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Wrath of the Titans
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJonathan Liebesman
Screenplay by
Story by
Produced by
  • Basil Iwanyk
  • Polly Cohen Johnsen
Starring
CinematographyBen Davis
Edited byMartin Walsh
Music byJavier Navarrete[1]
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • March 30, 2012 (2012-03-30)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$150 million
Box office$112.2 million

Wrath of the Titans is a 2012 American fantasy film and sequel to the 2010 film Clash of the Titans. The film stars Sam Worthington, Rosamund Pike, Bill Nighy, Édgar Ramírez, Toby Kebbell, Danny Huston, Ralph Fiennes and Liam Neeson with Jonathan Liebesman directing a screenplay by Dan Mazeau and David Leslie Johnson. Wrath of the Titans takes place a decade after the events of the first film as the gods lose control over the imprisoned Titans and Perseus is called once again, this time to rescue his father Zeus, overthrow the Titans and save mankind.

Talk of a sequel began with the release of Clash of the Titans in March 2010. Scribes Dan Mazeau and David Leslie Johnson were hired in June 2010 and director Jonathan Liebesman was brought on-board in August 2010. The majority of the casting took place between January and February 2011. Principal photography began in London in March 2011. The film was converted to 3D in post-production. Wrath of the Titans was released in 2D and 3D on March 30, 2012 in the United States.

Plot

Ten years after he defeated The Kraken, Perseus (Sam Worthington), the demigod son of Zeus (Liam Neeson), now lives as a fisherman with his 10-year-old son, Helius (John Bell). One night, Perseus is visited by Zeus, who tells him that the powers of the gods are fading and the walls of the underworld prison of Tartarus are breaking due to the lack of devotion from humans and states they will need the world's armies to combat the potential threat, but Perseus shows little interest and refuses to get involved. Afterwards, Zeus travels to Tartarus to meet with his brothers Hades (Ralph Fiennes) and Poseidon (Danny Huston), and his son Ares (Edgar Ramirez). He tells Hades they must forget the past and unite to rebuild Tartarus, but Hades orders his minions to attack. They severely injure Poseidon, and Ares betrays Zeus over showing Perseus more affection, taking him prisoner and stealing his thunderbolt. Hades and Ares plan to drain Zeus' power to revive their father Kronos in exchange for the two to remain immortal.

The walls of Tartarus break, unleashing monsters into the world. One of these monsters, a Chimera, attacks Perseus' village, and after bringing out his old sword and armour, Perseus fights and kills the Chimera. He then takes Helius to the Mount of Idols, so they can speak to Zeus, but the dying Poseidon arrives instead. He informs Perseus that Hades and Ares are holding Zeus in Tartarus, and tells him to meet with his demigod son Agenor (Toby Kebbell) to find the fallen god Hephaestus, who knows the way into Tartarus. Poseidon gives Perseus his trident before succumbing to his injuries and crumbling into dust.

Perseus flies on the Pegasus to the camp site of Queen Andromeda's army. Andromeda (Rosamund Pike) has imprisoned Agenor for stealing crown jewels, but Perseus has him released. Perseus, Andromeda, Agenor, and a group of soldiers set out at sea to find Hephaestus. Agenor explains that Hephaestus created the three great weapons that Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon wield: Zeus’ Thunderbolt, Hades' Pitchfork, and Poseidon’s Trident, and that together they form the Spear of Triam, the only weapon that can stop Kronos. Agenor uses the trident to direct the boat to Hephaestus's island, where they encounter three Cyclopes who attack them. When Perseus shows them the trident, they lead the group to Hephaestus (Bill Nighy) who explains that he has a map to navigate the path into Tartarus. He leads them to the door into the Labyrinth, where they are attacked by Ares after a soldier prayed for him to come. Ares kills most of the soldiers while Hephaestus opens the door. Hephaestus then sacrifices himself so that Perseus, Andromeda, and Agenor can enter the door before it closes. Agenor tries to use the map to direct them, but the labyrinth continually shifts. Perseus gets cut off from the group and encounters and kills a Minotaur. Eventually, The group reunites at Tartarus.

Meanwhile, Zeus has been almost entirely drained of power and close to death as Kronos starts to awaken. Zeus apologizes to Hades and asks his forgiveness as he forgives Hades for his actions. Hades has a change of heart and finally decides to help Zeus and the human army, but Ares intervenes. Perseus arrives and uses the trident to free Zeus. As they are escaping, Ares throws Hades's pitchfork into Zeus's back.

