‘Spartacus’ Creator on Killing [SPOILER] in the ‘House of Ashur’ Finale and His Advice for the ‘Buffy’ Reboot: ‘Swing for the Fences’

Diana Nechita

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the Season 1 finale of “ Spartacus: House of Ashur ,” now available on Starz. Steven S. DeKnight has helped create several cinematic universes over the years. He wrote on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and the spinoff “Angel” in the early aughts, lent his talents to Superman on “Smallville,” ran a “Transformers” writers’ room in 2015, directed “Pacific Rim: Uprising” in 2018 and served as showrunner for Marvel’s “Daredevil” on Netflix. Beginning in