Tarsem Signh, at this point still probably best known for directing REM's "Losing My Religion" video, was supposed to be the Next Big Thing when he transfered to feature films in 2000. Unfortunately, his debut was the Jennifer Lopez vehicle "The Cell" - one of the best-looking awful movies ever, and a boxoffice dud. It took six years, but he mounted a comeback with the MUCH better-recieved "The Fall" in 2006. This November, he gets another shot at the action/blockbuster scene with "Immortals." (Originally titled "War of The Gods.")
It's a BIG production; a $100 million-plus budget action/fantasy epic backed by "The Producers of 300," and recently became a must-see for an unexpected reason: It's the first action-hero leading-role for Henry Cavill - the soon-to-be new Superman.
...Here's the basic plot outline: It's a mash-up of ancient Greek mythology - primarily Theseus (the guy who killed The Minotaur) and The Titanomachy, i.e. the pre-humanity war between the Olympian Gods and their predecessors, The Titans. In this variation, in addition to slaying man-bulls, Theseus is tasked by Zeus etc. to lead your basic D&D campaign team (Frieda Pinto as a priestess, Stephen Dorf as a slave) to find a Magic MacGuffin before the Titan leader Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) can use it to set his imprisoned brothers free.
In other words: It sounds A LOT like the remake of "Clash of The Titans" - which everyone saw but nobody was really over-the-moon about. So, it was probably for the best that they've held back on the media-blitz until right about now: A set of posters hit Fandango tonight, and tommorrow it's having a big "debut" panel at Wondercon; so a trailer will likely soon be in the offing. Until then, here's the trailer to "The Fall" - which you should really check out.
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