{"id":24640,"date":"2025-07-26T23:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T23:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/24640\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T23:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T23:08:09","slug":"house-of-ashur-introduces-a-female-gladiatrix-in-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/24640\/","title":{"rendered":"House of Ashur Introduces a Female Gladiatrix in Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest expansion of the \u201cSpartacus\u201d franchise, \u201cSpartacus: House of Ashur,\u201d sees the first female gladiator enter the arena. <\/p>\n

The first trailer for the spinoff series premiered at Comic-Con in San Diego Saturday afternoon. \u201cSpartacus\u201d creator, writer, and executive producer\u00a0Steven S. DeKnight announced the new series\u2019 winter premiere slot on stage with the cast of \u201cHouse of Ashur,\u201d including Nick E. Tarabay,\u00a0Tenika Davis\u00a0,\u00a0Graham McTavish,\u00a0Jamaica Vaughan,\u00a0Jordi Webber\u00a0and\u00a0Jaime Slater.\u00a0Liam McIntyre, who played the titular role of \u201cSpartacus\u201d in previous chapters, moderated the panel.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpartacus: House of Ashur\u201d is a truth-bending spinoff in which viewers can imagine an alternate reality in which the Romans rewarded Ashur\u2019s treachery with the gladiator school where he once bled. In the series, Ashur (Tarabay) is no longer a slave but a teacher and a mentor. <\/p>\n

Gladiators are defeated in the arena as blood spurts from their dying bodies and onto the front row of the Coliseum. This season though Ashur takes a chance and allows a gladiatrix Achillia (Davis) to train with his male gladiators. The fierce and powerful gladiatrix eager to prove herself worthy in a man\u2019s world.<\/p>\n

The trailer features lots of death, blood and tears, but also intimate moments between characters and even a lesbian kiss. <\/p>\n

Watch the red-band trailer here:<\/p>\n

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The new series asks, what if Ashur (Tarabay) hadn\u2019t died on Mount Vesuvius at the end of \u201cSpartacus: Vengeance\u201d and had instead been gifted the gladiator school once owned by Batiatus?<\/p>\n

Additonal cast members include McTavish will portray Korris, a former gladiator who won his freedom in the arena and who now trains other gladiators as the Ashur\u2019s doctor. He will be joined by Davis (\u201cJupiter\u2019s Legacy,\u201d \u201cCabinet of Curiosities), who will play the first female gladiator Achillia; Jamaica Vaughan (\u201cHome and Away,\u201d \u201c800 Words\u201d) as the young, elevated house slave who\u2019s in love with Ashur, Hilara; Jordi Webber (\u201cChoose Love,\u201d \u201cProsper\u201d) as a headstrong gladiator named Tarchon.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpartacus: Blood and Sand\u201d debuted on STARZ in 2010 and was followed by the prequel series chapter \u201cSpartacus: Gods of the Arena\u201d in 2011, and two additional chapters, \u201cSpartacus: Vengeance\u201d in 2012 and \u201cSpartacus: War of the Damned\u201d in 2013.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cSpartacus\u201d creator, writer, and executive producer\u00a0DeKnight\u00a0(\u201cDaredevil\u201d) will serve as showrunner and executive producer on \u201cSpartacus: House of Ashur.\u201d\u00a0Rick Jacobson\u00a0and\u00a0Aaron Helbing\u00a0will also serve as executive producers.\u00a0\u201cSpartacus: House of Ashur\u201d is produced by Lionsgate Television for STARZ.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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