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Alex Proyas To Take On 'Gods Of Egypt'
Summit Entertainment has decided to venture into the desert to see if they can excavate some box office gold with the fantasy epic
'Gods of Egypt.' The basic premise here is that a union is forged between a mortal, a god, and a goddess as they battle evil forces in ancient Egypt. Yeah, I know, it's currently as vague as a half-faded hieroglyphic, but hopefully more details will surface soon. The script for
'Gods of Egypt' was penned by
Matt Sazama and
Burk Sharpless who are also working on the in-development
'Dracula: Year Zero.' Now it seems as if
Alex Proyas
('Dark City,'
'I, Robot') is in talks to direct the film. As of this posting, no official deal has been finalized.
It's really difficult to judge a production like this when given so few details, but just based on what we know, this sounds like another 'Clash of the Titans'/'Immortals' epic adventure cash-in. In fact, one of the producers on 'Gods of Egypt' also produced 'Clash of the Titans' so it's easy to trace the motivation for this project. I just hope it's more character-driven, and frankly better written, than those tiresome outings. As to Alex Proyas, he runs hot and cold with me. 'Dark City' is great, and I even enjoyed 'I, Robot,' to a certain extent, but 'Knowing' is downright dreadful. That being said, it was a real shame when Legendary Pictures pulled the plug on Proyas' 'Paradise Lost' adaptation for failing to come in under budget. I only hope this isn't the quick, cheap rebound after that bad break up. Perhaps I'm being too pessimistic. What do you guys think?
Any Proyas fans out there? Do you like the idea of him helming a fantasy epic?
Source: THR
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Comment by Thomas J. Knight on May 23, 2012 at 5:23pm -
Five bucks says Anubis is going to be the villain and not the god that sides with the mortal.
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Comment by Ratchet on May 23, 2012 at 4:24pm -
I liked I, Robot quite a lot, but I suppose that's balanced out by the worst Nick Cage movie I've ever seen (at least the Wicker Man was enjoyable in the same way The Room was.) Hopefully this isn't a big Clash of the Titans palette swap - Battleship showed us what ripping off an already terrible idea can produce, we don't need anything else to prove that.
Plus I'm interested in Egyptian history and mythology, so there's the hope he won't make it utter ridiculous. Which sadly is probably a given.
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Comment by PirateLordBush on May 18, 2012 at 10:00pm -
I was really looking forward to Paradise Lost.. But I guess this'll do
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Comment by Oceanside on May 18, 2012 at 7:11pm -
I am looking forward to it, nothing about Egypt comes to mind in film nowadays except Mummy.
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Comment by Davril Chorster on May 18, 2012 at 3:32pm -
Knowing is an amazing film and powerful film and its ending is ambiguous for a reason. I love everything that Proyas had done so far, with exception to Yo, Robot because it was terribly flawed and and had huge holes in its logic. The CG and action sequences were nice, though.
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Comment by Ha-Ra on May 18, 2012 at 3:19pm -
I really want this man to redeem himself after Knowing and I, Robot. I know this guy is capable of amazing things...just don't disappoint me
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Comment by Richie Vega on May 18, 2012 at 2:43pm -
I enjoyed Knowing quite a lot. Proyas hasn't had the chance to really shine IMO.
Dark City I love despite whatever shortcomings might it have.
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Comment by Maverick on May 18, 2012 at 2:24pm
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This already sounds fucked-up.
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