Legendary Pictures’ planned 300 prequel Xerxes has been retitled 300: Battle of Artemisia. Zach Snyder, who directed the original surprise blockbuster in 2007, now serves as producer. Directors being consider for the project include Noam Murro and Jaume Collet-Serra.

Murro is an award-winning commercials director whose feature film debut was the forgettable Sara Jessica Parker vehicle Smart People. The higher profiled Collet-Serra has helmed the films Unknown, Orphan, House of Wax, and the pilot episode for Oren Peli’s new ABC series “The River.”

300: Battle of Artemisia will follow Xerxes, who was portrayed by Rodrigo Santoro (“Lost”) in 300, after he succeeds his father Darius the Great as ruler of the Persian Empire in 486 BC, four years after the defeat at Marathon. The script is based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel and is written for the screen by Snyder and Kurt Johnstad.