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Bryan Singer was originally rumored to be directing the prequel that centers on the formation of Xavier’s school and the inevitable friendship bust between Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr a.k.a Magneto. Although he ended up jumping ship in order to work on his other projet Jack the Giant Killer, he still took part in the pre-production process, putting together a script with writer Jamie Moss.

If Twentieth Century Fox gets a director on board soon, X-Men: First Class could get into casting our favorite original X-Men a lot quicker. Out of the list of candidates, who do you think is fit for this directorial job?

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“Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures are moving ahead with a sequel to Clash of the Titans, which the studio would like as early as spring, 2012. But they will make the journey without Louis Leterrier, who will not return for an encore as director.”

Leterrier will still be attached as executive producer, and Sam Worthington is set to return as Perseus. The studio is currently looking for a new director at the moment, but is hoping to begin shooting before Worthington begins Avatar 2. Greg Berlanti will be writing the story.

“I’m not saying I know what exactly will happen to [Sam Worthington's] Perseus in the next two movies, but I know the direction and it’s pretty exciting,” director Louis Leterrier said. “It’s ancient superheroes.”

“You’ve got so many creatures, so many heroes, so many gods,” Leterrier explained. “You have Daedalus, Icarus, Percivel. Amazing stuff. You’ve got several worlds. I could spend the rest of my life directing Greek mythology movies and I would still not finish everything.”

I really love Greek Mythology, but was very disappointed with how the film turned out. There was one story that was briefly mentioned in the film that I would love to see as a prequel, but I am almost certain it will never happen. At least with plans of a sequel the studio would be prepared to shoot the film in 3-D instead of a last minute conversion.

Next on the list is Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too? which wrangled in $30.1 Million. This opening total is not much of a surprise granted that this is a Tyler Perry film. Last, but not least, is the Nicholas Sparks novel turned feature The Last Song, taking in $16.2 Million. Nicholas Sparks combined with the star power of Miley Cyrus was easy bank, so it’s no surprise this made some good amount of revenue already. A couple of other features managed to do well box office-wise, at the top of the list being How to Train Your Dragon with $29.2 Million. Here’s the rest of the totals below from Box Office Mojo.:

Weekend Box Office (April 2-4)

1. Clash of the Titans  ($61.4 M)
2. Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?  ($30.1 M)
3. How to Train Your Dragon  ($29.2 M)
4. The Last Song  ($16.2 M)
5. Alice in Wonderland  ($8.2 M)
6. Hot Tub Time Machine  ($8 M)
7. The Bounty Hunter  ($6.2 M)
8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid  ($5.5 M)
9. She’s Out of My League  ($1.463 M)
10. Shutter Island  ($1.462 M)

Coming out next week is the comedy Date Night, along with limited releases of After.Life, La Mission, Letters to God, When You’re Strange and Women Without Men. Also, look for a wider release of Runaways.

There’s nothing really wrong with that, mind you. Have we gotten away from the fun of the spectacle? We can debate Harryhausen’s films all day on their merits and quality, but the man had one thing in his corner, from film to film, he wowed. Even though, I personally feel that the 1981 version of Clash is flawed, but decent fun, Harryhausen’s work in stop-motion effects were unrivaled, and that’s all the plot served. The visual effects was the film’s star and Harryhausen delivered. In the 2010 version, CG is now the tool and while some scenes are better than others visually, 2010′s Clash is a effects driven film, and when you look at it that way, it’s a flawed, but decent time.

You’ll be amazed by how similar the two versions are, yet there is one key difference: Ray Harryhausen’s creatures, and films even, had magic. His creatures were show-stoppers. Not just because he was the King of Stop-Motion, but his creatures had that little bit extra in their mannerisms, that made them alive and aided that magic. I’m not knocking Louis Leterrier (Incredible Hulk) at all, but these creatures are straight-up cookie cutter CG monsters. We can debate the differences all day long, but the 2010 version is hampered by extremely hamfisted dialogue and a ton of exposition. The exposition is filler, clinging the scenes of spectacle together. Here, Perseus’s (Sam Worthington) journey seems really easy. Whenever in a bind, just listen to Athena as her exposition will clear it all up. I can’t be too down, as all actors involved in both film version had cheesy dialogue to work with, let alone a script that gave them little to do.

