As the whole world knows, we do love us historical epic projects, and I have two updates on those for you today: first there's HAMMER OF THE GODS which should hit cinemas sometime next year, a Viking epic with GAME OF THRONES' James Cosmo, CAMELOT's Clive Standen, Elliot
Cowan and TWILIGHT's Charlie Bewley. Set in the violent world of Viking Britain in 871 AD, this will be the story of a young Viking warrior, Steinar (Bewley), sent by his father the King (Cosmo) on a quest to find his estranged brother, who was banished from the kingdom many years before. Steinar's epic journey across hostile territory gradually sees him emerge as the man his father wants him to be - the ruthless and unforgiving successor to his throne. I've told you before that Clive Standen is also starring in History Channels upcoming VIKINGS epic series. The second epic project is HERCULES which I've already mentioned before but now it has been officially confirmed that Dwayne Johnson will take the lead role in Brett Ratner directed movie adaptation of the graphic novel "Her-
cules: The Thracian Wars". This story centres on the title character, who fights other people's battles for money, along with his group of mercenaries. He finds a higher calling when he defends the mythical Mount Olympus from an evil army. As you know, Dwayne should also star in DAVID AND GOLIATH next to Taylor Lautner but that one doesn't have an official production date yet.
And I'm a bit late with this one, but earlier this weekend the first trailer for WORLD WAR Z was released. If you thought you've seen all about zombie invasion in THE WALKING DEAD, you ain't seen nothing, because this trailer promises swarms and hordes of zombies attacking
worldwide like mad ants! With the aim to be one of summer 2013 blockbusters this zombie adventure has a dynamic story which revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate
humanity itself. The cast of the epic film also includes Matthew Fox, David Morse and James Badge Dale as Captain Speke, an American soldier who tries to warn the government that the threat of zombies is real, and the director is dashing Michael Forster from QUANTUM OF SOLACE. The whole film is based on the popular book by Max Brooks
which became a worldwide bestseller. As you probably remember, the shooting of the film underwent lots of problems - from all the weapons used in the scenes being seized by the Hungarian police, to Brad Pitt shooting some of the scenes in a Viagra factory and to tones of American cars and trucks being shipped over to UK sets to give the authentic look.
WORLD WAR Z TRAILER
