Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson leads Brett Ratner's HERCULES : THE THRACIAN WARS

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Sometimes I wonder whether it is pure coincidence or simply bad timing that Hollywood seems to find itself caught in duelling similar projects. There were 2 Snow White movies last year. This year, 2 groups of terrorists seem to get the same idea by targetting the White House separately. Next year, we will have 2 macho men playing the half-god Hercules. It will be interesting to see which will flop.

From superherohype.com:

Brett Ratner's upcoming Hercules has found a new cast member in Dark City star Rufus Sewell. He'll play Autolycus opposite Dwayne Johnson's Hercules and Aksel Hennie's Tydeus.

Co-produced between MGM and Paramount Pictures, the film will be based on the Radical Publishing "Hercules" comic books of which there were two series; "The Thracian Wars" and "The Knives of Kush," both written by Steve Moore with art by Cris Bolsin. "The Thracian Wars" is officially described as follows:

Fourteen-hundred years ago, a tormented soul walked the Earth that was neither man nor god. Hercules, powerful son of the god king Zeus, received nothing but suffering his entire life. After twelve arduous labors and the loss of his family, this dark, world-weary soul turned his back on the gods, finding his only solace in bloody battle. Over the years he warmed to the company of six similar souls, their only bond being their love of fighting and the presence of death. These men and woman never question where, why, or whom they go to fight; only how much they will be paid. Knowing this, the King of Thrace has hired these mercenaries to train his men to become the greatest army of all time. Hercules begins to question King Cotys' motives when he takes his army out to battle and sees them practice on innocent men, women, and children of their neighbors. Deep in his soul something stirs, but is it enough to stop a mad king and his army of the damned from marching across Greece - or even Olympus itself?!

The screenplay for the film version was written by Ryan Condol. MGM's Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber and Jonathan Glickman will produce with Peter Berg and his Film 44 partner Sarah Aubrey, as well as Barry Levine of Radical Pictures, whose Jesse Berger will executive produce.

Hercules is slated to hit theaters July 25, 2014.
 
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Hercules got a ROCKY head start with Dwayne Johnson

Early synopsis:
Fourteen-hundred years ago, a tormented soul walked the Earth that was neither man nor god. Hercules, powerful son of the god king Zeus, received nothing but suffering his entire life. After twelve arduous labors and the loss of his family, this dark, world-weary soul turned his back on the gods, finding his only solace in bloody battle. Over the years he warmed to the company of six similar souls, their only bond being their love of fighting and the presence of death. These men and woman never question where, why, or whom they go to fight; only how much they will be paid. Knowing this, the King of Thrace has hired these mercenaries to train his men to become the greatest army of all time. Hercules begins to question King Cotys' motives when he takes his army out to battle and sees them practice on innocent men, women, and children of their neighbors. Deep in his soul something stirs, but is it enough to stop a mad king and his army of the damned from marching across Greece - or even Olympus itself?!

Source:Dwayne Johnson Teases His Hercules Look - ComingSoon.net

Scheduled in Aug 2014.
 

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Source: Irina Shayk: Megara in Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Hercules’ Movie! | Brett Ratner, Dwayne Johnson, Hercules: The Thracian Wars, Irina Shayk : Just Jared

Irina Shayk will be playing the role of Megara opposite Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in the upcoming film Hercules: The Thracian Wars, her rep confirms exclusively to JustJared.com.

“For my first time on the big screen…I’m so excited and honored to say ill be working with Brett Ratner on his new movie Hercules!!! Thank u,” the 27-year-old model said about her role.

Hercules: The Thracian Wars will be directed by Brett Ratner and is based on the comic book series of the same name. Irina‘s role Megara is the first wife of the title character.
 

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https://twitter.com/TheRock/status/339803318211710976/photo/1

Shooting for Hercules @ Budapest
Source: @TheRock twitter.
 

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Source: Irina Shayk: Megara in Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Hercules’ Movie! | Brett Ratner, Dwayne Johnson, Hercules: The Thracian Wars, Irina Shayk : Just Jared

Irina Shayk will be playing the role of Megara opposite Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in the upcoming film Hercules: The Thracian Wars, her rep confirms exclusively to JustJared.com.

“For my first time on the big screen…I’m so excited and honored to say ill be working with Brett Ratner on his new movie Hercules!!! Thank u,” the 27-year-old model said about her role.

Hercules: The Thracian Wars will be directed by Brett Ratner and is based on the comic book series of the same name. Irina‘s role Megara is the first wife of the title character.

She is one hot piece; so after karolina kurkova, now another SI model is thrown to the silver screen...
 

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The lion IS awesome..so is the CGI.

def looks better than the other vampire hercules...:vijayadmin:
 

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Any review for the mighty Hercules.

As the above mentioned = reviews for the mighty Hercules... worth the weekend tickets?
 

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I watched Hercules movie today. Sure, the reviews say the movie is no good. But I think it is not a bad movie.

Ok for weekend ticket bah. I take it as a good filler before The Expendables 3 movie opens in cinema later this August.
 

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Not a epic movie but still can watch.

Safe to say a lot better then "Legend Of Hercules" :O
 

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SUper disappointed with this show... if u wana watch the mystical creatures, see the trailer gao liao..
 

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the movie is quite entertaining :) it get quite a lot of positive reviews in rotten tomatoes but the score is not very high..
 

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I watched the movie yesterday. It was better than expected.

It has a good mix of action and humour. The storyline is sort of expected or generic, depending on how you see it.
 
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