Exclusive Look at the Gods and Men of 'Immortals'
Tarsem Singh's latest colorful epic focuses on mythological battle
Posted by Kate Erbland Thursday, October 13, 2011 11:40:43 AM THE HITLIST
Tarsem Singh has only crafted two singular and wildly expressive films in his somewhat brief feature film career, but both films (“The Cell” and “The Fall”) established the former commercial director as an emerging auteur to watch. Tarsem (as he often goes by) is currently working on one of two in-production Snow White films (his is the untitled one featuring Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, and Julia Roberts), but before his surely colorful confection is released in 2012, the director has a new release hitting screens this year.
Tarsem’s third feature is his biggest film yet, a 3D outing about an epic battle between gods and men. “Immortals” also has a star-studded cast packed with new and established talent, including Mickey Rourke, Henry Cavill (soon to be seen as Superman), Luke Evans, Kellan Lutz, John Hurt, Isabel Lucas, Frieda Pinto, Stephen Dorff, and Greg Bryk.
The film tells the Greek mythological tale of the ancient war between the God and the Titans. The Gods have long since imprisoned the Titans in the walls of Mount Tartaros, but the Titans are dead-set on revenge, and when the insane King Hyperion (that mangled Mickey Rourke to the right) declares war on humanity and goes searching for the Epirus Bow which will allow him to finally free the Titans and use them for his own aims, the stage is set for a battle like no other. Enter Cavill as the peasant Theseus, a mortal chosen by Zeus to defeat Hyperion, and Tarsem has all the pieces to make one spectacular film.
"Immortals" opens on November 11.
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