Wrath of the Titans (2012)- sequel to Clash
12-07-10, 08:22 PM
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Re: Wrath of the Titans (2012)- sequel to Clash
[QUOTE=trespoochies;10532556]Joy. 10 drafts so far. For something that very well may be another mediocre offering.
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=72202
Liam Neeson Confirms Wrath of the Titans Title
Source: The Belfast Telegraph
December 7, 2010
Liam Neeson has confirmed that he will reprise his role as Zeus in Wrath of the Titans, the sequel to the 2010 blockbuster, Clash of the Titans, in an interview with The Belfast Telegraph (Thanks to reader Steve Humphreys for the heads up!)
Though the script isn't finalized, Neeson claims that it's currently on a 10th draft and will begin shooting next March, promising
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=72202
Liam Neeson Confirms Wrath of the Titans Title
Source: The Belfast Telegraph
December 7, 2010
Liam Neeson has confirmed that he will reprise his role as Zeus in Wrath of the Titans, the sequel to the 2010 blockbuster, Clash of the Titans, in an interview with The Belfast Telegraph (Thanks to reader Steve Humphreys for the heads up!)
Though the script isn't finalized, Neeson claims that it's currently on a 10th draft and will begin shooting next March, promising
12-07-10, 09:31 PM
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12-07-10, 11:42 PM
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Re: Wrath of the Titans (2012)- sequel to Clash
Here's how to make this work:
Forget the first one happened. Recast everyone. Dump the script that on its 10th draft, and get one really good writer to write it.
Forget the first one happened. Recast everyone. Dump the script that on its 10th draft, and get one really good writer to write it.
12-07-10, 11:54 PM
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If it can be more mindless, fun and brisk than the first one...I'll pass.
I could barely sit through the remake. Just dreadful.
I could barely sit through the remake. Just dreadful.
12-08-10, 12:55 AM
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Yeah, 10 drafts for a summer blockbuster is nothing. Unless it's something that a big director with ultimate control is working on, most tentpole movies end up being made by committee, i.e. studio executives who have to justify their existence by requesting changes all along the way.
The biggest problem I had with the remake was that it felt so paint by numbers. Each scene felt designed through writing and editing to do exactly what was necessary to move things forward to the next scene and nothing more. It felt epic in scope to be sure, but I never felt like the characters were an organic part of the story, just pieces that were being moved around the chessboard. Even the scenes that seemed to be there to create some character development just felt forced and unnatural.
The biggest problem I had with the remake was that it felt so paint by numbers. Each scene felt designed through writing and editing to do exactly what was necessary to move things forward to the next scene and nothing more. It felt epic in scope to be sure, but I never felt like the characters were an organic part of the story, just pieces that were being moved around the chessboard. Even the scenes that seemed to be there to create some character development just felt forced and unnatural.
12-08-10, 02:01 AM
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I'm interested. The first one had a lot of problems, seemingly straying far from what the director or writers wanted, but it was still watchable to me.
12-08-10, 08:24 AM
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Mediocre or not, I'm IN!
12-08-10, 02:31 PM
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The biggest problem I had with the remake was that it felt so paint by numbers. Each scene felt designed through writing and editing to do exactly what was necessary to move things forward to the next scene and nothing more. It felt epic in scope to be sure, but I never felt like the characters were an organic part of the story, just pieces that were being moved around the chessboard. Even the scenes that seemed to be there to create some character development just felt forced and unnatural.
(Now I could try to argue that this was the genius of the script ... but I'd be lying and it took too damn long to find that picture ...)
OBLIGATORY: Clash of the Titans 2: Clash Harder
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From Dark Horizons:
"Battle: Los Angeles" director Jonathan Liebesman was out doing promotion for that film and was asked about his next project "Wrath of the Titans", the sequel to last year's "Clash of the Titans" remake. The helmer, who was surprisingly forthcoming about the flaws of the Louis Leterrier-directed first film, tells Blackfilm that shooting on the project kicks off in less than a fortnight.
In terms of correcting the first film's errors, Liebesman says "The story just didn’t work in the first movie. It’s a rich source material, Greek mythology obviously and you had such an amazing cast who are coming back and it just felt like a missed opportunity all around. I think what we’re doing with this one is that we’ve had fantastic writers who are just focused on the heroes journey, a much more sort of a return to just the simple joys of stuff, of why stories work. Then stylistically just ground it. Make it feel more real. Redesign the costumes so that they’re more recognizable to what you’d expect from the time and juxtapose that reality with the fantasy of Greek mythology within this reality, within real camera work and stuff. I think that’s a sort of fresh take on that genre, on the fantasy genre that we haven’t yet seen. That’s how we’re approaching it."
