I have to be honest, I completely forgot this movie even existed or was even a thing, but indeed, "Dark City" and "I, Robot" director Alex Proyas has made a big budget swords and sandals flick, "Gods Of Egypt." And today, the first trailer has landed to remind everyone that this movie is indeed coming, offering a first taste of the epic adventure.
Chadwick Boseman, Brenton Thwaites, Gerard Butler, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Geoffrey Rush, Rufus Sewell, Abbey Lee, Courtney Eaton, and Elodie Yung are part of the ensemble for the movie inspired by classic myths, in which a grand romance and the fate of the world hang in the balance, as they usually do. Here’s the official synopsis:
In this spectacular action-adventure inspired by the classic mythology of Egypt, the survival of mankind hangs in the balance as an unexpected mortal hero Bek (Brenton Thwaites) undertakes a thrilling journey to save the world and rescue his true love. In order to succeed, he must enlist the help of the powerful god Horus (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) in an unlikely alliance against Set (Gerard Butler), the merciless god of darkness, who has usurped Egypt’s throne, plunging the once peaceful and prosperous empire into chaos and conflict. As their breathtaking battle against Set and his henchmen takes them into the afterlife and across the heavens, both god and mortal must pass tests of courage and sacrifice if they hope to prevail in the epic final confrontation.
"Gods Of Egypt" opens on February 26, 2016. Watch below.
I\’m always perplexed with causasians as to why the cast themselves above everyone else. s that not a form of entitlement.I\’m sure American has enough people of middle eastern culture to play the roles. I guess it is what it is. When you have the money, you can make history change overnight.
This looks just unbelievably bad. Another lame CGI orgy where everything looks fake as hell. And since when is Alex Proyas a visionary director?
Since when does Playlist start covering video game trailers?
Dude, seriously! It is a popcorn action flick. If you want historical accuracy, go watch the History channel. This is just a wild, fun romp with some actors who do great work in action genres. Sheesh, why does everything have to be overanalyzed to death, so this group or that group can have something to whine and whangst about? They have to have actors that bring in audiences. So what? Just shut up and watch the movie. It looks awesome, and I think it will do very well. Glad to see Butler and Coster-Walseau doing action again, no more romcoms.
Ridley Scott made a fantastic point. No one would see these big-budget spectacles if real Egyptian actors were cast. Not that anyone will see this piece of crap-looking picture, anyway. But he had a point when his film came out — though it was dead on arrival, too. Cleopatra would\’ve never been the success it was without Elizabeth Taylor. And this film definitely wouldn\’t stand a chance in America had it not an all-white cast. It\’s not racisim, bigiotory, its the unfortunate preference of the American-going audiences and the studios smartly know that. When it comes to these sort of movies, this is what has to be done. Not what should be done. So why do people act surprised? And bitch about a moviesncasting choice, a movie they don\’t even plan on seeing? This sort of thing has been going on since the beginning of cinema itself. And it won\’t change. Though it should.
Wait, Chadwick Boseman is a real person? I thought that it was just a joke in Bojack Horseman season 2.
Cool! at least a new EPIC SCI FI movie without MARVEL or DC superheros; or an old franchise or remake… I will watch it on IMAX for sure. I do like Alex Proyas, I think Dark City and The Crow are greaT. He is a director ahead of its time. What he did to THE CROW, is what NOLAN did to BATMAN, and look what happened…
Even better! Normal people can look egyptian, but their gods look anglo saxon. That\’s what that poor losers should believe in.
They look so egyptian. Hey, why not burn all the books, rewrite all History, and pretend the big names in History were all anglo saxons? Rest of them, all the poor and the villains, they can be other races.
Everyone will watch this on Netflix. It will be lucky to make $50M domestic.
I think it looks kind of fun if you go into it knowing it is what it is. It aint gonna win any Oscars but it looks worth a few hours on Netflix to me.