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Will Ralph Fiennes be the lord of the underworld in the TITANS reboot?
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Variety is reporting that Ralph Fiennes is in talks to join Louis Leterrier's CLASH OF THE TITANS remake. They say he's looking to be Hades. I haven't read the script to this new one yet, so I suppose Hades will have a role similar to Calibos in the original. Or maybe not. Maybe it's a small part and not the main villain. We know Fiennes is going to play a large part in the two volumes of HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS and is also supposed to be looking at a project called THE MEN AT THE PRU, from the dynamic duo that is Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
It's great casting if he does it, especially if Liam Neeson will be able to recover from his personal tragedy and does indeed play Zeus. I wouldn't blame him if he has to pass it up.
This is a curious project for me. I'd rather see Leterrier attack a hardcore GOD OF WAR adaptation than remake the Harryhausen classic, but I love Greek myth and any chance to see it done with all the bells and whistles of a tentpole studio picture is exciting for me. Thoughts?
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Robert Rodriguez needs to get his act together...
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THE PERFECT FILM
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or second...
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I very much doubt it.
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Fuck it
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don't even use make up or effects
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Or at least use it to mean just one thing: a do-over of a series? A remake of a single movie does NOT = reboot. Stop it!
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that's a tough call...but I suppose Titans is closer to my heart.
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Uh, actually I heard Ralph was doing the lead in the "Remember the Titans" reboot, English accent and all....
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Greek mythology is a-ok in my book. Ralph Fiennes would make a fine Hades.
Although... you're right about a hardcore GOD OF WAR needing to be made. Each one of those games was a great self-contained story in itself. and Kratos would rock some balls onscreen. -
i man, who else? but ditch the white paint.
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a C O T and harryhausen homage. if that bronze colossus in god of war 2 wasn't pure harryhausen, i don't know what is...
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Say Kratos vs. Perseus. Then it's easy because Harry H. can't compare. COT was a great movie, when I was 6. It doesn't stand up, I'd love to see them make a great hard R GOW movie and actually not remake another old flick...just sayin...
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Apr 08, 2009 7:50:09 PM CDT
Hopefully we'll get to see Calibos as well as...
by pissed off and bitter
Cerberus, whom I thought was done well in the original but didn't seem like much of a threat and Charon the Ferryman. I always thought it was real the way they pulled him off. This is shaping up to be a kick ass re-imagining or reboot, whatever.
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I thought "reboot" meant restarting a franchise, not simply a new version of an old movie.
Plus, I second the motion for a God Of War flick. True, it might not be as good a movie as it was a game, but if that concept doesn't lend itself to some TRULY kick-ass visuals (especially if they did it in 3D,) then I don't know what would. -
as THE KRACKEN!
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I doubt he's replacing Calibos ... so does that mean they're switching the main divine antagonist from Hera to Hades? Me no likey if so.
PS: Atlas should be in it. -
Ralph Fiennes is one of my favorite working actors. If Liam also ends up in this, then my pants are gonna explode.
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Just do the fucking game as is. Seriously. It's perfect. Obviously don't have him kill ten million soldiers, but there's no reason not to adhere to the storyline of the original.
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with Pandora's Box.
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but i really liked the music in COT, had some epic strings in the song
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You would not even need any make-up.
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Apr 08, 2009 8:31:26 PM CDT
CHRISTIAN BALE AS ZEUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by chaimbensexyback
What don't you fucking understand ... Hera?!?!???
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I thought you were talking about Trigon...
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Come on that was not even a stretch.
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Do it!
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Apr 08, 2009 8:50:16 PM CDT
This shouldn't even be a real production.
by elvispresleehorsleyharveyoswaldoprahwinf
This is a movie for Vince from Entourage to star in.
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it's not a holier than thou untouchable film. Itself was a mish-mash of Greek mythology. If this new one is a completely different storyline with completely different Greek myths as source material it would still have every right to be called 'Clash of the Titans'.
I'm happy for the original to remane a fond part of my childhood and this one to cover new myths and monsters.
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I watched it not too long ago and man, cheesy as hell, but the Medusa bit is still awesomely done. I don't mind a remake, redo, reboot at all.
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Apr 08, 2009 9:14:42 PM CDT
I'm sure we can find room for Christian Bale in this somewhere
by turd furgeson
Movies can't be successful without him in them anyomre, right?
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"Hey, whoa, is my hair out...?"
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In which he was killed by Kratos. Hell, I suppose you could make Clash of the Titans II: God of War and just blend the two together.
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Just watch the game. Its all CGI, just the movie would be. It seriously looks incredibly silly-guy jumping like 200ft in the air to kill monsters. I'd much rather see a TITANS remake. GOD of WAR belongs strictly in the video game world.
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Next reboot The Ten Commandments
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right alongside Percy Jackson, a Harry Potter-ish movie based on a series of young teen books about a boy whose father is Poseidon. They already have Sean Bean cast as Zeus and Uma Thurman cast as Medusa.
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Big deal.
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They should do a filming-diary podcast. With Karl of course.
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Make it happen!
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Apr 09, 2009 12:44:03 AM CDT
The question is: Will Perseus knock up Aphrodite???
by theghostwholurks
Like Hamlin did to Ursula Andress! Rachel Maddow would probably take the role of "The Chin" for nothing, in that case...
