Last February, it was revealed that Dwayne Johnson and director Brett Ratner were in talks to make a film based on Hercules. Now, we have confirmation that the actor and filmmaker have officially signed on, with MGM co-producing the movie alongside Paramount, according to Variety.
The project is based on Steve Moore’s Radical Publishing ‘revisionist’ graphic novel, Hercules: The Thracian Wars. As you’d expect, it’s all about the title character (Dwayne Johnson), who fights other people’s battles for money, along with his group of mercenaries. He finds a higher calling when he defends the mythical Mount Olympus from an evil army.
Ryan Condal (Paradise Lost) wrote the original screenplay adaptation, with Evan Spiliotopoulos providing the most recent revisions. Shooting is scheduled to begin early next year.