For the first season, the role of Spartacus was played by Andy Whitfield, who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at the completion of the first season.[2] Although in June 2010 Whitfield was reported to be healthy and cancer free,[3] in September his cancer returned[4] and he died on 11 September 2011.[5]Australian actor Liam McIntyre took over the role of Spartacus from Season 2.[6] A total of 33 episodes of Spartacus were broadcast over three seasons. A six-part prequel miniseries entitled Spartacus: Gods of the Arena was also broadcast between Seasons 1 and 2 (in 2011).

After the completion of the first season titled Spartacus: Blood and Sand, production for another season was delayed because lead actor Andy Whitfield was diagnosed with early-stage non-Hodgkin lymphoma so Starz produced a six-episode prequel miniseries entitled Spartacus: Gods of the Arena. When the actor's cancer recurred and he later succumbed to the disease on September 11, 2011,[3] Starz had actor Liam McIntyre take on the role of Spartacus in the second season titled Spartacus: Vengeance.[4][5] On June 4, 2012, Starz announced the third and final season, titled Spartacus: War of the Damned.[6][7] A sequel series is in development at Starz, with DeKnight returning to write for the show.


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This final season of Spartacus began airing January 25, 2013, and concluded April 12, 2013. This season follows the final struggle between Spartacus and Marcus Licinius Crassus. Crassus pursues Spartacus as he struggles to feed his ever-growing army of former slaves. Spartacus wins several victories against Crassus' forces and continues to frustrate the Romans. The series culminates in a direct all-out battle between Spartacus and Crassus.[8][9]

After filming in early 2009 and promoting for some time, it was announced that Starz would premiere Spartacus: Blood and Sand on January 22, 2010.[10] On December 22, 2009, a month before it premiered, it was announced that the show was renewed by Starz for a second season.[citation needed]

Spartacus series creator Steven S. DeKnight said in an interview, "There are a 'couple of very strong candidates' for the role of Spartacus, and season two should begin production in New Zealand in April 2011." DeKnight added that the Spartacus producers and Starz executives weren't always sure they would go forward without Andy Whitfield, who they said had brought "gravity and heart" to the role of the famous warrior. "It's unheard of to recast your titular character in a television show, and we did a lot of soul searching about whether we even wanted to try," DeKnight said. "And then Andy [Whitfield] said, 'I really think the show should go forward without me. I give you the blessing. I want this story told.'"[16] On January 17, 2011, it was announced that Australian film and TV actor Liam McIntyre had been selected to replace Whitfield.[17]

On February 26, 2011, interview with Entertainment Weekly, DeKnight revealed that the second season was set to air "the end of January" 2012. Additionally, he revealed that Lesley-Ann Brandt, the actress who portrayed the slave Naevia, would also not be able to return for season 2 due to the delay in production.[18] On August 1, 2011, Starz released a trailer indicating that the long-delayed second season would premiere in January 2012, under the new subtitle, Spartacus: Vengeance.[19]

The series aired in Canada on TMN beginning on January 25, 2010.[25] RTL 5 announced in their January newsletter that Spartacus: Blood and Sand will debut in the Netherlands in March.[26] In the United Kingdom, Bravo began airing the series on May 25, 2010.[27][28] Following the closure of Bravo on UK television, Sky1 picked up the rights to the series and continued to air all subsequent seasons. In conjunction with the UK airings of Spartacus: War of the Damned on Monday nights at 10pm, a Tweet-a-long was held from the official Spartacus Twitter page, in which fans posted tweets during the episode, using the hashtag #SpartacusWarOfTheDamned. The series premiered in Poland on HBO Poland starting from June 19, 2010[29] and in Hungary on HBO Magyarorszg starting from June 1, 2010.[30] The series aired in Ireland on TV3.[31] In Brazil, the show aired on Globosat HD.[citation needed] In Turkey, the show was released on CNBC-E TV, while in Italy, Sky Television was the broadcaster who gained the rights of the series. In India and Pakistan, the show aired on HBO. In Slovenia, the series started airing on Kanal A on January 2, 2012, from Monday to Friday at 9.45 pm. In 2014, Syfy began to air an edited version of the series.

