Clash of the Titans Starts Casting

Well, this remake just keeps rolling along. First we got the news that Lawrence Kasdan (The Big Chill, Silverado, Raiders of the Lost Ark) had been hired to write it. Then Louis Leterrier (The Transporter 1 & 2, The Incredible Hulk) got hired to direct it. Now we find out that casting has begun on the mega budget, Warner Bros. remake of Clash of the Titans. The remake that I was most horrified about is actually starting to look like a film I might be looking forward to.

For those who haven’t seen the 1981 original, the story is about Zues’ son Perseus and his quest to get Medusa’s head so he can save Andromeda from the Krakken (I’m not making this stuff up!). The original is one of those films that is so awful that you just can’t help loving it and it has the esteem of being on my list of worst films, “The Gloriously Wonderful Bad List“.

Sam Worthington (Rogue) who is soon to be seen in the next terminator film, “Terminator Salvation” and James Cameron’s mega budget sci-fi epic, “Avatar”, is in talks to play Perseus.

The interesting footnote to this is that Warner Bros. was obviously so blown away by the success of their production, “300” that they are not only bringing this sword and sandals epic back, they are also producing “War of the Gods” directed by Tarsem Singh. This is another big, Greek mythology based epic and is being produced by the producers of “300”. Apparently Henry Cavill is in negotiations to star.

Warner Bros. is banking that the people still want to see a lot of mythology.