Slumdog Millionaire Star Freida Pinto Cast In Tarsem’s War Of The Gods
Slumdog MillionairestarFreida Pintohas signed on to star inTarsem Singh’sWar of the Gods, a new Greek mythology epic which will be filmed in a like300.
Relativity Media paid mid-six against seven figures for the script byCharley and Vlas Parlapanides. Sleeper Code/Machine Gun Preacher scribeJason Kellerpenned the most recent draft of the script. The official logline follows: '
“A purported bastard who retains an allegiance to his mother despite the fact that he longs to join the quest of a king who is battling demons in ancient Greece later embarks on a grail of discovery that has him finding he is the king’s son and also fated to become his country’s greatest hero as he leads the successful war against long-imprisoned Titans who are hoping to use the demons to restore their power.”
According toVariety, Pinto will portray Phaedra, an oracle priestess who must join Theseus (played byHenry Cavill) on his quest to prevent the cataclysmic war from erupting. Warner Bros had toyed around with the idea of buying theGodsscript for their remake ofClash of the Titans. Obviously,Clashwas the first to go into production, and will hit theaters on April 2nd 2010. The same week production will begin onWar of Gods. Universal Pictures will release the film.
Singh toldEmpire:
“It’s turning into, basically,CaravaggiomeetsFight Club,” he said. “It’s a really hardcore action film done in Renaissance painting style. I want to see how that goes; it’s turned into something really cool. This guy who I really love, who’s the only one person in it right now, is the brother inThe Tudors, Henry Cavill. I’m going for a very contemporary look on top of that so I’m kind of going with, you know, Renaissance time with electricity. So it’s a bit likeBaz LuhrmandoingRomeo + Julietin Mexico; it’s just talking a particular Greek tale and half contemporising it and telling it.”
Earlier this month,The Montreal Gazetteclkaimed that pre-production was put on hold while producers considered the possibility of shooting the movie in 3D in the wake ofAvatar’s amazing success. But there is mo mention of 3D in the Hollywood Trades. It has also been rumored that the studio had changed the title of the movie to “Dawn of War”.
Tarsem is an Indian-born music video director (“Hold On” by En Vogue, “Sweet Lullaby” by Deep Forest and “Losing My Religion” by R.E.M.), became acclaimed in the world of commercial directors, and made his feature film directorial debut withThe Cell, followed by the 2006 filmThe Fall. He is known for his incredibly visual imagery and art direction. If you haven’t seen any of his films, check out the trailer forThe Fallembedded below:
