Filmmakers bring Hercules to life in unique and captivating ways, using state-of-the-art effects and talented actors to showcase his superhuman feats. Certain core elements of Hercules, such as his supernatural power and tests of valor, continue to connect the character across generations and eras. The most compelling Hercules films offer bold, new interpretations that reexamine the subtleties behind the myth, making the character eternally relevant and fascinating onscreen.
Filmmakers have brought the legendary mythic hero Hercules to life in a variety of feature films that offer unique takes on the iconic strongman and his timeless adventures. As one of mythology's most universally recognized heroes, Hercules has long captured the imagination of storytellers on the silver screen. His larger-than-life persona lends itself well to grand Hollywood treatment. Directors leverage state-of-the-art effects to showcase his superhuman feats while actors channel godlike strength and charisma. However, the most compelling Hercules films use bold,...
Filmmakers have brought the legendary mythic hero Hercules to life in a variety of feature films that offer unique takes on the iconic strongman and his timeless adventures. As one of mythology's most universally recognized heroes, Hercules has long captured the imagination of storytellers on the silver screen. His larger-than-life persona lends itself well to grand Hollywood treatment. Directors leverage state-of-the-art effects to showcase his superhuman feats while actors channel godlike strength and charisma. However, the most compelling Hercules films use bold,...
- 12/23/2023
- by Kayla Turner
- ScreenRant
Feature David Menzies 12 Apr 2013 - 07:00
Would we have had Mutant Enemy or Bad Robot without Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell and Robert Tapert's Renaissance Pictures? David thinks not...
After 1992's Army Of Darkness, another Sam Raimi feature film wouldn't emerge in theatres for another three years. What Raimi did with the time in between is anybody's guess - perhaps he wandered the world; maybe he dug through a peculiar collection of Spider-Man comics with most of the dialogue cut out. But what he certainly did with his Renaissance Pictures partners was bring to light a new frontier of genre TV (cue heroic music and a narrator saying, "This is the story of a time long ago – a time of myth and legend. When the ancient gods were petty and cruel, and they plagued mankind with suffering, only one man dared to challenge their power...")
While Hercules may be one...
Would we have had Mutant Enemy or Bad Robot without Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell and Robert Tapert's Renaissance Pictures? David thinks not...
After 1992's Army Of Darkness, another Sam Raimi feature film wouldn't emerge in theatres for another three years. What Raimi did with the time in between is anybody's guess - perhaps he wandered the world; maybe he dug through a peculiar collection of Spider-Man comics with most of the dialogue cut out. But what he certainly did with his Renaissance Pictures partners was bring to light a new frontier of genre TV (cue heroic music and a narrator saying, "This is the story of a time long ago – a time of myth and legend. When the ancient gods were petty and cruel, and they plagued mankind with suffering, only one man dared to challenge their power...")
While Hercules may be one...
- 4/12/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Sure, Midnight Run came out in 1988, but why not try to turn it into a franchise 20-odd years later?
Screenwriter Tim Dowling (Just Go with It, Role Models) was hired two years ago to write a sequel script that would allow Robert De Niro to reprise his role as bounty hunter Jack Walsh. Now the sequel may have a director in Brett Ratner (Tower Heist, the Rush Hour trilogy). Deadline reports that Ratner is in talks to direct the sequel for Universal, which has also hired screenwriters David Elliot and Paul Lovett (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Four Brothers) to rewrite Dowling's script.
De Niro is still attached to the project, but it's unlikely Charles Grodin — who played the embezzling mob accountant (Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas) Walsh escorted to L.A. in the first movie — will step out of retirement to return.
This isn't the first attempt to create a Midnight Run franchise.
Screenwriter Tim Dowling (Just Go with It, Role Models) was hired two years ago to write a sequel script that would allow Robert De Niro to reprise his role as bounty hunter Jack Walsh. Now the sequel may have a director in Brett Ratner (Tower Heist, the Rush Hour trilogy). Deadline reports that Ratner is in talks to direct the sequel for Universal, which has also hired screenwriters David Elliot and Paul Lovett (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Four Brothers) to rewrite Dowling's script.
De Niro is still attached to the project, but it's unlikely Charles Grodin — who played the embezzling mob accountant (Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas) Walsh escorted to L.A. in the first movie — will step out of retirement to return.
This isn't the first attempt to create a Midnight Run franchise.
- 3/22/2012
- by Ryan Gowland
- Reelzchannel.com
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