Blood & Sand

In January 2012 Spartacus will finally be back for a new full season of 13 episodes, but with a new ‘Spartacus’ actor. Here are the first photos of Liam McIntyre in action as the new Spartacus.

There has understandably been a lot of fan resistance to the new lead actor with many feeling that the show should not have continued without Andy who is currently battling cancer.  To the shows credit, the second season was put on indefinite hold and a prequel was filmed to give Andy time to recover but when Andy had to return for aggressive treatment the decision was finally made to continue without him. 

Apparently Andy got in touch with the director and said... ‘I love this story, I love the character, and I want to see it played all the way through, and you have my full support to do that.”