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From the A-Team to the Z-list

1 January 2010 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »

Part 5: From Swords and sandals to Up in the air

Swords & Sandals

Move over robots, here comes the beefcake!

The tide has turned turned against robots and time travel in the blockbusters stakes. This summer's big movies involve medieval weaponry, mythical beasts, and beefcake straining against leather strapwork. Stepping into the sweaty Schwarzenegger-sized sandals are Avatar's Sam Worthington and Donnie Darko's Jake Gyllenhaal – the former battling Medusa, vengeful Greek gods and hopefully the Kraken in a remake of Clash Of The Titans, the latter flexing his new, gym-pumped physique against Ben Kingsley in lavish Disney fantasy The Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time. Curiously, Gemma Arterton stars in both. Elsewhere, Kevin Macdonald enters Gladiator territory with his Roman Britain epic The Eagle Of The Ninth (see "R" for Russell Crowe's return to the genre), Tarsem Singh is getting his Theseus pic Dawn Of War together, »

- Pete Cashmore, Will Dean, Priya Elan, Stuart Heritage, Bobbie Johnson, Malik Meer, Rebecca Nicholson, Alex Rayner, Sam Richards, Steve Rose, Kathy Sweeney, Richard Vine, Damon Wise

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From the A-Team to the Z-list

1 January 2010 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Part 5: From Swords and sandals to Up in the air

Swords & Sandals

Move over robots, here comes the beefcake!

The tide has turned turned against robots and time travel in the blockbusters stakes. This summer's big movies involve medieval weaponry, mythical beasts, and beefcake straining against leather strapwork. Stepping into the sweaty Schwarzenegger-sized sandals are Avatar's Sam Worthington and Donnie Darko's Jake Gyllenhaal – the former battling Medusa, vengeful Greek gods and hopefully the Kraken in a remake of Clash Of The Titans, the latter flexing his new, gym-pumped physique against Ben Kingsley in lavish Disney fantasy The Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time. Curiously, Gemma Arterton stars in both. Elsewhere, Kevin Macdonald enters Gladiator territory with his Roman Britain epic The Eagle Of The Ninth (see "R" for Russell Crowe's return to the genre), Tarsem Singh is getting his Theseus pic Dawn Of War together, »

- Pete Cashmore, Will Dean, Priya Elan, Stuart Heritage, Bobbie Johnson, Malik Meer, Rebecca Nicholson, Alex Rayner, Sam Richards, Steve Rose, Kathy Sweeney, Richard Vine, Damon Wise

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