Rise or Die: A Those About to Die Podcast

The roar of a crowd. A sound that countless gladiators heard as they walked out onto the sands of the Roman arena. A sound that you can still hear today in stadiums around the world, where athletes compete for wealth and for glory. On Episode 5 of Rise or Die, host Dana Schwartz (Noble Blood) wanted to explore how the creative team behind Those About To Die explored the similarities between the sp...

It’s hard enough to write a character people connect with. But what about one based off of a real person, who lived nearly 2000 years ago in one of the most well-documented time periods in history? There’s just a staggering amount to get wrong. But there’s also so much to get right… to take what we know and build off of it. On Episode 4 of Rise or Die, host Dana Swartz (Noble Blood) talks to serie...

In a period piece like Those About to Die, or “sword and sandal epics” as they are sometimes called, audiences have high expectations for the costumes. And what the character is wearing doesn’t just say something about them—it says something about the world they inhabit. Creating the costumes for Those About to Die, and helping create the world of the show, required rigorous research and a heroic...

Anyone familiar with visual effects in film and TV knows that most everything is added in post production, after filming the series with actors has wrapped. But what happens when you flip that on its head, and all the crowd scenes, sprawling backdrops and horse races need to be complete before filming can even start? On Episode Two of Rise or Die, host Dana Schwartz (Noble Blood) explores the worl...

On this episode, host Dana Schwartz (Noble Blood) talks with the cast and creators of the Peacock Original Series Those About To Die about bringing ancient rome to life. Names like Vespasian, Titus and Domitian are instantly recognizable, locations like the Circus Maximus and the Colosseum loom and the gritty underbelly of Roman society feels familiar…and also alien, all at the same time. With tha...

From Peacock, IGN, and Realm, this is Rise or Die, the official companion podcast to the Peacock original series Those About To Die. On this podcast, host Dana Schwartz (Noble Blood) will go behind the scenes to learn about how the series was made. She talks with critically acclaimed director and executive producer Roland Emmerich, writer and producer Robert Rodat, visual effects supervisor Pete T...