Ancient Times Powers Movie Epics

It seems there has never been a better time to make a movie set in the ancient era.
According to industry sources two high-profile Ninth Legion films, Neil Marshall’s action movie Centurion and another one called Eagle of the Ninth, directed by Kevin Macdonald are being made at present as well as another big-budget remake, Clash of the Titans.
The epic will features Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes and $100 million worth of special effects.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians is already made and Mickey Rourke is starring in Dawn of War, a mortals-versus-gods adventure from the director Tarsem Singh.
The TV series Rome is also being revamped for the big screen, and the hottest story in US TV is the explicit sex and violence in the Gladiator-inspired series Spartacus: Blood and Sand.
The cue to all the developments is the technology, which has evolved so far that it can allow a new generation of filmmakers to really bring these stories to life.
According to the London Times, this is not without its critics as the sex and violence in Spartacus, with orgies and on-screen dismemberment, is regarded as controversial.
The British pressure group Mediawatch UK is so offended that it is trying to block Spartacus from reaching UK TV screens.
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