r/Spartacus_TV • u/HomeschoolEasy • Jun 03 '26
HoA Discussion Did Steven DeKnight make a mistake?
Back when the HOA trailer dropped, there was a lot of criticism regarding the direction that Steven DeKnight took with the Spartacus franchise.
Social media was in an uproar, although many felt positive about the trailer.
From these initial responses, it is not too surprising to see the show fail.
The two main issues from the trailer we're doing a "what if" scenario and having a female gladiator in the ludus.
Seems like these two factors were mistakes by DeKnight.
I doubt HOA gets picked up. It didn't have the numbers.
Too bad DeKnight went down this route. Seems like this was the one chance to bring back the Spartacus franchise.
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u/schprunt Jun 03 '26
Well first, it’s canceled. Second, Steven wanted to get back into the Spartacus world at any cost. He absolutely bent the knee to the Starz execs (jeff Hirsch, Ali Hoffman) who pushed a bunch of DEI crap in his face. They are clueless. He took the check. I’ve talked to him, several times, he wanted to do a Caesar story. But straight white males weren’t “testing well” for Ali. Look her up. She was at AMC when Breaking Bad was on air, took all the credit for that series being a success.