Hercules

Theatrical - Wide 2014-07-25

Cast Dwayne Johnson Ian McShane Rufus Sewell Joseph Fiennes John Hurt Rebecca Ferguson
Directed by Brett Ratner

Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy

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6/10

Synopsis

Haunted by a sin from his past, Hercules has become a mercenary. Along with five faithful companions, he travels ancient Greece selling his services for gold and using his legendary reputation to intimidate enemies. But when the benevolent ruler... See more of Thrace and his daughter seek Hercules’ help to defeat a savage and terrifying warlord, Hercules finds that in order for good to triumph and justice to prevail… he must again become the hero he once was… he must embrace his own myth… he must be Hercules.

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Review: Hercules

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: Hercules (Dwayne Johnson), having completed his twelve labors, is now a sword-for-hire along with his comrades Autolycus (Rufus Sewell), Tydeus (Aksel Hennie), Amphiaraus (Ian McShane) and his nephew Iolaus (Reece Ritchie). He's recruited by a besieged king (John Hurt)...

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Posted 28 years ago

Review Date: Director: Ron Clements and John Musker Writer: Ron Clements, Don McEnery, Irene Mecchi, John Musker, Bob Shaw Producers: Ron Clements, Alice Dewey and John Musker Actors: Tate Donovan as Hercules, James Woods as Hades, Danny DeVito as Phil,...

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Get another look at Dwayne Johnson in Brett Ratner’s Hercules: The Thracian Wars

Posted 13 years ago

Dwayne Johnson‘s latest Twitpic from the set of HERCULES: THE THRACIAN WARS once again gives us only a glimpse of the hulking beast known as The Rock, looking every bet as imposing as you’d expect a Greek God to be....

Dwayne Johnson reveals his gladiator-like helmet for Hercules: The Thracian Wars

Posted 13 years ago

Dwayne Johnson is keeping the Twitter machine alive and today he pumped more life into it with a reveal of his helmet for the upcoming HERCULES: THE THRACIAN WARS. Styled from the ancient Greek warrior helmets, the gold-covered helmet is...

Get a (slightly) better glimpse of Dwayne Johnson in this tweet from the set of Hercules

Posted 13 years ago

Dwayne Johnson has been sending out set updates for HERCULES: THE THRACIAN WAR from his Twitter account including this image of his lovely locks and yesterday he tweeted the best image yet of the actor as the classic character. The...

Dwayne Johnson teases his hair in this photo from the Hercules set

Posted 13 years ago

Dwayne Johnson is playing the title role in the upcoming flick HERCULES: THE THRACIAN WARS. I am all for this. However, Brett Ratner. We’ve shared all of our feelings about Ratner, and I’m sure you guys have plenty of other...

Brett Ratner and Dwayne Johnson began filming Hercules today

Posted 13 years ago

In the annals of competing studio projects there has never been quite as odd a match-up as the one between the two HERCULES films that are coming soon. On one hand, you have Renny Harlin directing a 3D film about...

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson talks Transformers and a cool project with Mark Wahlberg

Posted 13 years ago

Today, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson did a quick little Q&A with fans on Twitter which he approximately titled “Rock Talk.” My fellow editor, Paul Shirey and I have decided to pitch a daytime talk show with that same name to...

Casting Round-Up: Kiefer Sutherland is going to Pompeii and Rufus Sewell joins Dwayne Johnson’s Hercules

Posted 13 years ago

There’s casting news on two different big-budget projects and I’m not going to lie the only reason I’m running the stories together is so I can reference DARK CITY. If you want to complain about it I’ll make sure the...

Brett Ratner’s Hercules adds Headhunter’s star Aksel Hennie

Posted 13 years ago

While we’ve known for awhile that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was set to star as the Greek hero in the HERCULES movie from Brett Ratner, there hasn’t been any other casting news until now. The Hollywood Reporter has news that...

Headhunters star Aksel Hennie set to join The Rock in Brett Ratner’s Hercules

Posted 13 years ago

It will have been one year ago this Saturday when we shared the news that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was in talks to star as the titular character in director Brett Ratner’s upcoming version of HERCULES, and today we have...

Director Renny Harlin to tackle Hercules 3D; now competing with Brett Ratner’s film

Posted 13 years ago

Director Renny Harlin, once one of the top action directors of his day (CLIFFHANGER, DIE HARD 2, THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT) has had a bumpy go in the last decade or so, although he’s worked steadily during that time. Unfortunately,...

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