Gods of Egypt is an upcoming American fantasy film featuring ancient Egyptian deities. The film is directed by Alex Proyas and stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Brenton Thwaites, Gerard Butler, and Geoffrey Rush. Butler plays the god of darkness Set who takes over the Egyptian empire, and Thwaites plays the mortal hero Bek who partners with the god Horus, played by Coster-Waldau, to save the world and to rescue his love.

Filming took place in Australia under the studio Summit Entertainment. While the film's production budget was $140 million, the parent company Lionsgate's financial exposure was less than $10 million due to tax incentives and pre-sales. When Lionsgate began promoting the film in November 2015, it received backlash for its predominantly white cast playing Egyptian characters. In response, Lionsgate and director Alex Proas apologized for the lack of casting diversity. Lionsgate plans to release Gods of Egypt in theaters on February 26, 2016. The film will be released in 2D and RealD 3D.

Cast :


Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Horus
Brenton Thwaites as Bek
Gerard Butler as Set

Geoffrey Rush as Ra
Elodie Yung as Hathor
Chadwick Boseman as Thoth

Courtney Eaton as Zaya
Rufus Sewell as Urshu
Abbey Lee as Anat

is this the battle of the egyptian gods? doesn;t it sound too familiar with Clash of Titans?

I am waiting for this movie. Trailer of this movie is damn good.

Gods of Egypt (2016)

Apart from Mov_freak, I am also an Anything_To_Do_With_Ancient_Egypt_Freak...

So you can imagine my excitement when I first saw this trailer.

I remember the last time an ancient Egypt subject based movie I was so looking forward to was the Stargate movie...

So, how did this movie fare?

Did it live up to my expectation?

Unfortunately, not quite...

Don't get me wrong, ancient Egypt never looked so good.

This movie has got really high production value.

The relationship/interaction between the gods... are passable to me (based on my knowledge of ancient Egypt mythology)

So, where do the issues lay?

I have to go with... casting...

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Gerard Butler may not have been the best choice for Horus & Seti's respectively...



Also, trying to appeal to the young'un by having the Brenton Thwaites & Courtney Eaton characters Bek & Zaya, did not really gel (aftermath of Twillight. Yes I said it, I'm BLAMING Twilight)

Also the over reliance on CGI, some scenes I was actually reminded of The Monkey King (2014) *shudder* ... Yes... THAT

You have no idea how much I want to absolutely love this movie, and with high expectation, disappointment may result, and in this case, it did.

This is JUST a passable movie

My Two Sen.

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Feb 26 2016, 09:49 AM

This movie, looks like it used too much CGI?

Clash of the Titans is Greek mythology not Egyptian.

Dajjal Al Masiri

I got a feeling it gonna tank worldwide

watching trailer is like watching a video game trailer
too much cheapo CGI

won't be going into cinema to watch it even it's starring few of my fav actors.

I gotta say, the 1st time I saw the trailer, my immediate 1st thought was, "What's Gerald Butler doing over here?". He just doesn't seem to fit in, both the role and the movie, and then when the CGI-fest took over the trailer, it reminded me of Clash of the Titans, which I thought was an over-hyped movie.

I'm skipping Gods of Egypt and saving up for London Has Fallen and KungFu Panda.
Oh, almost forgotten about Eddie the Eagle.

King Leonidas vs Jamie Lannister

Anyway, this movie is already being heavily criticized for extreme whitewash of Egyptian gods

The love child of Clash of Titans and The Mummies, and I don't mean it in a good way.

It's bad, and it really is like a video game.

As bad as expected, but at least it's laughable.

Never mind the bad reviews...I would certainly pay to watch Courtney Eaton's fabulous cleavage all over again.

This post has been edited by carloz28: Feb 26 2016, 11:58 PM

watched ytd. for me still ok.

the acting was so bad i kept looking at my watch hoping for the movie to end.. ohmaigawd

The only salvation I held dearly onto to survive the ordeal was Courtney Eaton's boobs.

The reviews aren't that good for this movie. Bad/Too much CGI.

i like it. enough of real world problems

By watching the trailers turn me away from watching this. This show how bad the production is.

really that bad?

If you can remember The Legend of Hercules (not the one with The Rock in it), this is as equally as bad as that one.

Nice
I enjoy it

Not bad la, the Goddes of love is pretty hot

lolx, when i first heard of "Ra" in the movie, i thought it has some kind of connection with Ra's Al Ghul. Turn out there's no connection.lolx.

Anyway, to me it's nice movie.
tips : dont listen to anyone or read reviews. Just go watch for yourself. believe your own eye. u judge yourself.
however, overall, i like this movie^^

This post has been edited by LS Trading: Mar 3 2016, 09:43 AM

Have you watch clash of the titans?

If yes, don't bother watching this. It's worst than that

It's a movie best to avoid

I find it rather entertaining despite bad cast.

I anyone here already watched GOD of EGYPT? Those is recommended to watch or not? Cause i saw its trailer and its so awesome.



This post has been edited by MichaelMellor: Mar 14 2016, 07:38 PM

Be prepared to waste 2 hours of your life watching this, my personal opinion.

Noon

It was ok.

Hott...hott girls

Nice CGI but just too much lovey dovey in the storyline.



Father didn't do shite when his children are fighting.

Father was busy working a 'security guard'

And...oh...the earth is flat


Milupa

Lots and lots of armpit





Cutie Anat






Healthy Zaya






Luscious Nephthys






Mistress of the west

Hnggghhh...



This post has been edited by Raikkonen: May 29 2016, 02:19 PM

Wow. Very good job with the screen grabs!!

You forgot to mention that the god Set has a thick Scottish accent!! (which for some odd reason works for Sparta but not ancient Egypt!! )

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: May 29 2016, 12:50 PM

Lots and lots of armpit

I did not notice that.

Maybe Gerald thinks he's in a sequel for '300'



Forgot to mention.

Father didn't do shite when his children are fighting.

Father was busy working as a 'security guard'


This post has been edited by Raikkonen: May 29 2016, 02:22 PM

Well, he is protecting his creation...

I just found out that Thoth was played by Chadwick Boseman (a.k.a. Black Panther [Cat Woman?? if the internet is to be believed??!?] )

I watch the movie knowing Black panter was Thoth anyway, but he was so annoying in this movie ==;

Australia studios shouldnt make movies. Period. George Miller was 1 of a kind Australian.

Hahaha

Apart from the Ancient Egypt theme, I was drawn to the movie because of Alex Proyas

Who did

Dark City (1998)
I, Robot (2004)

Australia may not be as "advanced" as New Zealand in terms of film making...

I think in this case, the casting was an issue for me.

And also the story

I really REALLY did not make sense...

Did not noticed him.

Still haven't watch 'Captain America: Civil War'; waiting for the blu ray



No wonder many of the cast are Aussies.

It's an Aussie-American film.

A lot of money though, but profit suxx


Box office: 140.7 million USD
Budget: 140 million USD


This post has been edited by Raikkonen: May 30 2016, 11:32 AM