Fans can get a closer look at the powerful Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and his massive battle axe in the latest banner for 300: Rise of an Empire. Noam Murro directs this follow-up to 2007's 300, where Xerxes is determined to wipe out all of the Greeks and burn Athens to the ground. However, this Persian tyrant must contend with a new Greek army lead by General Themistokles (Sullivan Stapleton) and Queen Gorgo (Lena Headey) as they strive to defend their homeland.