By Ryan Parsons | Image property of respective holders, Variety
Titans
We've seen this happen before. Somebody gets an idea and whispers it to a few colleagues and soon enough all of Hollywood not only knows about it, but multiple entities are working to get this idea on the silverscreen. A couple examples that come to mind are Wyatt Earp vs. Tombstone and Deep Impact vs. Armageddon. Two similar projects released by two separate studios within some months of one another. While the studios are never thrilled about delivering similar content to the theaters, it looks like Relativity Media and Warner Bros. will have no choice.
Get ready for a battle between the Greek Gods!
Clash of the Titans vs War of Gods
For those of you who held onto your togas from the last themed party, it is time to break them back out. Relativity Media and Warner Bros. have just begun a race to see who can get their Godly film into theaters first.
Relativity has War of Gods, 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. This project seems to have the one-up at the moment, as the incredible Tarsem Singh has signed on to direct. As long as he doesn't get too artsty, the film's subject matter should be the director's natural calling.
Warner Bros, who did for a while show interest in War of Gods, have fasttracked Clash of the Titans after getting The Incredible Hulk director Louis Leterrier onboard to direct. In Clash of the Titans, Perseus, one of the many children of Zeus, must overcome a series of obstacles to save his beloved Princess Andromeda, including cutting off the serpent-tressed head of Medusa, who can turn a man to stone with a single glance.
Warner Bros. will co-produce and co-finance the production with Legendary Films. Relativity Media will be fully financing War of Gods.
To make these films even more similar to one another, both will use greenscreen techniques similar to that of 300. This isn't surprising for War of Gods, is the film is a co-production between 300 partners Gianni Nunnari and Mark Canton.
"Gianni and I both love epic mythology, and we have worked hard to find another project that will challenge the senses and once again take audiences into a fresh new cinematic world," Canton said.
Nunnari said his film has the goods: "Gods, titans, warriors and a fantastic script. An incredibly visionary filmmaker like Tarsem and a partner like Relativity who fought and won already in a battle in getting the package that everybody wanted."
I for one am stoked on both concepts and can find absolutely no reason to complain at the moment. It'll come down to who makes the better film, which sounds fair enough.
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