Warring Tentpoles: 'Gods' vs. 'Titans'
Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels, War
I love when stuff like this happens: Armageddon vs. Deep Impact. 1492: Conquest of Paradise vs. Christopher Columbus: The Discovery. Umm, Vice Versa vs. Like Father Like Son. You know what I mean: When two very similar movies from two very different movie studios hit the theaters at just about the same time. And according to Variety, it looks to be happening again, this time with a pair of Greek Mythology-type movies. Of all things. We get none of 'em for two decades and then all of a sudden everyone wants to bang one out. It's good news for me, though. I love this stuff.
In one corner we have WB's Clash of the Titans remake, which will be directed by Louis Leterrier and written by Lawrence Kasdan. We all know a bit about Clash of the Titans, or at least I hope we do, so let's focus on the other corner: Here we have the very intriguing War of Gods, which Relativity Media is prepping for Tarsem Singh to direct. According to Variety, it's "a mythological tale set in war-torn Ancient Greece, as the young warrior prince Theseus leads his men in a battle against evil that will see the gods fighting with soldiers against demons and titans." Whoa. Yes, please.
Both flicks are looking to use the 300-style approach to bring their ancient worlds and creatures to life, both aim to start production before the end of the year, and both will probably make a whole lot of money. I mean seriously: We need more epics about Greek Mythology. Call me a nerd, but those stories are freaking cool!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
6-29-2008 @ 11:41AM
Peter Hall said...
I'm no fanboy, but if you're looking for freaking cool Greek Mythology epics, both of these pale in the potential of the inevitable God of War game-to-film franchise.
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6-29-2008 @ 2:16PM
Brian said...
Hopefully, Tarsem will be given free reign to bring his visual style to the screen for this one. He's a perfect choice!
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6-29-2008 @ 2:12PM
Joe said...
You forgot Dante's Peak and Volcano. So more Greek war movies will be cool. I hope they go far an R rating. As for what Peter said about GOW when ever that movie does come out I hope it will be good too. But as of right now all video games that become a movie suck. So I hope that would not happen with that movie too.
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6-30-2008 @ 3:23PM
mcafee_matthew said...
Are you really apologizing for this post? This is excellent news and what I look for when reading cinematical - other gossip and movie news are interesting as well but this is the good stuff....keep this type of news coming and let's hope they get these films made with Louis and Tarsem - what a contrast!!
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