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Brett Ratner's 'Hercules' Gets Release Date
MGM has been in the news a lot lately; announcing a new 'Ben-Hur,' a possible sequel to 'Hot Tub Time Machine,' and now setting the release date for one their bigger in development projects. As you may remember, Brett Ratner will be directing 'Hercules: The Thracian' war, centering of course on the mythic hero. The Mt. Olympus-sized Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson will be taking the titular role. The film will be based on a graphic novel by Steve Moore with Ryan Condol adapting for the screen. Though production has not yet begun, the film is now slated for release on August 8th, 2014. This would place 'Hercules: The Tracian War' one week behind Marvel's 'Guardians of the Galaxy.'
Whenever the subject of an upcoming film's release date is raised, we will inevitably find ourselves talking about what other movies surround that date. In the case of 'Hercules: The Thracian War,' the only other film that has been confirmed for August of 2014 is James Gunn's 'Guardians of the Galaxy' the week before. That might sound like suicide for Ratner's film (even more so than the fact that it is in fact a Ratner film), but ask yourself why Marvel scheduled 'Guardians' for August as opposed to earlier that summer. August is usually reserved for the potential surprises more than the projects overflowing with studio confidence. Part of me wonders if Marvel is still unsure about 'Guardians' making bank in the prime summer months, as it is a lesser-known property. Therefore, MGM's move to open their Hercules film a week later doesn't seem so crazy. One thing I didn't know about Moore's graphic novel until today, sometime that really piques my interest toward this film, is that it takes a great deal of the supernatural out of the Herc story and grounds it more in the real world. That should please anyone who was concerned about 'Thracian War' being another 'Scorpion King.'
What do you guys think? Has Brett Ratner's 'Hercules' picked the right release date? Are you at all interested in seeing it?
Source: Deadline
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Comment by XAVIER on January 18, 2013 at 12:05pm -
Fact Check: Horrible Bosses directed by Seth Gordon. Check it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Bosses
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Comment by mr.wolfman on January 18, 2013 at 9:23am -
marvel is the new pixar it doesn't matter if we are familiar with the property were gonna see it
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Comment by Brinkman on January 18, 2013 at 7:31am -
Intersting hate for Brett Ratner. I'm not defending him in any way but am only pointing out that I enjoyed Horrible Bosses. With that said it's a completely different type of movie and it was the cast that made me love that movie. When it comes to Hercules I am not interested even though I am a fan of The Rock.
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Comment by I'm Batman on January 18, 2013 at 1:28am -
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Comment by C on January 18, 2013 at 12:46am -
I don't know who the Guardians of the Galaxy are. But I also think Ratner sucks. I like Dwayne Johnson though, I think it's good he's been getting more of these roles and looks to have left the kiddy shit of The Tooth Fairy and Journey 2 The Who-gives-a-shit Island behind. I think this films success will hinge on the rating it gets.
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Comment by Marz on January 18, 2013 at 12:25am -
Brett Ratner is a piece if shit.
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Comment by The Dubya on January 18, 2013 at 12:04am -
"Brett Ratner's..."
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Comment by Lorenzo Moran on January 17, 2013 at 11:48pm -
Guardian's of the Galaxy though a pretty unfamiliar name, is still made by Marvel, a VERY familiar name considering they made one of the best comic book movies so far and being a huge player in the comic book world. I have no doubts about Guardians doing well whenever it's being released.
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Comment by John Lemus on January 17, 2013 at 10:13pm -
Those are terrible choices for Directer and Hercules. But the idea to do it based off of the graphic novel is really good.
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Comment by KP Spark on January 17, 2013 at 9:40pm -
No. I'll see Guardians.
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