Did you absolutely, positively love Clash of the Titans? That likely means two things: one, you saw it in 2D and not Cheap-3D-O-Vision and two, you’re happy to learn that Warner Bros. is kraken on with a sequel.* Now the studio has officially hired writers Dan Mazeau and David Leslie Johnson to begin figuring out ways to cram myths and legends together for another CGI-stocked epic.
Since the first Clash managed to score a hit at the box office, the executives have naturally been putting elements in place to make another, with a big hint coming just this week when it emerged that **Battle: Los Angeles **and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning** director Jonathan Liebesmann was on the shortlist to get the megaphone, since Louis Leterrier has decided he doesn’t want to make another Titans.
But while the choice of director is still not locked, the studio has turned to Mazeau, who has worked on the likes of The Flash and Jonny Quest, and Johnson, the writer behind Catherine Hardwicke’s next film, Red Riding Hood, which is about to start shooting, to crank out a script.
They’re not working alone, though, at least in the early stages. **Green Lantern **scribe and current Warner hot property Greg Berlanti will be consulting with them on the treatment for the new Clash before Mazeau and Johnson do the heavy lifting. Berlanti, of course, will be a little bit busy with assignments on both Green Lantern 2 and** The Flash.
The plan, according to the Heat Vision Blog, is to cut down on the time spent bashing out the usual mountain of different drafts as scores of keyboard-bashers work on different aspects of a blockbuster screenplay, in the hopes of having something a little bit more coherent than what usually ends up on screen. Good luck with that, boys…
Assuming they are the actual, finall, credited writers, the likes of Sam Worthington and Gemma Arterton are on track (read: likely contracted) to spout their dialogue in a film that will be shot in 3D from the start this time for a projected early 2012 release date. Unlikely to return; the Kraken, who spent most of the last shoot annoying studio bods by constantly trying to pitch an adaptation of John Wyndham’s The Kraken Wakes with himself in the starring role.**
*Officially the last “kraken” joke that needs to be told with regards to the film.
**Okay, we lied. And yes, we're aware that there's no Kraken as such in that book.