from this week (not sure which channel but the first episode is already on various download sites like pirate bay)

Cant wait!!!!
 
'Spartacus' star Whitfield dies of lymphoma at 39

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andy Whitfield, who played the title role in the hit cable series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand," has died at age 39, according to representatives and family.

Whitfield died Sunday in Sydney, Australia, 18 months after he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, manager Sam Maydew told the Associated Press.

"On a beautiful sunny Sydney spring morning, surrounded by his family, in the arms of his loving wife, our beautiful young warrior Andy Whitfield lost his 18 month battle with lymphoma cancer," Whitfield's wife Vashti said in a statement. "He passed peacefully surrounded by love. Thank you to all his fans whose love and support have help carry him to this point. He will be remembered as the inspiring, courageous and gentle man, father and husband he was."

'Spartacus' star Whitfield dies of lymphoma at 39 - Yahoo! News
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OMG - just read this. Tragic - the guy was so amazing as Spartacus in this series. What a tragic loss of talent. may he rest in peace. :(


Hmmm, not so sure about this third series now, how can anybody replace him, esp after how the actor has fully owned and defined the character. :(
 
The first episode leaked, probably by Starz themselves.

It feels a bit weird with the new Spartacus, but the fact we haven't seen him since Blood and Sand, kind of helps.
 
It didn't leak, Starz aired the first episode online for US viewers only. The subsequent torrents were rips of it.
 
im going to watch it when it officially airs...besides i dont want a two week gap between the first two episodes.

sammsky1 said:
Can a Mod please change the title of this thread to

Spartacus - Series 3: vengeance
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Its season 2!

gods of the arena was a prequel, blood and sand was season 1 and vengence is season 2.
 
VidaRed said:
im going to watch it when it officially airs...besides i dont want a two week gap between the first two episodes.



Its season 2!

gods of the arena was a prequel, blood and sand was season 1 and vengence is season 2.
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:lol::lol: right you are!
 
GingerPrince11 said:
The first episode leaked, probably by Starz themselves.

It feels a bit weird with the new Spartacus, but the fact we haven't seen him since Blood and Sand, kind of helps.
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just saw the first episode. yeah, very odd without the original Spatacus. This new guy does not have that 'unruly' energy about hom. TBF, its only the first episode, so I;ll give him a few episodes to see how he grows into the role.

Was disappointed with the blood and gore, now new effects revealed yet that have shown innovation/progress on making gory body/head slashing look anymore wonderfully grotesque!
 
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