CLASH OF THE TITANS Set for a Remake
Because you demanded it, the Powers That Be have deemed the 1981 fantasy movie “Clash of the Titans” the next victim on the remake block. (And really, who are we to oppose The Powers That Be?) They’ve tapped Lawrence Kasdan, responsible for some terrific genre films in the past (including “The Empire Strikes Back”) to work on the remake. I recall seeing the original many years ago (it was 1981, after all), and remembered that I really liked it. Of course it had all the elements that kids would like — sword and scorcery, monsters, heroes on winged horses, medusas, and as I recall, giant scorpions. Plus, there was a metal owl, if I remember correctly.
The original starred Harry Hamlin as Perseus, a half-human son of the God Zeus, who answers a seemingly impossible riddle and wins the hand of the Princess Andromeda in marriage. Trouble appears in the shape of Calibos, the princess’s former love, and his mother, the Goddess Thetis. In order that the dreaded Kraken not be released, Andromeda has to be sacrificed and Perseus searches for the Medusa; her head is the only thing that can stop the Kraken.
That’s no way to treat your mother-in-law, Harry.