Could ‘Spartacus: House of Ashur’ Be Saved After Cancellation? Season 2 Is Already Written
Spartacus: House of Ashur Season 1 came to an end on Friday, February 6, on Starz. After months of waiting on any update about the show’s future, Starz announced on May 22 that House of Ashur has been canceled. Season 2 had already been written, according to the show’s creator, Steven S. DeKnight. But there is some hope that the series could be saved, thanks to Starz’s split with Lionsgate.
Spartacus: House of Ashur is led by Nick E. Tarabay, reprising his role as the traitorous Ashur from Spartacus, and costars Outlander‘s Graham McTavish, Tenkia Davis, and more. Julius Caesar (Jackson Gallagher) and his powerful wife, Cornelia (Jaime Slater), have been important figures in this season, and there’s tension rising after Ashur was roped into the murder of Gibinius (Andrew McFarlane) in the penultimate episode.
Here’s what DeKnight told us about Season 2’s potential before it was canceled, and what the Starz-Lionsgate split could mean for the show’s potential future. (DeKnight breaks down the Spartacus: House of Ashur Season 1 finale in detail here.)
Is Spartacus: House of Ashur renewed for Season 2?
Starz has canceled Spartacus: House of Ashur after one season. Lionsgate Television, the studio behind the series, is currently shopping it to other platforms, according to Deadline. This is made more possible because Starz no longer owns House of Ashur. Now that it’s been canceled, Lionsgate owns it, and Lionsgate and Starz ended its partnership in 2025. House of Ashur was picked up by Starz in 2023, when the studios were still in partnership.
DeKnight was confident that they’d get to make more of his beloved franchise; he’s already written Season 2. He’s been open about this since before Season 1 premiered in December 2025. DeKnight wants multiple seasons for Ashur’s story, which is set in an alternate universe where Ashur was given a second chance at life and a clean slate, where he wasn’t killed for betraying Spartacus, but rather rewarded with his own ludus and gladiators in Capua.
“I can tell you we’ve already written Season 2. We are ready to go if it’s a success,” DeKnight told Deadline in November.
In our finale interview, DeKnight told TV Insider that he believed they would get renewed.
“I’m feeling pretty confident,” he said. “Worldwide, the show seems to be doing very well, so we’re just waiting for the green light. I know all the actors and the crew, we’re all chomping at the bit to get back to New Zealand and start shooting the next chapter.”
How many Spartacus: House of Ashur episodes are there?
There are 10 episodes in Season 1.
Where to Watch Spartacus: House of Ashur
Spartacus: House of Ashur Season 1 is available to stream on the Starz app.
Who is in the Spartacus: House of Ashur cast?
The series stars Tarabay, who reprises his role as Ashur, McTavish as Korris, Davis as Achillia, Jordi Webber as Tarchon, Jamaica Vaughan as Hilara, Ivana Baquero as Messia, Claudia Black as Cossutia, Shaw-Smith as Viridia, Gallagher as Caesar, Slater as Cornelia, and Leigh Gill as Satyrus. Lucy Lawless reprised her role as Lucretia in the series premiere, in a scene set in the afterlife in which she sent Ashur back to the land of the living.
Spartacus: House of Ashur is a thrilling, erotic, history-bending, roller-coaster experience that builds on everything that made the original series a colossal hit. What if Ashur had lived, and the Romans rewarded his treachery with the gladiator school where he once bled? Welcome to the House of Ashur. No longer a slave, Ashur has clawed his way to power, owning the same ludus that once owned him. But ruling a band of merciless gladiators is child’s play compared to surviving the savage world of Roman politics — a cutthroat game in which betrayal isn’t a sin, it’s currency. He flips tradition on its head by unleashing Achillia, a fierce and powerful gladiatrix eager to prove herself worthy in a man’s world. Together, they ignite a new kind of spectacle that shocks, disrupts, and offends the elite with every drop of blood.
Spartacus: House of Ashur, Season 1 Available Now, Starz App
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C
Excellent show! I want one second season.
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This show was the only reason why subscribe to MGM just for the opportunity to see this show I love it please keep it going can’t wait for season 2
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I can't wait for season 2 I know it's going to get wilder season 1 was amazing can't wait to see more on season 2 i love spartacus house of Asher I love watching spartacus plz keep it going I'm your number one fan
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Omg hurry up with season 2 and hopefully more after that. Never seen my partner do involved to watch a series like this one .
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Can't wait for season 2 and many more.
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Yes, second season!!!
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Can't wait for the second season
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D
Piss poor show he had his head chopped off in season 2 I shall stick to the original season terrible actors why would anyone watch this rubbish why is it called Spartacus and he is not even in it bizzare story line starz
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A
Yes definitely a second season!!! I can’t wait. Also a 3rd, 4th and 5th season as well.
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Seriously we need more seasons of this! Incredible show!
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T
yes definately need a season 2 and 3. shame on starz for leaving tge seties folliwers hanging.
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I loved it and wanted to watch a second time and it is no longer on Starz…what the heck
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More please
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OMG!!! GREATEST FINALE OF ALL! I WANT MORE FEMALE GLADIATORS...with more gritty bare all earlier seasons had...keep going on breaking historical tradition it ROCKS!!! SPARTACUS HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY GOTO FOR BINGE WATCHING...ASHUR last 2 episodes SETS A HIGH BAR INDEED. CONTINUE TO EMBRACE THE STARZ MANTRA...WE ARE ALL ADULTS HERE!!!! SHOW US MORE OF WHAT WE LOVE...REAL MEN AND WOMEN HIGHEST ART FORM IN GOD/GODESS LIKE MANNER BATTLING IT OUT IN THE ARENA AND WHEREVER PASSIONS WIN OUT!!! BRAVO!
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