Starz has set the main cast for the latest installment of the “Spartacus” Universe: Spartacus: House of Ashur , led by franchise star Nick Tarabay reprising the role of the titular Ashur. Production on the Steven S. DeKnight-led, 10-episode series is underway in New Zealand.
“And who will fight Ashur? Choose carefully, for I long for blood”—Ashur The main cast includes Graham McTavish ( The Witcher ), Tenika Davis ( Jupiter’s Legacy ), Jamaica Vaughan ( Home and Away ), Ivana Baquero ( Pan’s Labyrinth ), Jordi Webber ( Choose Love ), Claudia Black ( The Nevers) , India Shaw-Smith ( The Pines Still Whisper ) and Leigh Gill ( Joker ). Related Stories News Minnie Driver Reveals How She Kept From "Fainting" In Queen Elizabeth I's Gowns On 'Serpent Queen' News Starz To Drop 'Down In The Valley' Premiere A Week Early Spartacus: House of Ashur is described by the network as a “history-bending, erotic, thrilling, roller-coaster experience that builds on everything that made the original series a colossal hit. The series poses the question: what if Ashur, played by fan favorite Nick Tarabay, hadn’t died on Mount Vesuvius at the end of Spartacus: Vengeance ? And what if he had been gifted the gladiator school once owned by Batiatus in return for aiding the Romans in killing Spartacus and putting an end to the slave rebellion?” McTavish plays “Korris,” a former gladiator who won his freedom in the arena and is now Ashur’s Doctore, training the gladiators in Ash.