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Gladiatrix: Netflix, Blood of Zeus Prods Plan Series & Graphic Novel

Published Wed, 02 Mar 2022 10:28:13 -0600

What do you get when you team Charley & Vlas Parlapanides (Immortals, Blood of Zeus) with Oscar-nominated screenwriter Dan Gordon (Heart of A Lion: The George Foreman Story, George Tillman Jr.) and New York Times bestselling writer & artist John Stanisci (Batman Beyond)? Earlier this morning, we learned that you get Gladiatrix, a new project that's based on Rome's 5th Century gladiator battles set for both a streaming series take as well as a graphic novel. Gordon and Stanisci have written a pilot, a follow-up to their recent teaming to develop Stanisci's creator-owned science fiction comic series LIFEDEATH as a television series. Set in Rome, 78 A.D., Gladiatrix follows Judith, the bastard daughter of a queen raised as a Sicaria assassin, and the last survivor of a massacred people. Shackled and taken to Rome as a slave, she is thrown into the Gladiator arena for sport, but she has come to the city on a mission of vengeance. But before she exacts revenge for her slain people, she will give the Roman crowd a bloodsport the likes of which they have never known…and rise to power like no woman of her time ever had.

gladiatrix — Image: Netflix/Asia Minor Pictures

Charley Parlapanides says "Dan and John have been masterful storytellers for decades in a wide variety of mediums, be it film, tv, the theater or the panels of a comic book. We are thrilled to be working with them and absolutely love the story they've crafted. And truthfully, we feel the world needs a story like this, a story about heroism and bravery in the face of almost insurmountable odds," said Charley Parlapanides in a statement when the news was first announced. " Vlas Parlapanides added, "Charley and I couldn't be more thrilled to be working with Dan and John on Gladiatrix. They have managed to create something truly special, a story based on actual events that is unique and has never been told before. It's rare to find a project that is this epic, dramatic, action-packed, romantic, and inspirational." Gladiatrix is in development as a television series and original graphic novel through Asia Minor Pictures and was introduced today in Stanisci's Origin Story Substack newsletter.

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