Don’t be confused, you are not watching the trailer for 300..but behold, your new Superman in action in the upcoming fantasy-action film, Immortals!
What may appear like a sequel to Zack Snyder’s 2006 stylish epic, 300, is actually yet another highly stylized fantasy-action epic titled Immortals (not to be mistaken with the army known as the Immortals in the film 300 haha). The story of Immortals is loosely based on the mythological story of “Theseus and the Minotaur and the Titanomachy,” I’m not too caught up on my Greek mythology so you might have to wiki them for yourselves. However, what I can tell you is that the film is about a Titan named Hyperion who declares war against humanity and since the gods cannot take sides on a war, Zeus appoints and guides a peasant named Theseus to protect his homeland and the human race.
Immortals vs. 300
To be perfectly honest, I thought for the longest time that this was either a sequel to 300 or a spin-off film about the Immortal army but boy was I wrong! Similar to Zack Snyder’s cinematic style, Indian director, Tarsem Singh (The Cell) uses a similar technique of integrating real-time, slow-motion and camera pans to create an intensity in an action sequence a normal shot can’t quite capture. The accentuation of colours among a grey filtered background is also used in Immortals just as Snyder did with 300 which is a unique and fitting scheme for these kinds of fantasy epics. As long as we see strong writing in the film, I think Immortals will make up for the last mythological folly, Clash of the Titans in 2010.
Immortals boasts an exceptional cast led by Henry Cavill (The Tudors) who plays the hero Theseus, Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler), Freida Pinto of Slumdog Millionaire fame and the legendary John Hurt (Alien). As of right now, Immortals is among the top of my “To-Watch” list for the Fall, I hope it pulls it off because it would really bring a buzz around Henry Cavill and his upcoming role as Superman! Fingers crossed my friends!
Immortals is set to be released on November 11th, 2011 (11.11.11)
What do you guys think? Did you think it was another 300 too?
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