Spartacus Vengeance Gets A Premiere Date, Look Behind The Scenes Of Starz' Excellent Drama

There’s cause to celebrate if you’re a Spartacus fan. Starz announced the official premiere date for Spartacus: Vengeance. We also have a great behind-the-scenes video for the new season for you to check out, as well as the excellent photo, which features new-Spartacus Liam McIntyre.

The third installment to the Spartacus series, which is technically the second season, as Gods of the Arena was a prequel, is set to premiere on Starz on Friday, January 27, 2012 (10:00 p.m. ET/PT). As a Spartacus fan, and as someone who marks 1/27 as the date on which I annually celebrate getting older, I now have an official reason to stay in that night and watch whatever sweaty, bloody, swordy adventures are in store for us when the new season picks up.

The video below offers some footage from the new season and also includes some of the cast as they talk about what’s to come. Bask in the glow of their pretty faces and appealing accents for a minute.

Here’s Starz’ synopsis for the new season and further down is the key art.

“Spartacus: Vengeance” begins just a few weeks after that massacre. Capua is in an uproar. The gladiators have escaped and formed an uneasy alliance. Spartacus wants to exact revenge on the man responsible for killing his wife, but he will soon understand his life is about something greater than avenging Sura’s death. His mission is to build an army, set free the slaves and topple the Roman Empire. STARZ Originals newest series “Spartacus: Vengeance,” premieres Friday, January 27th at 10pm ET, only on STARZ.

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