Perseus, Andromeda, Agenor and Hades carry a weakened Zeus down to the base of the mountain where Andromeda's army is gathered. Perseus combines the trident and Hades’ pitchfork, but he still needs Zeus's thunderbolt, which Ares still has. Perseus prays to Ares, challenging him to a fight at the Temple of Gods, which Ares accepts. At the temple, Perseus finds out Ares has kidnapped Helius, who brought him to watch Perseus die. Ares easily subdues Perseus, but is distracted when Helius tries to challenge him by pointing a sword at him, giving Perseus the opportunity to subdue him. Perseus then destroys Ares with Zeus's Thunderbolt and combines the gods' weapons into the Spear of Triam. Meanwhile, Andromeda's army is subdued by Kronos' army of Makhai, but a redeemed Hades and a revived Zeus use what power they have left to defeat the army, who have murdered almost all of Andromeda's men. Kronos then appears and starts to destroy them, in which Zeus and Hades defend them and at the same time are giving Perseus the opportunity to fly right down Kronos' throat. Kronos lets out one last blast, and Zeus takes the brunt of the force to protect Hades. Perseus throws the Spear into Kronos' stomach, destroying him once and for all.

Perseus meets with Zeus and Hades. Zeus commends Perseus for his courage, stating that the time of the gods is over before turning to dust. Hades is now human, though he states he might be better as one before walking away. Perseus reunites with Andromeda and kisses her, and then decides to train Helius to be a soldier.

Cast

Additionally, John Bell portrays Helius, Lily James portrays Korrina, Freddy Drabble portrays Apollo and Kathryn Carpenter portrays Athena. Martin Bayfield and Spencer Wilding portrayed the Cyclops and the Minotaur respectively.

Production

Talks of a sequel to Clash of the Titans began as early as March 2010. Tamer Hassan, who played Ares in the first film, stated at the film's world premiere that, "They want this one to do well so they can go ahead with the sequel, Return of the Gods".[3] In April 2010 it was reported that director Louis Leterrier will not return to direct, but will be an executive producer on the second installment. The report also stated that Sam Worthington is on-board and that Greg Berlanti will write the story.[4]

In June 2010, Warner Bros. hired scribes David Leslie Johnson and Dan Mazeau to pen the screenplay with Basil Iwanyk returning as producer and rather than being converted to 3D, the sequel was going to be shot in 3D.[5] In August 2010, the The Hollywood Reporter reported that Jonathan Liebesman had signed a deal to direct the sequel.[6]

In September 2010, director Jonathan Liebesman confirmed that Sam Worthington, Ralph Fiennes and Liam Neeson would be returning.[7] In December 2010 Neeson revealed that the film would be titled, Wrath of the Titans and that filming was expected to begin next March.[8]

In January 2011, it was reported that Édgar Ramírez and Toby Kebbell were in negotiations to play Ares and Agenor respectively. It was also reported that Bill Nighy was being courted to play Hephaestus. Additionally Hayley Atwell was on the shortlist of actresses screen testing for the role of Andromeda, played in the previous film by Alexa Davalos. Other actresses being considered for Andromeda included Georgina Haig, Janet Montgomery, Dominique McElligott and Clémence Poésy.[9]

In February 2011 it was reported that Rosamund Pike was near a deal for the part.[10] Also in February, Liebesman announced that Wrath of the Titans would be converted to 3D rather than shot in 3D as previously reported despite the negative criticism the first Clash of the Titans received for its use of post-conversion 3D. Liebesman explained, "I think what you have to remember is the first film was neither shot nor edited with 3D in mind. It was shot as a 2D movie and edited as a 2D film, and they decided to convert it with six or seven weeks to go until release, which is insane; the technology was not there. That's why we're conceiving it from the start, from the ground up, in 3D, editing in 3D for 3D." Liebesman also stated the reason behind the conversion was because he wants to shoot on film, which will give the film's imagery better texture than he would get shooting digitally.[11]

Principal photography began on March 23, 2011. Filming took place in studios outside London and later shot on location in Surrey, South Wales and in the Canary Islands on the island of Tenerife.[2]

Release

Wrath of the Titans premiered on Monday, March 26, 2012 at the AMC Lincoln Square Theater in New York City.[12]

Critical reception

Wrath of the Titans has received generally unfavorable reviews from film critics.[13] Metacritic assigned the film an average score of 37/100 based on reviews from 32 critics.[13] Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 25% approval rating with an average rating of 4.5/10, based on an aggregation of 123 reviews and offers the consensus; "Its 3D effects are an improvement over its predecessor's, but in nearly every other respect, Wrath of the Titans fails to improve upon the stilted acting, wooden dialogue, and chaos-driven plot of the franchise's first installment".[14]

Andrew Barker of Variety gave the film a positive review, saying, "The [Clash of the Titans] franchise has matured ever so slightly with Wrath of the Titans, hewing incrementally more faithfully to its Greek origins and trimming the fat in essential places".[15] Richard Corliss of Time magazine wrote, "Wrath [of the Titans] radiates the straight-forward, straight-faced pleasures of the mytho-muscular epics, like Hercules and Jason and the Argonauts, produced in Europe a half-century ago".[16] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly commented, "For a movie that's basically all warmed-over pseudo-mythology and special effects, Wrath of the Titans is certainly more fun, in its solemnly junky way, than John Carter. It may also be a little more fun than its cheeseball predecessor, the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans".[17]

However, Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter called it, "A relentlessly mechanical piece of work that will not or cannot take the imaginative leaps to yield even fleeting moments of awe, wonder or charm".[18] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times remarked, "It lacks a comprehensible story, and you won't need your CliffsNotes on the Greek myths. You get an idea of who the major players are, and then they spend a modest amount of time shouting laughable dialogue at one another while being all but forced off the screen by special effects.".[19] Mark Olsen of the Los Angeles Times criticized, "Directed this time out by Jonathan Liebesman, the film lacks inspiration or zest in storytelling, performance or action. This is pure product, a movie desperately without energy or enthusiasm of any kind".[20]

Box office

Wrath of the Titans opened on Friday, March 30, 2012 with $1 million from midnight screenings in 1,490 theaters.[21] The film went on to earn an estimated $34.2 million in North America through the weekend, debuting in second place behind The Hunger Games.[22] As of April 1, 2012, Wrath of Titans has grossed $34,200,000 in North America and $78,000,000 internationally for a combined worldwide total of $112,200,000.[23]

Sequel

In November 2011, Warner Bros. hired Dan Mazeau and David Leslie Johnson, who co-wrote Wrath of the Titans, to develop and write a treatment for a third installment.[24]

References

  1. ^ http://filmmusicreporter.com/2011/11/21/javier-navarrete-to-score-wrath-of-the-titans/
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  3. ^ Sharp, Craig (2010-03-29). "FilmShaft Exclusive! The Stars Align For Clash Of The Titans World Premiere With The SEQUEL Waiting In The Wings". FilmShaft. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
  4. ^ Flemming, Mike (2010-04-27). "Sequels For 'Clash Of The Titans' And 'Journey To The Center Of The Earth'". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
  5. ^ McNary, Dave (2010-06-11). "'Clash of the Titans' sequel in the works". Variety. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
  6. ^ "Liebesman Confirmed for Clash of the Titans 2". ComingSoon.net. CraveOnline. 2010-08-31. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
  7. ^ Douglas, Edward (2010-09-10). "Clash of the Titans 2 and Expendables 2 Updates". ComingSoon.net. CraveOnline. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
  8. ^ "Neeson looks forward to Titans 2". The Belfast Telegraph. Independent News & Media. 2010-12-07. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
  9. ^ Sneider, Jeff (2011-01-07). "Exclusive: Ramirez, Kebbell to Join 'Titans' Sequel; Atwell Testing". The Wrap. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
  10. ^ Flemming, Mike (2011-02-08). "Rosamund Pike To Play Andromeda In 'Clash Of The Titans 2'". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
  11. ^ Gilchrist, Todd (2011-02-24). "'Clash of the Titans 2' Will Be Converted To 3D, Says Director Jonathan Liebesman". Moviefone. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
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  16. ^ Corliss, Richard (2012-03-29). "Wrath of the Titans: The God-Fathers, Part II". Time. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  17. ^ Gleiberman, Owen (2012-03-29). "Wrath of the Titans: The God-Fathers, Part II". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
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  19. ^ Ebert, Roger (2012-03-28). "Wrath of the Titans". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
  20. ^ Olsen, Mark (2012-03-12). "Movie review: The gods aren't kind to 'Wrath of the Titans'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  21. ^ Finke, Nikki (2012-03-30). "'Wrath Of The Titans' Opens To $1M Midnights". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  22. ^ Subers, Ray (2012-04-01). "Weekend Report: 'Wrath,' 'Mirror' No Match for 'Hunger Games'". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
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  24. ^ Kit, Borys (2011-11-02). "Warner Bros. Readying 'Clash of the Titans 3' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
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