Modern takes on a pair of ancient tales ‘ one a mammoth, the other modest ‘ will compete for moviegoers’ attention at the box office the weekend.
Clash of the Titans, director Louis Leterrier’s remake of the 1981 classic, arrives in 2D and converted stereoscopic 3-D versions in more than 3,600 cinemas. The film will be fighting for 3-D screens with last weekend’s DreamWorks Animation release, How to Train Your Dragon, as well as the still-strong Alice in Wonderland from Disney.
The film stars Avatar‘s Sam Worthington as Perseus, the demi-god son of Zeus who must slay the evil Medusa and defeat the Kraken to save his love, Andromeda.
The original 1981 film featured classic stop-motion creatures from all-time great Ray Harryhausen.
The Warner Bros. remake features VFX work from Cinesite, CEG Media, Flash Film Works, Framestore, Moving Picture Company, Nvizible and Prime Focus View-D.
The modest tale is the Oscar-nominated The Secret of Kells, which begins its Los Angeles run at the Landmark on the Westside and at the Laemmle Fallbrook 7 in West Hills.
Other new major releases this week include the comedy Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too and the Miley Cyrus vehicle The Last Song, which opened Wednesday.