The premiere episode of the series set a record for Starz, with 553,000 viewers on their network, and another 460,000 on Encore, where the show was available only that weekend. For the rest of the season the show had an average of 1.285 million viewers.Critical reception of the first episode was mixed; the review aggregate website Metacritic which assigns a normalized average score out of 100 gave the show a score of 54% based on 22 reviews.[38]Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly gave it the grade B+, saying it "might prove to be the not-at-all-guilty pleasure of the season."[39]Barry Garron of The Hollywood Reporter suggested that with "such thin stories... it's small wonder that sex and violence are used to take up the slack." Robert Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times wrote that John Hannah as Batiatus "keeps the show grounded with a persuasive portrait of a man engaged in a stressful daily business."[40]Mark Perigard of the Boston Herald gave the season finale a positive review, rating it a B+. He commented on the improvement of the series throughout its first season.[41]

I finished season 1 on netflix and i thought it was great. I noticed season 2 is a flash back chronicling batiatus rise. Is it worth the watch? or will I really be missing anything if I just skip to season 3?

Spartacus: Blood and Sand premiered in 2010. When Spartacus actor Andy Whitfield was diagnosed with cancer, the show pivoted to a prequel for the second season to give Whitfield time to recover.

Airing for three seasons, from 2010 to 2013, season one, with Andy Whitfield in the lead role, was officially titled Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Season two was a six-episode prequel titled Spartacus: Gods of the Arena with Liam McIntyre taking on the lead. And season three was Spartacus: War of the Damned also with Liam McIntyre. Other actors across the three seasons included Lucy Lawless, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, John Hannah, Erin Cummings, Peter Mensah, Neil E. Tarabav, Manu Bennett, Katrina Law, and Lesley-Ann Brandt.

The gladiator series Spartacus had to recast its titular role after its first season premiered on Starz, and the reason behind the casting change stemmed from some heartbreaking circumstances. When filming for the series began in 2009, Welsh actor Andy Whitfield took on the lead role of Spartacus, the historical figure who led a slave uprising against the Romans. The first season, Spartacus: Blood and Sand, premiered in January 2010 with its beginning episode setting a record for viewership for Starz. However, production was delayed for the second season, and Australian actor Liam McIntyre took Whitfield's place once filming began.

Making headlines for sex and violence, Spartacus was inspired by the story of the legendary warrior. In the first season, Spartacus trains as a gladiator with the hopes of saving his life; he ends up becoming a notable champion. After discovering that the murder of his wife Sura (Erin Cummings) was a setup by his master Batiatus (John Hannah), Spartacus joins forces with Crixus (Manu Bennett) and other gladiators to lead a massacre. The second and third seasons see Spartacus balancing his desire for revenge with his responsibilities in leading his band of liberated slaves against the Romans.

Sadly, it was announced in March 2010 that production for Spartacus: Vengeance was delayed because Whitfield was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. To give the actor time to seek medical treatment, Starz went on to develop the prequel miniseries Spartacus: Gods of the Arena starring Hannah's Batiatus with Lucy Lawless playing Lucretia. Production began in the summer of 2010, and the prequel aired beginning in January 2011. Whitfield was able to have a small voiceover part in "The Bitter End," the last episode of the miniseries, and started training again for season 2 once he was in remission.

Spartacus (season 5)Original ChannelHBONo. of episodes10PremiereCrassus is ComingFinaleAn Unfortunate EndSeason ChronologyPreviousSeason 4NextN/AThe fifth and final season of the Spartacus televisions series.

In the prequel Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, Brandt played body slave Naevia to Lucretia (Lucy Lawless) and then eventually became the lover of Crixus the gladiator in the original series' first season. Brandt decided not to renew her contract to appear in the second season, so producers recast her character with Addai-Robinson, who has appeared on FlashForward, CSI: NY, and Chuck. 


This is the second actor from the series who has been replaced. Star Andy Whitfield had to drop out of Spartacus to battle non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and Liam McIntyre stepped into his sandals for the second season.

In the next season of this acclaimed TV series, after the bloody escape from the House of Batiatus, the gladiator rebellion begins to strike fear into the heart of the Roman Republic. Spartacus finally comes face to face with the man who sold his wife into slavery and condemned Spartacus to slavery as a gladiator owned by Batiatus. e24fc04721

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