![]() The film, based on Steven Pressfield’s 1998 historical novel, was to have been a realistic and intense look at the ancient warrior kingdom of Sparta and their doomed but historically momentous attempt to hold off the invading Persians at Thermopylae. ![]() When talking about great movies that never got made, save a special place at the table for Michael Mann’s Gates of Fire, an epic about the Battle of Thermopylae that the filmmaker was attached to direct in the early 2000s. This week, Vulture is taking a look at great unproduced, unreleased, or unheralded entertainment. ![]() Photo-Illustration: Vulture and Getty Images ![]()
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