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So many women, and all these transformations and disguises he invents in order to seduce them. Sometimes a shower of gold, sometimes a bull or a swan. Why, once he even tried to ravish me disguised as a cuttlefish.
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I was partial to tragedy in my youth. That was before experience taught me that life was tragical enough without my having to write about it.
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Pegasus was captured by Bellerophon.
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Apr 09, 2009 1:43:19 AM CDT
"Reboot" for restarting a series, and "remake" for a single flic
by kevred
How about that? "Reboot" implies starting something over that was already running, and a single, standalone film doesn't fit that so well. So for such films, "remake".And then there's always "reimagining", which translates as, "a remake that is molded to represent a present-day studio hack thinking they're smarter than the original creators, which changes the parts you liked about the original in arbitrary ways, for the end goal of nothing more than a quick paycheck."
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I mean, it is pretty much does all the things you say...but it has the advantage that people seem to like it.
Damn. I really want something new. Something that is NOT a remake, reboot, reimagining.
How about actually telling the story of Perseus, without all the extra stuff that was crammed into Clash of the Titans? Or maybe use that title and actually tell the story of Zeus and the Titans crushing Zeus's father and him becoming the arcitect of Olympus and leader of the Gods?
Oh well, what does it matter? People will go and see anything that they are told to. I probably will too.
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is another card-carrying member of the Hack Pack. Remember when directors used to be distinctive?
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I might read it next week :) Lawrence Kasdan :D
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Am playing GoW2 on Titan Mode right now and can't really recall any part where I had to jump 200ft to kill anything. Did I miss something? I've played 1st one but not the PSP one.
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who made the boring as hell Ang Lee Hulk seem like a masterpiece? Too bad because I would like to have an era of big budget sword and monsters fantasy, but after it won't do that well it will not set a trend.
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http://news-briefs.ew.com/2009/04/neeson-fiennes.html (remove spaces)
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The divine antagonist was Thetis in COT, not Hera. Still don't like the idea that Hades may be the divine antagonist instead.
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Apr 09, 2009 10:45:09 AM CDT
If I hear the word reboot in reference to a remake or prequel on
by dr farragammo
Seriously, it's stupid, it's either a remake or a prequel. Both of which I'm beginning to hate since it seems there are barely any original ideas coming out anymore.
Clash of the Titans was cool for one reason: Harryhausen's special effects. Yeah they look kinda goofy now, but they were a lot of fun when I was a kid. I watched a few years ago and it hasn't aged so well, but that is no reason to remake it with shitty CGI.
Please stop this madness. And if they go ahead with a Crow remake they were talking about a while back, I will be sure to run in and take a dump on the screen whenever it is released at a theater in my vicinity.
soooooooo lame
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be able to top james woods
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I got a copy of the script as of January and it's actually pretty damn good. All the biggies from the original are there, Kraken, Medusa, Calibos, Like the original, it's a stew of different myths. Great relationship between Perseus and Zeus especially. I doubt we'll be seeing it come Oscar time, but damn if it isn't a fun, well written and interesting ride.
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...he says that Ralph Fiennes has signed on and the movie is officially called cemetery junction...
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I've been playing through the God of War games recently. There's a pretty good film in there if they do it right, and it would cover most of the same ground as CotT without being a "reboot." The writers of a GOW movie would have to work on Kratos, rounding out his personality so that he's more than rage, rage, rage. If you go back to the first game, there's a little more nuance. He's not simply mad as fuck like he is in the second game.
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Apr 09, 2009 3:40:43 PM CDT
Will there be tits in this one too? That bath scene was hot
by doctorzoidberg
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"Call....no man.....happy....who is not dead!"
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I can picture his fat ass now swimming in the sea.
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Zeus will be played by Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes is confirmed as Hades. Of course there's nothing on aintitoldnews. Not even an update. Too busy whacking off to the new Star Trek.
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For pete's sake people are even calling Terminator: Salvation a reboot. The word has lost all meaning. Enough.
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In one of the worst Disney movies ever.
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Rosie O'Donnell! You know it's true.
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Hercules was worse than Treasure Planet, Dinosaur, Chicken Little, Atlantis, or The Emperor's New Groove? That movie was great.
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Looking foward to seeing them in scenes together.
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Apr 09, 2009 11:38:53 PM CDT
Ralph Ffiennes keeps getting being mistaken for an actor.
by biggusdickus
It's the continual 'I've got a stick up my arse' expression he wears that does it.Appalling man. Very poor.
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...no chap, you're name is not 'Rayfe', it's 'Ralf'.If you want to be addressed as 'Rayfe', then spell it 'R-A-Y-F-E', you pretentious twat.That goes for your sister, too, with her kid 'Hero Ffiennes Tiffin', for the love of Christ...
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from "Man vs. Wild" was offered a role in this remake; don't know if he accepted
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http://tiny.cc/lhM3f
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'Cemetery Junction,' according to Gerv's blog.
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I also wanted to marry Darth Vader so I've obviously got problems. I love the original Clash of the Titans so I don't really see the need for this. But Ralph can do anything. So if he's in it, of course he'll be great.
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