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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Tarsem’s Immortals

I think Tarsem may have finally met his match with this huge budgeted, swords and sandals, Gods vs. humans fantasy pic. The Cell and The Fall were great calling cards that confirmed his talent, but this should confirm Tarsem’s status as a go-to filmmaker for big scale especially in the genre — it’s so up his alley if you consider some of his commercial work.

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#43. Immortals

Director: Tarsem
Writer(s): Charley and Vlas Parlapanides
Producers: Mark Canton, Ryan Kavanaugh and Gianni Nunnari
Distributor: Relativity Media.

The Gist: Eons after the Gods won their mythic struggle against the Titans, a new evil threatens the land. Mad with power, King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) has declared war against humanity. Amassing a bloodthirsty army of soldiers disfigured by his own hand, Hyperion has scorched Greece in search of the legendary Epirus Bow, a weapon of unimaginable power forged in the heavens by Ares….(more)

Cast: Mickey Rourke, John Hurt, Henry Cavill, Stephen Dorff, Freida Pinto and Kellan Lutz

List Worthy Reasons…: I think Tarsem may have finally met his match with this huge budgeted, swords and sandals, Gods vs. humans fantasy pic. The Cell and The Fall were great calling cards that confirmed his talent, but this should confirm Tarsem’s status as a go-to filmmaker for big scale especially in the genre — it’s so up his alley if you consider some of his commercial work.

Release Date/Status?: November 11th.

 
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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