Showing posts with label Jason and the Argonauts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jason and the Argonauts. Show all posts
Sunday, 14 December 2008
Tuesday, 30 September 2008
God Help Us! Brett Ratner to make God of War
Coming Soon mention that director Brett Ratner (X-Men: The Last Stand, Red Dragon, Rush Hour) has finally confirmed that he is attached to direct the God of War movie in an interview with UGO.Universal Pictures secured the movie rights to the popular video game created by Sony Computer Entertainment back in the summer of 2005. Mosaic Media Group's Charles Roven and Alex Gartner were announced as producers at the time.
Set in ancient Greece, the game follows the battles of the warrior Kratos, who tackles mythological beasts including Medusa, Cyclops and the Hydra. Players navigate Kratos on his quest to find Pandora's Box and destroy Ares, the god of war.
The game, created by David Jaffe and Shannon Studstill, was released for PlayStation 2 in March of 2005. A sequel was released in March of 2007 and a prequel, exclusive to PlayStation Portable, in March of 2008. A third title is in development for the PlayStation 3.
In addition to God of War, Ratner also mentioned he has Playboy and Beverly Hills Cop 4 in development as well.
We've got his movie, 2 Hercules and a Jason and the Argonauts being made along with a remake of Clash of the Titans. The next few years are going to be sword and sandals all over the place!
What do you think of this news? Never played the game - is it good and would it make a worthy movie? Is Ratner the one to make that movie?
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Tuesday, 12 August 2008
The Argonauts - Jason to set sail again in another sword and sandal epic
It appears that Jason and his fearless crew of the Argo are going to set sail on the big screen once more and Zak Penn (X-Men, Incredible Hulk, The Avengers) is the man to write it. Fox have hired him to write the screenplay for Jason's journey to Colchis.The original Jason and the Argonauts is one of my all time favourites and I've spent many a Sunday afternoon watching it and waiting for one of the best action sequences in any movie. Ray Harryhausen's splendid Skeleton battle. Abso-bloody-brilliant. Pardon the tmisis! Took him four months to make and was a grand total of three minutes screen time.
So with this, the remake of Clash of the Titans, War of the Gods and the two Hercules movies in production we have a veritable Sword and Sandal epic-demic (pardon the dreadful pun) on the horizon.
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