Liebsman admits that while they don't have the burden of the original 1980 film hanging over them this time, they do have "the burden to get people back who were burned by the first one [2009 film]... You’ve got some of the best fucking actors working today in Ralph [Fiennes] and Liam [Neeson] and in Sam. How do you use them this time, use their ability as opposed to…and again, I don’t know what happened on the first movie. It’s just an obvious missed opportunity."
What about the 3D aspect? Liebesman indicates he's shooting on film and will post-convert, but it won't be the rush job of the first film - "The first movie was never conceived, never shot, never edited for 3-D and had six weeks where all of a sudden it was like, ‘Oh, lets just do this thing in 3-D.’ That’s obviously the worst case scenario. This movie has been conceived, everything has been designed from the sets to the storyboards, it will be edited, everything has been done with 3-D in mind. The big decision for me was, ‘Should I do digital which will enable me to go native 3-D or do I shoot film where I’ll have to convert?’ And I did a lot of tests with amazing cameras which guys are using and it just feels like for the look that I’m going for which is a gritty realism I do need to shoot on film. But because of the way that the conversion technology is today it will still look great and because the movie has been conceived in 3-D. Also, we’re doing things, like we’re shooting 1.85 which I think is a better aspect ratio for 3-D. That’s what ‘Avatar’ was shot on. So even though you think a Greek epic needs to be in widescreen I think that 185 gives you more vertical and allows you to cut less and we’ll just choreograph shots more. So everything has been thought of in that way for the movie to, obviously, counteract the fact that the first one was so bitch slapped."
Link if you want to read more: http://www.blackfilm.com/read/2011/0...e-titans-news/
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I thought the first film sucked. Not holding out much hope for this one, but I do like what he's saying. Being aware of the flaws means we should get something that at least feels different. And if Battle: LA kicks as much ass as it's looking to, I may have even more faith.
"Battle: Los Angeles" director Jonathan Liebesman was out doing promotion for that film and was asked about his next project "Wrath of the Titans", the sequel to last year's "Clash of the Titans" remake. The helmer, who was surprisingly forthcoming about the flaws of the Louis Leterrier-directed first film, tells Blackfilm that shooting on the project kicks off in less than a fortnight.
In terms of correcting the first film's errors, Liebesman says "The story just didn’t work in the first movie. It’s a rich source material, Greek mythology obviously and you had such an amazing cast who are coming back and it just felt like a missed opportunity all around. I think what we’re doing with this one is that we’ve had fantastic writers who are just focused on the heroes journey, a much more sort of a return to just the simple joys of stuff, of why stories work. Then stylistically just ground it. Make it feel more real. Redesign the costumes so that they’re more recognizable to what you’d expect from the time and juxtapose that reality with the fantasy of Greek mythology within this reality, within real camera work and stuff. I think that’s a sort of fresh take on that genre, on the fantasy genre that we haven’t yet seen. That’s how we’re approaching it."
Liebsman admits that while they don't have the burden of the original 1980 film hanging over them this time, they do have "the burden to get people back who were burned by the first one [2009 film]... You’ve got some of the best fucking actors working today in Ralph [Fiennes] and Liam [Neeson] and in Sam. How do you use them this time, use their ability as opposed to…and again, I don’t know what happened on the first movie. It’s just an obvious missed opportunity."
What about the 3D aspect? Liebesman indicates he's shooting on film and will post-convert, but it won't be the rush job of the first film - "The first movie was never conceived, never shot, never edited for 3-D and had six weeks where all of a sudden it was like, ‘Oh, lets just do this thing in 3-D.’ That’s obviously the worst case scenario. This movie has been conceived, everything has been designed from the sets to the storyboards, it will be edited, everything has been done with 3-D in mind. The big decision for me was, ‘Should I do digital which will enable me to go native 3-D or do I shoot film where I’ll have to convert?’ And I did a lot of tests with amazing cameras which guys are using and it just feels like for the look that I’m going for which is a gritty realism I do need to shoot on film. But because of the way that the conversion technology is today it will still look great and because the movie has been conceived in 3-D. Also, we’re doing things, like we’re shooting 1.85 which I think is a better aspect ratio for 3-D. That’s what ‘Avatar’ was shot on. So even though you think a Greek epic needs to be in widescreen I think that 185 gives you more vertical and allows you to cut less and we’ll just choreograph shots more. So everything has been thought of in that way for the movie to, obviously, counteract the fact that the first one was so bitch slapped."
Link if you want to read more: http://www.blackfilm.com/read/2011/0...e-titans-news/
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I thought the first film sucked. Not holding out much hope for this one, but I do like what he's saying. Being aware of the flaws means we should get something that at least feels different. And if Battle: LA kicks as much ass as it's looking to, I may have even more faith.
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