By Adnan Tezer Apr 7, 2010, 19:50 GMT
Relativity Media has changed the title of its Greek mythology film from "War of the Gods" to "Immortals," and announced that John Hurt and Isabel Lucas have joined the cast.Henry Cavill, Stephen Dorff, Luke Evans, Kellan Lutz, Joseph Morgan, Freida Pinto and Mickey Rourke have already been cast.The film follows the young warrior Theseus (Cavill), who leads his men into battle with the immortal Greek gods to defeat the gods of the Titans. Tarsem Singh is directing the film, which began shooting in Montreal this week. According to Variety, Universal has set a November 11, 2011, release date.Hurt will play Zeus, Theseus’ mentor. Lucas will play Athena, the daughter of Zeus.Gianni Nunnari of Hollywood Gang Productions, Mark Canton of Atmosphere Entertainment MM and Ryan Kavanaugh of Relativity Media are producing. Christian Gudegast wrote the screenplay, based on a script by Charley and Vlas Parlapanides.Hurt recently wrapped director Rowan Joffe's "Brighton Rock," opposite Helen Mirren. Lucas recently starred in "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."
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