English movie Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans (2010 film)

Clash of the Titans
Directed by	Louis Leterrier
Produced by	Basil Iwanyk Kevin De La Noy Richard D. Zanuck
Screenplay by	Travis Beacham Phil Hay Matt Manfredi
Based on	Clash of the Titans by Beverley Cross
Starring	Sam Worthington Gemma Arterton Mads Mikkelsen Alexa Davalos Ralph Fiennes Liam Neeson
Music by	Ramin Djawadi
Cinematography	Peter Menzies Jr.
Editing by	Vincent Tabaillon Martin Walsh
Studio	Legendary Pictures The Zanuck Company Thunder Road Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s)	April 2, 2010
Running time	106 minutes
Country	United Kingdom United States
Language	English
Budget	$125 million
Box office	$493,214,993

Clash of the Titans is a 2010 fantasy action remake of the 1981 film of the same name (the rights to which had been acquired by Warner Bros. in 1996). The story is very loosely based on the Greek myth of Perseus. Directed by Louis Leterrier and starring Sam Worthington, the film was originally set for standard release on March 26, 2010.However, it was later announced that the film would be converted to 3D and was released on April 2, 2010.The film grossed $493 million worldwide, though it received mainly negative reviews from critics.
A franchise is set to start as a sequel, Wrath of the Titans, will be released on March 30, 2012, in 3D and IMAX 3D.

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Cast

• Sam Worthington as Perseus the demigod son of Zeus
• Gemma Arterton as a woman cursed with agelessness after refusing the advances of Poseidon. She guides Perseus in his quest and narrates the Titanomachy at the start of the film
• Mads Mikkelsen as Draco, leader of the Praetorian Guard
• Alexa Davalos as Andromeda, princess of Argos, daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia and the Princess that will be sacrificed to the Kraken
• Jason Flemyng as Acrisius/Calibos, a king of Argos transformed into a hideous beast
• Tine Stapelfeldt as Danaë, wife of King Acrisius, mother of Perseus
• Nicholas Hoult as Eusebius, member of the Praetorian Guard
• Hans Matheson as Ixas, member of the Praetorian Guard
• Liam Cunningham as Solon, member of the Praetorian Guard
• Liam Neeson as Zeus, the leader of the gods of Mount Olympus and father of Perseus
• Ralph Fiennes as Hades, god of the Underworld
• Jamie Sives as a Commander.
• Ian Whyte as Sheikh Sulieman, the Djinn who assisted Perseus and the praetorian guards of Argos
• Pete Postlethwaite as Spyros, Foster Father of Perseus
• Elizabeth McGovern as Marmara, Foster Mother of Perseus
• Polly Walker as Cassiopeia, Queen of Argos, wife of Kepheus and mother of Andromeda
• Vincent Regan as Kepheus, King of Argos, husband of Cassiopeia and father of Andromeda
• David Kennedy as Kepheus's General
• Kaya Scodelario as Peshet, Andromeda's handmaiden
• Luke Treadaway as Prokopion, the cult leader who leads the people of Argos to sacrifice Andromeda
• Danny Huston as Poseidon,god of the sea and earthquakes
• Izabella Miko as Athena, goddess of warfare, battle strategies, wisdom and justice
• Tamer Hassan as Ares, god of war and bloodshed
• Luke Evans as Apollo, god of the sun, music, poetry, art, healing, archery and medicine.
• Nathalie Cox as Artemis, goddess of forests, the moon, hills, hunting and animals
• Nina Young as Hera, goddess of women and marriage and wife of Zeus
• Agyness Deyn as Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty
• Paul Kynman as Hephaestus, god of the forge, blacksmiths, fire and volcanoes
• Alexander Siddig as Hermes, Messenger of the Gods and the god of travelers and thieves
• Charlotte Comer as Demeter, goddess of the earth and agriculture
• Jane March as Hestia, goddess of the hearth
• Natalia Vodianova as Medusa, the Half-Demon mortal Gorgon
• Mouloud Achour as Kucuk
• Ross Mullan as Pemphredo
• Ashraf Barhom as Ozal

Production

The Clash of the Titans remake project started in 2002 under producer Adam Schroeder and writers John Glenn and Travis Wright. They wanted to drop the "cheesy chessboard manipulation of characters" by the gods. In The Wright/Glenn version of Clash, various pantheons were mixed together. The Main villain was the Sumerian Sea Goddess of Death and Destruction, Tiamat. Perseus was originally kidnapped by an avatar of an unidentified Cthonian Earth Goddess, who planned to have him married to Andromeda so as to develop better relations with humanity. The Earth Goddess and Perseus proceed to fall in love. Zeus prepared to engage in war with Tiamat; taking the aids of other gods (such as Thoth, Marduk, Yahweh and Osiris). A High Priest named Fantasos starts a Cult of Tiamat that quickly conquers the city. Andromeda was originally a promiscuous spoiled Princess who possessed various male sex slaves. Though the mixing of Mythologies and the Perseus-Earth Goddess romance was abandoned, the concept of a Goddess enraged at arrogant humans and demanding a sacrifice and the Cult of the Evil God (Changed from Tiamat to Hades) was retained into the final production. Producer Basil Iwanyk revived the project in 2006 with a rewrite by Travis Beacham, a fan of the original, who intended the script to be "darker and more realistic". Lawrence Kasdan and director Stephen Norrington signed on in 2007. Kasdan gave the script another rewrite from the Beacham version. But Norrington was unsure about his direction for the project because he did not grow up with the original. Leterrier, who did, contacted Norrington through their shared agent about replacing him. By June 2008 Leterrier joined the project and Warner Bros. greenlit the film. Leterrier noted the original Clash of the Titans inspired the climax of his previous film The Incredible Hulk – a battle in a burnt-down courtroom with temple-like columns – and has compared modern superheroes to Greek mythology.
Writers Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi took over the script during July 2008 and used Beacham's draft as a starting point. They focused on the mythology and telling the story through Leterrier's eyes. Hay and Manfredi had to rewrite the script in less than a year using a very active process. Leterrier sought Ray Harryhausen's involvement, and reunited with Hulk concept artist Aaron Sims, who had already been working on Clash of the Titans with Norrington.
Louis Leterrier, during an interview, revealed that he is a big Saint Seiya (also known as Knights of the Zodiac) fan. He specifically cited the armor that the Gods wear in his film remake as a sign of homage and respect to Saint Seiya. Masami Kurumada (the author of Saint Seiya) was even asked to collaborate with the production team on poster designs.
Sam Worthington took the role of Perseus because he wanted to make a Clash of the Titans for his nine year old nephew's generation. During filming the cast had a few laughs about the costumes but he took it very seriously "so the audience doesn't have to." Worthington also did not wear sandals while filming, he instead painted toes on his sports shoes so he could perform the stunts better.

Filming locations

Teide National Park (Tenerife) is the most visited national park in Spain and one of the most visited in the world, and place of filming of some scenes from the movie.

Filming began April 27, 2009, near London, at Shepperton Studios, and also at Pinewood Studios and at Longcross Studios, near Chertsey, in Surrey. Filming also took place in Wales, the Canary Islands (Spain) (primarily at the World Heritage Site, Teide National Park in Tenerife), Maspalomas Dunes, Gran Canaria, and Timanfaya National Park in Lanzarote. Aerial photography was conducted in Iceland and Ethiopia.
Filming of volcano scenes at the Harriet hole in Dinorwic Slate Quarry in Wales wrapped at the end of July. This slate quarry has also been used for locations for Willow and Street Fighter.


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