‘Odysseus’ Movie To Be Like ’300 Meets Taken’

Ross Miller — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:51:53 +0000

A couple of days ago Screen Rant reported on the fact that Warner Bros. had won a fierce bidding war against Paramount for the rights to Odysseus, which retells the tale of the legendary Greek King.

We already have a basic outline for the film (given below), but we now also have some more details as to how the film might shape up: According to THR, the intent is to make a “sleepy swords-and-sandles epic but a bloody relentless revenge movie,” that is described as being like “300 meets Taken.“ Liebesman also revealed that he sees it being akin to the newest Rambo film in the sense that it’s, “where one guy just kicks a lot of ass.”

That certainly sounds like an interesting take on the tale…

The story, which was conjured by producer Gianni Nunnari in a meeting with Liebesman, is as ...

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: April 26, 2009

Niall Browne — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:45:35 +0000

This week:

Beyonce is Obsessed with being number one; Tony Scott and Denzel Washington are Unstoppable; it’s all Greek to Warner Bros. with Odysseus; James Marsden hassles the “Hoff” in Straw Dogs; will DiCaprio Beat the Reaper? Catherine is Keener for Jackson.

Box Office

It looks like all the independent women threw their hands up in the air for Beyonce Knowles starring Obsessed. The female fronted film grossed $28.5 million – which is about $10 million more than the studio predicted.

Zac Efron had to settle for a runner-up spot this week with an $11.5 weekend take for 17 Again. The film has so far banked about $39 million clearly going through the door-marked profit.

Channing Tatum (who’s on the cusp of big things with G.I Joe) and Iron Man’s (but not Iron Man 2) Terrance Howard came a close third this weekend with $11.3 million for Fighting.

Iron Man himself Robert Downey Jr was ...

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‘Odysseus’ Movie To Be Like ’300 Meets Taken’

Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: April 26, 2009