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Jonathan Liebesman's Odysseus Ends Up at Warner Brothers
April 24, 2009
by Alex Billington
Good news for Jonathan Liebesman - his next project titled Odysseus will be a Warner Brothers feature. The studio won a bidding war over Paramount for the film, which features a script written by Liebesman's collaborator Ann Peacock. Odysseus is another retelling of the classic story about the legendary hero Odysseus, who returns to his island after 20 years of fighting the Trojan Wars, only to find his kingdom under the brutal occupation of an invading force. Odysseus single-handedly defeats every last man and takes back his wife, his son and his kingdom. 300 producer Gianni Nunnari is developing via Hollywood Gang.
We were the first to reveal details on this back in January. At the time, Liebesman described it as a "small taut kintetic action film" in the same vein as a Clint Eastwood spaghetti western or Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo. THR says that the intent is to make "not a sleepy swords-and-sandles epic but a bloody relentless revenge movie," like 300 meets Taken. I talked with Liebesman and he says unlike epics such as Troy, this will be a very gritty, hand-held, hardcore revenge movie. He compares it to Rambo, where one guy just kicks a lot of ass. It'll be very real, very down to earth, and any effects and CGI will be invisible.
It sounds like a pretty great idea and I'm fairly excited to see Liebesman develop it, because he's becoming a better director with each and every film. This project will really need that intensity and grittiness to live up to Zack Snyder's 300, which it could possibly do if all goes well. Liebesman is currently working on the alien film Battle: Los Angeles at Sony. He also has The Killing Room, which premiered at Sundance, and is still looking for a distributor. Odysseus will be Liebesman's very next project following Battle: Los Angeles.
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Reader Feedback - 5 Comments »
1
Ohhh man, i love the swords and sandals genre and these are really good news. I can't hardly wait for this movie to come out. 
AKUMARED on Apr 24, 2009
2
is Henry Cavill in this
Scott McHenry on Apr 24, 2009
3
Once more…Big studio production with half wit young director, will butcher a great story of old…for anyone out there…read up or wiki the " Illiad " & the " Odyssey ". Hollywood gave us pale comparisons to the real gritty stories people love….Oh well…I'll wait 10 years when they reboot both those stories…
Lazarus on Apr 24, 2009
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No. Henry Cavill is portraying Theseus in the Tarsem Singh-directed War of the Gods. Son of a Count, Duke of Suffolk, it was just a matter of time for Henry to be King!
B Wilson on Apr 25, 2009
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WB is also doing Clash of the Titans in this genre. I fear Odysseus will rot in development hell as WB does the other movie instead. I pray that doesn't happen since Odysseus sounds really, really cool.
Pete on Apr 25, 2009