Clash of the Titans remake..?
 

Does anyone have any news about this remake? I remembered the news last year that a remake was in development. It was a good movie back then.

thanks in advance,

~bruce

Didn't know there was one in the works, but I've been wanting one for quite awhile now.

Came in here thinking you had the info since there was no question mark in the thread title. Didn't know a remake was in the pipe line.

I remember this rumor from like 2 years ago that Warner Bros. was trying to remake this. Haven't heard anything since then.

I think it would be cool to see it redone. I watched this again recently, and man some of those special effects are horrible! (Watch the scene where they release the Kraken!)

I wouldn't be surprised if it's being more seriously considered after the success of LotR.

I still have my Harry Hamlin action figure!

Yeah, I've always expected that they would do a remake of this. A CG/mechanical Medusa would kick much ass.

I don't think this needs a remake. The original is great. Sure some of the effects look fake, but that doesn't matter, they still look incredible.

I've been getting back into Harryhausen movies lately. Titans was probably his best film because in addition to the special effects it actually had a good story and decent acting. Most of his other movies are painful to watch in those departments.

What about a "director's cut" with all new effects? I love the original, and would prefer a Lucasizing of this instead of another bad/cheesey/unnecessary remake.

No way - why rape a classic movie? Just remake/reinterpret it.

I loved those type of effects from movies like Jason and the Argonauts, Clash of the Titans, and all the Sinbad movies.

As long as they leave out the chirping owl robot, I have no problem with a remake. The original wasn't very good.

I'd love to see a remake. The original is just too cheesy and the special effects didn't age well at all.

Oh God, please don't.

Leave it alone please.

Half the fun of the original is that that the effects were all done by hand. The last thing we need is another $100 million remake using a team of computer artists using $1 million computers with $5000 rendering software.

That movie freaked me out when I was little... I saw it again a few months ago on hbo or cinemax or something, the special effects were hilarious.

Great Movie, apropos special effects for the time

i actually like the original. it's cheesy and horrible quality but that's the fun of it.

The Gorgon was Harry's best effect IMO.

In the tradition of Airplane (Soul Plane) this remake has a great chance to feature a hip hop cast.

I agree.

Boy not many fans of Ray Harryhausen's stop motion animation. :-/

So I noticed. :(

Like someone said it simply doesn't stand up to time. If you're a "Nostalgia Whore" then sure, maybe it's great. ;) :p But I think we've really moved waaaaayy past that kind of sfx.

Why remake Clash of the Titans? It was a hodge-podge of Greek myth wrapped around Ray Harryhausen special effects. If you want to wrap a hodge-podge of Greek myth around modern CGI special effects, go right ahead -- you don't need to use the same story Harryhausen used. Why not instead write the story of Jason going to find the Golden Fleece, and having to deal with the chimera and the Minotaur's maze along the way, or whatever.

Well the stop motion animation is impressive still to this time, the monsters look really menacing. Doesn't anyone watch TCM at all? Or am i the only one?

I'll take stop-motion over computer animated anyday.

And why not instead think up of new stories, and not remakes, yes hollywood, you can use your imagination and make new stories!

Even though I'm not a fan of remakes, I'd love to see this redone. Clash of the Titans was one of my favorite films when I was growing up.

with CGI?

C'mon. Let's remake Beast from 20,000 Phantoms while we are at it.

or Empire of the Ants

I'd love a remake of CotT - I just hope that not only will the CG will be realistic (thats pretty much a given these days) but that so will the acting - it was so campy back in the days of the original - Id also prefer some no-name types....todays big names are getting so ..... aaack

Yeah, why didn't they get real actors for Clash of the Titans? Like what's-his-face, who played Zeus? Or who's-her-name, who played Thetis?

Kasdan's mighty pen on 'Titans'
By Borys Kit
April 16, 2007

Screenwriting hero Lawrence Kasdan has been tapped to pen "Clash of the Titans" for Warner Bros. Pictures. Basil Iwanyk is producing via Thunder Road.

A remake of the 1981 cult classic, the story revolves around Zeus' son, Perseus, and his journey to save Princess Andromeda during which he must complete various tasks set out by Zeus, including capturing Pegasus and slaying Medusa. The original marked the final film on which Ray Harryhausen did special effects.

Travis Beacham ("Killing on Carnival Row") wrote a draft.

Lynn Harris is overseeing for the studio.

For Kasdan, "Titans" is his first fantasy-style project since the early 1980s, when he wrote the screenplays for "Return of the Jedi," "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark." He has since tended to write, as well as direct and produce, more earthbound fare such as "Mumford" and "Grand Canyon." He next exec produces the upcoming "In the Land of Women," written and directed by son Jon Kasdan, which bows Friday.

Kasdan is repped by CAA

Hell yeah! I'm down for a remake. No James Franco!

I love the original, and I'm definately hoping for a remake.

I hope it helps kick off a mythology run of movies. There are a ton of stories there, just waiting to be mined.

Oh screw the remake. Harryhausen is the dude!

There just better be nudity.

Clash was my first memorable glimpse of boobs.

No crappy Kraken = No Sale!!!!

I seriousily doubt the remake will have such a great music score either.

This was one of my favorites as a kid. I had all the villain action figures, including the Kraken, which has to be one of the most awesome toys I owned.

I won't mind a remake if they get a decent director. But I'm afraid we'll end up with someone like Stephen Sommers or Paul W.S. Anderson who'll spit out a generic paint-by-numbers blockbuster.

I had the Pegasus toy, but left if on the car dashboard one summer morning and the rubber wings melted. That was a sad day.

With that, I don't really think the movie needs a remake, but I'd be up for a kick-ass retelling of the basic story. Gods, the Kraken, Pegasus, Perseus - what's not to love?

:eek: Oh NO you diin't!!!

Because people like me will want it to be done faithfully to the story where the ants were only about a foot long and carried advanced tools and weaponry on belts. And then, just like with War of the Worlds and Time Machine the studios would just lift Wells' title and use a completely different story.

-ohbfrank- Why do we even care any more?