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Louis Leterrier Is So Cool He Can Tell Gods What To Do!!
Merrick here...
Louis Leterrier, director of the current INCREDIBLE HULK, has signed to direct the CLASH OF THE TITANS remake for Warner Bros.
The redux is penned by Lawrence Kasdan (RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, and currently working on Tobey Maguire's ROBOTECH adaptation). I've been trying to snag this script for a while, if someone out there has it, me love you long time!
Back in December, Stephen Norrington (BLADE, LXG) was angling to direct TITANS. Things changed...they seem to do that for Norrington.
The 1981 original was produced by Harryhausen & starred Harry Hamlin, Laurence Olivier, Ursula Undress...I mean Andress...and Bubo the anachronistically mechanical owl.
I say "Shia as Perseus!"
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HAHAHA FIRST
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Hahahahaha I got third too OMFG
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sorry
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cause nobody cares.
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But only if they stick to claymation. Poor Norrington, that guy is his own worst enemy.
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Now if it had really been considered a fucked up movie, he wouldn't get this geekboy gig.
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someone to do a live-action Ninja Scroll. and if Steven Seagal is in it I will shoot my cat in the face.
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Clash Of The Titans is a quality piece of trashy fun, and if anyone can do justice to a remake Leterrier can.Go, Leterrier! We have no one left to root for but you (until James Cameron comes back).
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did you forget about Paul Verhoeven and Ridley Scott
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Jun 27, 2008 8:41:21 AM CDT
I think I have that script ... let me check gmail inbox.
by the gospel according to bastardface
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action figure collection. hope mr. kasdan keeps that in mind.
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hopefully Marvel will forget about that one.
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The potential battle between Hulk guy's cheesy mythology movie vs Tarsem's cheesy mythology movie "War of the Gods" is the real story... or maybe not
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that one could definitely be the deal breaker for marvel and their new-look cinema continuity.
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He signed my book. Happy days.
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Leterrier is a competent action director. If the script is as good as the rumors, this could be a really fun movie. While I have nostalgic love for the original, I've always wanted to see a Greek Mythology movie done right.
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No, sir. They need the fake Shia- Michael Angarano. He is just as annoying but hasn't played a wannabe Greaser.
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Love the original. Harryhausen is one of my biggest influences as an animator, but I see no harm in doing an update to this movie. Greek mythology, or any ancient mythology, begs to be portrayed cinematically. Should be a decent remake with Letterier and Kasdan on board.
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ya true that... but a ninja scroll movie could be done right... the problem is that the chance of a good director/producer/cast coming together for it is not very good at least right now.
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Ang Lee forever!
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I haven't seen any gushing about it since it came out like 2 weeks ago. After that weekend it seemed like it got forgotten on the TBs. Although, it has been doing steady business here in the UK.
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I've heard stories that he is really weird. Like something about on the set of blade he went out and got a bunch of tatoos and piercings one night so he would look bad ass?
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We're not having fucking Shitey the Beef in this film! The news that Leterrier is making this is good, I think he's shown a lot of promise, especially with The Hulk. So even though this is yet another remake, I am carefully optimistic.
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...and suddenly there are six new stories on AICN. One that I read everywhere else before, two that I don't care for and three reviews by Massawyrm. That's seriously bad in my eyes.
Yes, I'm a little bit bitchy today. Sue me. -
And yes, I'm posting this in every TB today, for those that call Stephen Sommers a hack, on the set of GI JOE, he instructed Sienna Miller to wear fake breasts as her own cleavage was not big enough for him.
According to Miller: "I wear a tight black leather outfit. And much bigger boobs... They gave me these things that looked like chicken fillets. The director said, 'I'm gonna be honest, I like girls with big boobs,' and I don't have them so we made them bigger... At least he's honest. But I was mildly offended."
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Adrian what's-his-fuck from Entourage. Maybe he can loan his hair to whoever DOES play Perseus, though. They better keep the Andromeda bath scene at the end though!
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Jun 27, 2008 10:29:08 AM CDT
WTF? The Princess of Power as Persius?
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Wait. Shia is a dude? who knew?
I've been betting She-Ra Le'poof is the next OD'd celeb. Come'on She-Ra do another line for me.
Shia is the "Corey" of the 2k's.
Once you barf into the bag it's hard to get it back into your stomach. So, in Hollywood they just use that old barf-bag for lube.
Sometime a producer needs a handjob, ok it's daily, but the point is - Fuck that snot-nosed punk ass no-talent boy-bitch wannabee Corey Haim knock-off, he smells like a rancid canned ham that's been pissed on by an ensyphilitic bum when you approach him because his contract with Satan was poorly worded.
Strangely enough that's the same smell that wafts out of the Coldplay trailer.
