Mickey Rourke Goes Bad In Tarsem's WAR OF THE GODS!!

Merrick here...
Mickey Rourke will play villainous 'King Hyperion' in WAR OF THE GODS, a Greek-myth driven Tarsem Singh film set to roll 'round April.

Story follows a young warrior Theseus who leads his men into battle with the immortal Greek gods to defeat evil elder gods of the Titans in order to save mankind.

...says Variety HERE. This is Tarsem's first film since THE FALL back in 2006, which was Tarsem's first film since THE CELL way back in 2000. WAR OF THE GODS is scripted by Jason Keller from a progenitor screenplay by Christian Gudegast. Followers of the original BATTLESTAR GALACTICA series may recall an episode called "War of the Gods", which introduced "The Ship of Lights", Patrick Macnee's 'Count Iblis' character, and hinted that the human survivors from the Colonies might be pawns in some grander metaphysical scheme. That episode...has nothing to do with Tarsem's new movie other than sharing its title. Speaking of which: WAR OF THE GODS? CLASH OF THE TITANS? I mean...
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