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Sam Worthington is definitely making a name for himself as a movie star, super stud with the recent release of Terminator Salvation and Avatar in the wings for a 2009 holiday release. This first official photo of him as Perseus in Clash of the Titans directed by Leterrier gets my muscles twitching with its grit and fury.  First Showing posted this from a scanned picture off the movie magazine Empire.

The script by Lawrence Kasdan perks my curiosity. Kasdan is nearly my favorite screenwriter while being an excellent director. Sure he did Raiders of the Lost Ark, but Body Heat, The Big Chill, Bodyguard and the original Star Wars are great stories of pure entertainment.

These mythical stories are heroic journeys ideal for a good read or the big screen.  Titans tells the story of a god raised as a man, Perseus, who is helpless to save his family from Hades (Ralph Fiennes), vengeful god of the underworld.  As a last ditch effort, Perseus leads a mission to conquer Hades before he can seize power from Zeus (Liam Neeson) and give free rein to hell on earth. Perseus leads a courageous band of warriors as they set off on a journey deep into forbidden worlds, battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts. Perseus will only survive if he can accept his power as a god, defy his fate and create his own destiny.

Warner Bros.’ hired Alfred Gough and Miles Millar to write Robotech an adaptation of the anime classic.

Hollywood Reporter says that Robotech was a 1980s cartoon series from Harmony Gold USA and Tatsunoko Prods. It was re-edited and re-dialogued to combine three Japanese anime series to give the producers enough episodes to air as a daily syndicated series.

An expansive sci-fi epic, Robotech happens at a time when Earth has constructed giant robots based on technology from an alien spacecraft that crashed landed on a South Pacific isle. Mankind needs to use the technology to fend off an alien invasion, with the fate of the human race ending up in the hands of two young pilots.

Lawrence Kasdan (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Body Heat) wrote a previous draft. 

Warner Bros. is intent on keeping the project moving toward production with Gough and Millar bringing action and geek credits to the table. The two worked on The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and Spider-Man 2 and were showrunners on “Smallville” for many years.