{"id":23905,"date":"2025-11-25T11:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T16:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/spartacus-house-of-ashurs-showrunner-cast\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T13:33:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T18:33:46","slug":"spartacus-house-of-ashurs-showrunner-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/spartacus-house-of-ashurs-showrunner-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Interview: Spartacus: House of Ashur\u2019s Showrunner &#038; Cast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world of <em>Spartacus<\/em>\u00a0is returning to STARZ on December 5 after over 14 years since it was last on air. The new sequel series,\u00a0<em>Spartacus: House of Ashur<\/em>, sees Nick E. Tarabay reprise his role as Ashur to explore what would have happened if the character had lived and been rewarded for his treachery. No longer a slave and now in power in this alternative timeline, Ashur must grapple with the world of Roman politics while managing the gladiator school that once owned him.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 690px;\">\n \t                <div style=\"padding-top: 56.2504%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video data-video-id=\"6385570367112\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-account=\"1120308147\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-player=\"default\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-embed=\"default\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-application-id \n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"video-js\" \n\t\t\t\t\tcontrols=\"\"\n                    loop autoplay\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\"><\/div><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/1120308147\/default_default\/index.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Steven S. DeKnight (<em>Daredevil<\/em>), creator, writer and executive producer of the original series, returned to write, showrun and executive produce the sequel for Lionsgate Television and STARZ. Graham McTavish (<em>The Hobbit<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Preacher<\/em>), Tenika Davis (<em>Guillermo del Toro\u2019s Cabinet of Curiosities<\/em>), Claudia Black (<em>Ahsoka<\/em>) and India Shaw-Smith (<em>Andor<\/em>) are among the new cast members.<\/p>\n<p>In this interview with\u00a0<em>TV Drama Weekly<\/em>, DeKnight discusses how the idea for the series came about, Tarabay talks about returning to his character after over a decade and the new cast members introduce their characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The showrunner and cast members of the Spartacus spin-off Spartacus: House of Ashur tell World Screen Newsflash about what to expect in the brand-new series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":23906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[11663,11661,11664,593,11660,9746,169,2574,11662],"class_list":["post-23905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-claudia-black","tag-graham-mctavish","tag-india-shaw-smith","tag-lionsgate-television","tag-nick-e-tarabay","tag-spartacus-house-of-ashur","tag-starz","tag-steven-s-deknight","tag-tenika-davis","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Video Interview: Spartacus: House of Ashur\u2019s Showrunner &amp; 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