You can see it at times, the underlining subtext of the film, where Man is here to control his own destiny, damn the gods. One wishes, if anything this new version added, was a bit more to this idea. Is asking for just a little intellectual stimulation against the visual eye candy, too much to ask sometimes? And the pre-release controversy of WB’s decision to add a post 3D gimmick to the film, does feels tacked on, yet it isn’t that bad. There’s some fun to be had with the 3D, you sticklers, but when it all comes back down to is, 2010′s Clash of the Titans is much like the 1981′s Clash. Big, loud, effects driven film that is nothing more than quickie entertainment, and by Zeus, flaws and all, that’s what Leterrier brought.

Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

Latino Review reports that New Line Cinema are breathing life back into the project again with Clash of the Titans director Louis Leterrier circling the director’s chair. He’s had previous directorial experience with comic book adapted features with Marvel Studios’ The Incredible Hulk, so this could possibly be a good choice. Then again, this is all part of the rumor mill, but let’s open it up to you.

Would you like to see Louis Leterrier direct Y: The Last Man, or would you want somebody else taking the reigns on this New Line Cinema project?

Have you spoken with Marvel about directing The Avengers?

Louis: Ya ya. We’ll try. I speak to Edward often. I’d love to do that. It would be great.

What do you think? Do you believe that Leterrier would be a good choice to take on The Avengers? Or do you think he should make another Hulk movie, or just stay away from the Marvel universe? Share your thoughts.

Starring Sam Worthington along with the talents of Liam Neeson, Alexa Davalos, Ralph Fiennes and Gemma Arterton, the explosion of testosterone rolls out into theaters and in 3D on April 2nd from Warner Bros Pictures. Look at some of the pictures below, and for the rest of them click on this link here. First, check out the new clip that’s presented by the people over at MySpace.:

Clash of the Titans Exclusive Clip

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The mortal son of the god Zeus embarks on a perilous journey to stop the underworld and its minions from spreading their evil to Earth as well as the heavens. The film stars the ultra-awesome Sam Worthington along with Liam Neeson, Gemma Arterton, Ralph Fiennes and Alexa Davalos.

Check out the neat featurette below from Coming Soon and do not forget, Clash comes out on April 2nd in theaters everywhere.:

The remake of the cheesy yet popular 1981 film Clash of the Titans has a kick ass cast that includes Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Alexa Davalos and Danny Huston. Directed by Louis Letterier, this Greek mythological action/adventure film under Warner Bros Pictures comes out on April 2nd. Here’s one of the new posters below, and if you want to check out the rest make the jump to UGO.:

The one that is being put in the spotlight at the moment is the Louis Letterier directed remake Clash of the Titans. Starring Avatar lead Sam Worthington, this Greek mythological tale is bursting with actions, Liam Neeson as a god and pure chunks of awesome, or so we hope once this film comes out into theaters.

The mortal son of the god Zeus embarks on a perilous journey to stop the underworld and its minions from spreading their evil to Earth as well as the heavens. Clash of the Titans comes out in theaters everywhere on March 26th. Check out the cool international trailer below from IGN.:

We’re doing some tests. The problem is, we want to do it right. We’re going along with it and we’re doing a lot of tests by the people that actually did some of the shots in Avatar. In Avatar, some stuff was shot in 3D and some stuff was shot with a very wide lens. It’s very interesting—I’ve yet to see the results, but frankly, I shot it better than I would have shot a 3D movie because I never thought I would do it as a 3D movie. Everything is coming at the camera. So if we do the 3D conversion and it looks good, it’s going to be such a ride. Everything is going to come right at your face. It’s going to be a pretty dynamic movie.

If you like big rides, you’re going to be thrilled with this movie because it’s going to take you everywhere. You’ll be going through the tentacles of the Kraken, following the Pegasus for three seconds and then the claw of a scorpion is going to snap right at you—jump right out. It’s going to be pretty exciting. But it’s also a rating issue because now it gets really scary, really impressive. I hope it’s good. I’m excited—really excited.

At the moment it is not entirely confirmed that the feature will end up staying in 3D as well as regularly projected film. Those who end up watching the test footage that displays the apparently awesome power of 3D on Clash of the Titans will end up deciding in the next couple of weeks if that should be it’s fate.

Clash of the Titans is directed by Louis Leterrier and stars Sam Worthington along with Gemma Arterton, Ralph Fiennes and Liam Neeson. The Greek mythological action/adventure/fantasy is set to come out in theaters everywhere on March 26th.

The bad-ass remake of the 1981 film also stars the likes of Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton and tons more. Clash of the Titans comes out this March 26th, which could not come here soon enough. Here’s the testosterone-filled pictures from the upcoming Warner Bros Pictures movie provided by Collider.: