Berg! from Hancock to Hercules

By Kevin Coll • July 23, 2008 • View Comments

Hancock director, Peter Berg is now signed to direct a new take on the Hercules mythos for Universal.

Variety has the report,

Berg will produce and will develop to direct “Hercules: The Thracian Wars,” a co-production of Spyglass Entertainment, Berg’s Film 44 and Radical Pictures. Spyglass and Universal will co-finance the film.

“What resonated for them was that this was character driven, about a character who’s more man than god, with conflicts and redemption,” Levine said.

I really like the concept of bringing Hercules to the big screen and the article is also saying the title of the film is called Hercules: The Thracian Wars. Based on that it seems this movie will be heavy action and battle laden much like Troy was. I will say that I think Berg is as good a choice as any but my biggest question looming: Is there a demand for these epic Greek or Roman mythos films in Hollywood? Gladiator really brought it back to Hollywood but the 300 movie really gave it a mainstream look. I just wonder if we need another film they may miss the mark such as Alexander and Troy.

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Kevin is a film freak, just ask him something movie related and he lights up like a Christmas tree. Originally his destiny was to go to film school, hit LA and try and become the next big thing. Circumstances change but in college, he fell in love with writing. After several failed attempts in starting a legit and hip school online magazine for his university Kevin moved into the blogosphere for himself and began Kevin’s Rant which in 2007 morphed into Fused Film. Kevin has contributed articles on other sites like Geeks of Doom and FilmShaft, he has also been a guest on podcasts for MovieViral and The Film Feed at FS.Net. His favorite movie of all time is Empire Strikes Back, he loves his Chucks, he is an avid Stargate fan and classic rock is his music scene. Email him at: kcoll@fusedfilm.com Follow His Twitter: FusedFilm