![]() ![]() Ritchie is also represented by attorney Matt Saver. Featuring the voices of Tate Donovan, Danny DeVito, James Woods, and Susan Egan, the film follows the titular Hercules, a demigod with super-strength raised among mortals, who must learn to become a true hero in order to earn back his godhood and place in Mount Olympus, while his evil uncle Hades plots his downfall. He’s best known as the director of “Snatch,” “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” and the “Sherlock Holmes” franchise with Robert Downey Jr.ĬAA negotiated the deal for Ritchie to direct prior to the director exiting the agency to be represented by WME. His next film is an untitled Afghanistan war movie that will star Jake Gyllenhaal and is being released by MGM in the U.S. Since “Aladdin,” Guy Ritchie has gone back to his roots with the Jason Statham action film “Wrath of Man” and March’s “Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre” also with Statham, the latter of which was released by STX. Now a teenager, Hercules needs to perform a rite of passage on Earth to prove himself worthy of living with the gods on Mount Olympus. The film grossed $252.7 million and was nominated for an Oscar for the original song “Go the Distance.” Hercules (Tate Donovan), a son of gods, was snatched as a baby by Hades (James Woods) and forced to live among mortals as a half-man, half-god. The animated “Hercules” starred Tate Donovan, Danny DeVito, James Woods, Susan Egan and the late Rip Torn along with Bobcat Goldthwait, Hal Holbrook, Matt Frewer, Samantha Eggar, Josh Keaton and Paul Shaffer. The original animated movie from 1997 shows Hercules, the son of the God Zeus, growing up on Earth as a human but gifted with superhuman strength as he falls in love with the human Megara, as he works with a Satyr named Phil to become a true hero and as he aims to stop an evil plot by the lord of the Underworld Hades to release four monstrous titans to wreak havoc on the world. ![]() Some don't.‘Wonder Man’ Series in the Works at Disney+ With Andrew Guest as Head Writer I think dedication to honoring the fans is the important thing. You can argue it dilutes the lore and the prestige of the franchise, but that's about it. True fans of these franchises feel slapped in the face when big companies dangle a carrot in their face and then proceed to shit on the carrot and jam it down their throat.įans are impossible to please, but at least make an effort.Īlthough to reinforce your point, if we look at Dragon Ball, everyone still holds the tv show very highly and laughs about how awful the movie was. Not that these are Disney, but look at Dragon Ball and Avatar: The Last Airbender. Keep in mind that the biggest reason I'm fond of The Little Mermaid is because it happened to be the VHS we owned and I watched it a lot as a kid and have since then built it up with rose-colored glasses and no matter how great the new movie is, the remake will never touch it!"īut there have definitely been some shitty iterations that have no business even existing. I hate when people equate the movie to their childhood- it's kinda a ridiculous thing to hold Disney up to- "Plz make sure to handle my childhood perfectly safely when you make this new one. ![]() It seems disingenuous when big companies put these out as obvious cash grabs trying to squeeze out any remaining nostalgia dollars they can. I just think the people who love certain movies have a level of nostalgia and affection toward them and they want to see them respected I guess. ![]()
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