It's All Greek To Warner Bros.

Warner Bros and Legendary pictures have announced that the remake of "Clash of the Titans" will commence filming just outside London on April 27th, and move to Wales and the Spanish Canary Islands later in production. Liam Neeson, Sam Worthington, and Ralph Fiennes headline the re-imagining of the 1981 original and Louis Leterrier is set to direct.

In “Clash of the Titans,” the ultimate struggle for power pits men against kings and kings against gods. But the war between the gods themselves could destroy the world. Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus (Sam Worthington) is helpless to save his family from Hades (Ralph Fiennes), vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing left to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus (Liam Neeson) and unleash hell on earth. Leading a daring band of warriors, Perseus sets off on a perilous journey deep into forbidden worlds. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, he will only survive if he can accept his power as a god, defy his fate and create his own destiny.

Continuing their obsession with men in sandals, Warner Bros also won a bidding war for an "Odysseus" spec script written by Ann Peacock. The script has director Jonathan Liebsman attached and Hollywood Gang Prods' Gianni Nunnari will produce.

The story centers on the legendary hero Odysseus, famed king of Ithaca, who returns to his island after 20 years of fighting the Trojan Wars, only to find his kingdom under the brutal occupation of an invading force. Odysseus single-handedly defeats every last man and takes back his wife, his son and his kingdom.

Warner Bros sure has an affinity for Ancient Greek culture, the acquisition of "Odysseus" and principal photography starting on "Clash of the Titans" isn't their first venture down this dirt road. The very successful "300" already had Warner Bros thinking seeing green and thinking Greek. With Warner's moving on "Clash of the Titans" and fast tracking "Odysseus", it is even more unlikely that Relativity Media's "War of the Gods" will see the light of day.

Predators arrive July 7th 2010

Yesterday it was announced that Robert Rodriguez was writing, producing and seemingly directing a sequel to the 1988 Arnie classic 'Predator'. Today /film reports via ercboxoffice.com that it has a release date of July 7th 2010, and that Rodriguez will not be writing or directing said movie, he will in fact just be "developing" it.

Now this movie is going to be called 'Predators' and the brief logline is that it will feature a squad of Commandos who must face off against a number of Predators, so in some ways it's aiming to be what Cameron's 'Aliens' was to Ridley Scott's 'Alien'....except 'Predator' already had the badass special forces team.

This is at Fox so my hopes are low, add in that Rodriguez is not directing and I have even less faith. I have always wanted to see another Predator movie made away from the AvP nonsense, but I am uncertain of this. I am sure a big reason this has gone through so fast is due to the huge buzz for 'Terminator Salvation', I just hope they remember that the original 'Predator' had a strong lead and didn't try to sell itself solely on the monster, this will need to do the same.

'H2' Trailer Slashers Its Way Onto the Web

Here it is, the first trailer for Rob Zombie’s "H2: Halloween 2":

Due in theaters Aug. 28, the film boasts an interesting cast, including Malcolm McDowell, Brad Dourif, Tyler Mane, Danielle Harris, Margot Kidder, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, and 'Weird Al' Yankovic.

Sheriff of Nottingham Cast in 'Robin Hood'

After a lot of speculation (okay, maybe some speculation), it has been revealed that the Sheriff of Nottingham in Russell Crowe's "Robin Hood" movie will be played by ... Matthew Macfadyen.

Macfadyen's agent, Christian Hodell, confirmed the news to Macfadyen's fan web site. According to the site, Macfadyen is slated to be on the set in May and June.

The 34-year-old actor has been working since 1998, but has yet to appear in a single thing that I have actually watched. Maybe you will have better luck -- here's his acting resume.

Either way, consider me underwhelmed.

At one point, the role was set to be played by Russell Crowe, who would have played both Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham. I was never that crazy about the dual performances, but I kind of figured the role would go to someone with better crendentials.

At any rate, Macfadyen will have his hands full following Alan Rickman's highly-praised (and BAFTA-winning) turn as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Kevin Costner's "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves." Luckily for Crowe, however, the bar for portraying Robin Hood was set somewhat lower by Costner in that movie. 

"Robin Hood" is scheduled to be released May 14, 2010.

Some previous stories on the movie:

First image of Russell Crowe as Robin Hood!

Nottingham now called Robin Hood

Denzel Washington is 'Unstoppable'

"Together again" sing with me!...what ?...I am sure that is a song, anyway Denzel Washington is in talks to reunite with his buddy Tony Scott for more train based hijinks in the drama/thriller 'Unstoppable' accroding to Variety.

Washington would play an experienced engineer who jumps in a locomotive with a young conductor to chase down a runaway train carrying a cargo of toxic chemicals. Mark Bomback wrote the script, which is loosely inspired by a true event.

This would be the 5th collaboration between the two after 'Crimson Tide', 'Man on Fire', 'Deja Vu' and the upcoming 'Taking of Pelham 123' which is set for release on June 12, 2009.

Ive enjoyed their last two collabs and I think Pelham looks pretty good as well so hopefully they can turn what is a potentially a dull type of thriller into something exciting, even though it is at Fox which is always cause for concern.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt signs on for Nolan's 'Inception'

In another casting coup Joseph Gordon Levitt (JGL to his buddies and those too lazy to type his full name) has signed on to star in the role initially set for James Franco according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Nolan really is setting his stall out with the cream of the young acting crop as JGL joins Leonardo CiCaprio, Ellen Page, Marion Collitard and Cillian Murphy in his self penned sci fi action thriller that takes place in "The architecture of the mind"......whatever that means.

JGL is playing an associate of DiCaprio's character, a CEO-type. Cotillard will be playing DiCaprio's wife and the awesome Ellen Page is playing a grad student who is DiCaprio's sidekick.

'Inception' is set to shoot this summer for a summer 2010 release.

Kevin Macdonald to direct adaption of Asimov's 'The End of Eternity'

Variety reports that director  Kevin Macdonald (Last King of Scotland & State of Play) has signed a deal with New Regency to direct an adaption of Isaac Asimov's sci fi classic 'The End of Eternity'.

Based on the Isaac Asimov time travel novel first published in 1955, the film is a futuristic tale in which humanity is controlled by a ruling class called Eternity, members of which can manipulate time to alter history and prevent disasters or wipe out undesirables. One of the time cops flirts with disaster when he breaks the cardinal Eternity rule and falls in love with a woman from another time period.

The premise sounds like a cross between 'Minority Report' and 'Deja Vu', plus Macdonald is a very talented helmer, so this is a project I am really anticipating.

Asimov adaptions have been a mixed bag in the past, but New Regency are off to a positive start with their choice of helmer.Macdonald's latest 'State of Play' is in cinema's now and he starts work on 'Eagle of the Ninth' this summer, so we will be looking at 2011 at the earliest for this one.

Cameron Diaz is Bobbie Sue

Hollywood superstar Cameron Diaz is in talks to play the lead in Warner Brothers legal comedy 'Bobbie Sue' according to Variety.

The film centers on a hard-charging female ambulance chaser whose mindset makes her the ideal candidate to be the face of a prestigious law firm when a powerful client is sued in a sexual discrimination case.

I like Diaz, I think she has a charm and fun energy about her and this actually could be an entertaining prospect given the premise, even if I do get a 'Legally Blond' vibe.

Mel Gibson is back!

After a six year break from in front of the camera mega star Mel Gibson is making his comeback in Martin Campbell's 'Edge Of Darkness'. Like the recently released 'State of Play' the film is an Americanized movie version of a successful British TV serial.

The film sees Gibson play a homicide cop who witnesses the death of his daughter (Bojana Novakovic) and set out to catch the killers, uncovering a larger conspiracy in the process. "He's a seasoned old detective," Gibson told us, "a bit hangdog. And he's in a state of shock for most of the film, because he's had tremendous trauma right at the beginning of it."

'Edge of Darkness' is released later this year, you can check the first still, courtesy of Empire, out below.

Jolie Sleeps with the Corpses

When it comes to Angelina Jolie, the general public seems to only care about whether the next child she has will be another "collaboration" with live-in fuck-buddy Brad Pitt or simply adopted from an 8th rate country. That's not a strike against her. But face it, you all know it's true.

That, and when she headlines an action film. Hence her appearing in last Summer's ass-awful surprise-hit Wanted and of course the Tomb Raider series which she has wisely seperated herself from.

In addition to possibly appearing in the forthcoming Wanted sequel (despite a bullet clearly going through her head at the end of said film), the former Lara Croft is now attached to play fictional medical examiner Kay Scarpetta (whose appeared in 16 novels from author Patricia Cornwell) in a potential franchise-launcher.

The only bits of info pertaining to this currently-untitled film is that it will be a "suspense thriller in the vein of 'The Silence of the Lambs' and 'Seven'" and that it will follow in the path of Bond and Bourne before her. That is to say the filmmakers will merely "pick and choose" with little-to-no regard of being faithful to said novels.