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I love the original CLASH OF THE TITANS. But like I've said since the CLASH remake rumors started, this is exactly the sort of remake that Hollywood SHOULD consider.
As much as I love Ray Harryhausen's effects, a story using Greek mythology would benefit from the technical advances of the intervening decades. Even script-wise and casting-wise, the original had a lot of flaws, though I still love it.
As for Leterrier being the best guy for this, well, I really don't know enough about the guy's work to comment. I wish him luck and hope that this does well so we can get more Greek mythological films in the pipeline. -
It occurred to me that, damn, you really couldn't make any move in those days after Star Wars without putting a cute robot in it. Geez.
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I love Clash of the Titans but when I watch that funny owl... all I can see is 3PO and R2D2 all in one body! The score is pretty much Star Warsish too. (and don't forget the usuals: old bearded sidekick, princess to save, sword fight, father/son story etc...) I just hope they will come with new ideas for this remake.
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Not because I don't want to see a Thor movie, but because The Incredible Hulk was terrible.
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1. What did Letterier actually do on TRANSPORTER (the first one)? Every time anybody refers to him they claim he directed the first two TRANSPORTERS, but the first one is credited to Corey Yuen. I thought he was second unit director or something, but if somebody knows for sure please inform me.
2. Will Stephen Norrington ever be rescued from oblivion? I was hoping this would be the one to do it, but I guess not. I know DEATH MACHINE isn't very good, THE LAST MINUTE is a mixed bag and LXG is a piece of garbage, but come on. BLADE is way too good and too unique to be a fluke. There's gotta be at least one more good movie in that guy. I hope he comes back to directing some day. -
came out. Some idiot came to the box office and asked for a ticket to "Crash of the Titanic." He wasn't joking, he was just stupid. And one day some conjoined twins came in, but they saw "The Devil and Max Devlin." Sat in one chair they brought with them.
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1. Letterier is credited as artistic director on the first Transporter. I turned the second one off after 20 minutes so I can't say whether Letterier has any real directing chops. I'll be seeing the Incredible Hulk when it hits video so I can evaluate then.2. Norrington is supposed to be hell to work with. Makes life unbearable for the cast and crew. Sort of like David O. Russell. And I'm opening myself up to all sorts of criticism here, but I actually thought LXG had one or two things going for it, namely how they used practical effects for Mr. Hyde which really impressed me. Couldn't save the movie overall, but it deserves a little credit. Besides, it's Connery's last movie.
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I probably won't see his Hulk movie cuz I don't like superhero nonsense, but I love both Transporter flicks and Unleashed, and am a big sucker for this mythological beast type movie to the point where I am actually going to rent 10,000 BC this weekend against my better judgement.Cory Yuen is also good people. I kinda actually doubt that he directed the first Transporter film. He was probably a glofified fight choreographer with Leterrier standing near the camera and Luc Besson standing slightly closer but nobody can say for sure who directed it.
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It's Norrington's best movie! (not flawless, but a VERY enjoyable low budget SciFi Horror Action movie.)
Yes, I don't really like Blade. It starts great but begins to bore as soon as Udo Kier explodes. (But Blade II is seriously great!) -
You just wrote his name then followed it by info in parentheses. Is he writing it? Kinda wish he would write for this site, so I could actually understand the shit I read.
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wiped the floor with both tranporter films and danny the dog ten times over. No question about it.
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Shia better stay the hell away, although I don't hate him like other AICN fanboys seem to. He can be pretty decent, but he is far to scrawny for this he-man sword and sandal epic. STOP THE SHIA HATE! Give the dude his props. (but keep him far away from Clash of the Titans)
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When was the last time anybody saw him in a movie? How is he doing? We need someone who can live up to Laurence Olivier and bring his sense of majesty to this fun flick. It's hard coming up with anybody of his stature.
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For a B-movie, that scene packed an amazing amount of tension. As a kid watching it, I was on the edge of my seat, about to jump out of my skin from the anxiety induced by that scene. It was powerful stuff. Even if they cgi her in the remake, they need to copy that scene exactly. Keep the same pacing, camera angles, and everything.
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It was Corey Yuen, i dont know why people keep making mistakes about that. Or maybe im a pedantic prick.
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Not only would that make it different from the previous flick, but it would be awesome seeing greek Gods roaming around the World. I think they shouldn't make it only about Perseus too.
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Haephestos designed plenty of robots. What he was was an R2D2 ripoff.
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He's the only person I can think of right now.. Shia's too damn skinny.
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...I promise you. This Frenchman is a hack.
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SERIOUSLY. ARE U GUYS 10??? YRS OLD NOT INCHES LONG. ANYHOW SOUNDS COOL TO ME. I ENJOYED THE ORIG AND THAT CREATIVE TEAM SOUNDS LIKE A CANT MISS!
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