War Of The Gods May Clash With The Titans By George 'El Guapo' Roush on November 06, 2008 Thy trades reporteth: The race for "War of the Gods" and "Clash of the Titans," two rival projects set up at Relativity and Warners, is quickening. Both are close to casting their leads, with "Stardust" topliner Henry Cavill set to star in "Gods" and "Terminator Salvation" star Sam Worthington in negotiations to climb aboard "Titans," which Thunder Road is producing and Legendary Pictures is co-producing." In addition, the projects have set start dates. "Gods" would seem to have the edge -- it's tentatively planned for a February shoot, while production on "Titans" is slated to begin in April. Both are sub-$100 million projects, though the budget for "Gods," at approximately $85 million, is believed to be higher than "Titans," which is closer to the $70 million range. The studios have been in a fierce battle to get their product to market first, in a battle echoing the scramble between competing studio projects "Troy" and "Alexander" in 2004. "Gods," Charles and Vlas Parlapanides' story of kings and warriors in ancient Greece, will be prodcued by the producers of "300" and directed by Tarsem Singh. Warners' and Legendary Pictures' co-production "Titans" was actually set up first; the project, directed by Louis Leterrier, looks at similar themes and characters as "Gods" -- the mythological character Perseus and his battle to save a princess from villains such as Medusa. The success of "300" in 2007 set off a scramble to create a mid-budget movie -- with younger and less pricey stars -- that nonetheless had big earning power. Henry Cavill Sam Worthington Only a $70 million dollar budget for Titans? Boy, that's not very much unless they're doing all practical effects and stop motion. What are they using for Medusa, a Muppet? Sam Worthington is an ok choice, but I'm not digging this remake. They could seriously screw this thing up. Source: The Trades Comments Clash of the Titans Commented By: El Cucuy on 2008-11-06 17:00:22 Yeah, I kinda agree. It makes me think of other movies that have had similar budgets. But if it's done cost effectively (green screen), I don't see any reason why it can be a deacent movie. Though I have to say I feel the same way in that a movie like Titans truly requires a larger budget. Maybe more in the $80 to $100 million dollar mark would be more appropriate. But if they are intending on making the movie a spring release then it all pretty much makes sense. Still the movie can be pretty good, just not as epic as we'd of hoped. The original Hellboy was $65 million and it looked great. Lets see what happens. on 2008-11-07 17:56:02 sdfasd Commented By: Shaz on 2009-02-13 05:23:45 Love Sam Worthington, cant get enough of him.