Spartacus showrunner Steven S DeKnight has claimed that the upcoming second season will be "much bigger" than the first.

DeKnight told Assignment X that the new run, subtitled Vengeance, will feature "gigantic" story arcs.

"It has a lot of the same feel [as season one], but the stories are much, much bigger," he said. "The technical challenges are [also] huge and soul crushing."

He added that the cast and crew of Spartacus are "probably chewing off more than [they] can swallow" this year.

"We're really, really swinging for the fences this season," he insisted. "That's what we do on Spartacus, we always try to do more than is physically possible."

DeKnight also promised that the lead character of Spartacus will remain unchanged, despite the transition between departing star Andy Whitfield and his replacement Liam McIntyre.

"We approached the character exactly the same," he confirmed. "We were writing for Spartacus the way we always write for Spartacus."

However, DeKnight admitted that McIntyre's portrayal of the famous warrior will be "a different interpretation".

"Obviously it will be slightly different since it's two different actors coming at it from a different angle," he said. "But the soul of the character remains the same."

Spartacus: Vengeance will premiere on Starz in early 2012.

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