Geoffrey Rush To Play Ra In GODS OF EGYPT Which Stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau And Gerard Butler

THR reports that Aussie actor has joined the cast of Alex Proyas' Gods of Egypt. The Egyptian god epic already has Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Gerard Butler set as the film's hero (Horus, son of slain god Osiris) and villain (Set, god of the desert). Rush will play Ra, Egyptian god of the sun who is the father of both Set and Osiris. Ra is also the next target of Set after killing Horus' father Osiris.

Gerard Butler To Play Villain In GODS OF EGYPT

THR reports that Scottish actor Gerard Butler (300, Olympus Has Fallen) has joined the cast of Alex Proyas' Gods of Egypt. He'll play Egyptian god Set who is the nemesis of Horus, played by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones). Production is set to begin in the new year on location in Australia.

Stan Lee Believes A SILVER SURFER Film Is Around The Corner

MTV caught up with comic legend and Marvel creator/writer Stan "The Man" Lee. He revealed previous plans that Marvel wants to make Ant-Man and Guardians of The Galaxy. Including long rumored projects like Doctor Strange and Black Panther. The latter two, Lee and Marvel's Kevin Feige had been talking up for years as excellent poetiental films. Stan also brought up that a Silver Surfer movie is still in the works but would be way down the line. Lee is in the loop more than others concerning the Marvel films and it would be interesting to see Fox or Marvel actually tackle the origin story.

Back at Marvel, they are frantically looking for what is the next one they’re going to do. There is no way they won’t eventually do a Silver Surfer movie. It may not be for a few years because they’re thinking and working on Doctor Strange, Black Panther, Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy. Everything we have. And the fans seem to want all of them. But they’ll get around to a Silver Surfer feature because he’s a wonderful character.

At this point 20th Century Fox sill holds the film rights to The Silver Surfer. They were even trying to put together a solo film a while back with J. Michael Straczynski (Captain Planet, He-Man, Thor, Fantastic Four 1-2, World War Z, Babylon 5) writing a draft of a script and Alex Proyas (Dark City, I Robot, The Crow) attached to direct. Laurence Fishburne (the voice of the Silver Surfer) and Doug Jones (his body) were contracted to reprise the role in future films. The project would eventually be put on hold because as it would have had been a sequel of sorts to the second Fantastic Four film (which was a bit of a disappointment). A Fantastic Four reboot is currently underway and will shoot this Summer, so it's unknown Fox's plans for The Silver Surfer. Considering Fox has Deadpool and possible other X-Men films/sequels as their current focus.

However, the rights could eventually go back to Marvel if they had their way. During the renewal talks for the Daredevil film rights between Marvel and 20th Century Fox. Marvel had offered an extension to the studio in exchange for the use of Silver Surfer and Galactus. It had been reported that Marvel wanted to include the characters in Guardians of The Galaxy and or their cosmic side of the MCU. Nothing official came of it and the Daredevil rights reverted back to Marvel. It's possible Marvel could have negoationed an announced deal concerning the Silver Surfer rights which are linked to The Fantastic Four. A new Fantastic Four reboot (needed to be made or rights would also revert back to Marvel) will shoot this Summer and might allow Fox to link that franchise with X-Men Days of Future Past. Rumblings that Mark Millar would help Fox string the Marvel films into their own cohesive MCU. X-Men Days of Future Past was expected to be the first film and would fix all the issues of X3/Origins by streamlining a single vision for the X-Men franchise.

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Will Play A Hero God In Alex Proyas' GODS OF EGYPT

TheWrap reports that Game of Thrones' Nikolaj is making the jump to male lead with the epic Gods of Egypt. The film directed by Alex Proyas (The Crow, Dark City, I Robot) focuses on ancient Egyptian Gods and a thief who team up to avenge the death of Osiris. Nikolaj would play Horus the god of the sky and hero of the film. He has been apart of some of the successes of 2013 with roles in Mama and Oblivion. Not to mention being wanted for a role in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

This isn't Proyas' first fray into the large scale action epics focusing on gods. He previously was going to make Paradise Lost for Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures. Which would focus on the fall of Lucifer and the eventual war that saw him cast from Heaven to Hell. Perhaps, if Gods of Egypt is successful it might spark interest in Paradise Lost again.

Alex Proyas Attached To Direct Sci-Fi Action Flick AMPED

HeatVision reports that Daniel H. Wilson will have another of his sci-fi novels adapted into a film. The novel Amped has been picked up by Working Title with Alex Proyas (Dark City, The Crow) attached to direct. Wilson's other novel Robopocalypse has been turned into a feature with Steven Spielberg directing with Chris Hemsworth and Anne Hathaway starring. Proyas had previously tapped to direct a large scale epic titled Paradise Lost based on the fall of Lucifer.

Set in the near future, Amped imagines a world where nanotech-enhanced people and ordinary humans are at war with one another.

Alex Proyas To Direct 'JOE GOLEM AND THE DROWNING CITY'

Deadline reports that Alex Proyas (The Crow, Dark City) will write and direct a feature adaptation of Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden's Joe Golem And The Drowning City. Mike is best known for creating the Hellboy and B.P.R.D. comic franchises. Proyas had been tapped to direct an epic feature based on Paradise Lost until Warner Bros. and Legendary axed the project over the budgetary issues.

"a supernatural-steampunk illustrated novel that follows an orphaned teenage girl, an aging magician, a lunatic scientist, a Victorian occult detective, and the stalwart sidekick, Joe Golem—a man whose strange dreams hint of a history he has forgotten–as they struggle for the fate of an alternate 1970s lower Manhattan. In this vision, lower Manhattan sank into the water during a catastrophic earthquake in 1925, leaving those unwilling or unable to abandon it to make a new life in streets turned to canals."