Louis Letterier, in confident mood during an interview with First Showing to talk about the impending release of his Clash of the Titans remake, has confirmed that Warner Bros had originally requested a trilogy of Titans films. When asked about the possibility of an extended version of the upcoming film, Leterrier stated:
“On top of that, I wrote two other movies… It was three movies. Warners came to me and said ‘We’ll greenlight your movie if you promise us two more. You can tell that the story doesn’t end at the Clash of the Titans… And I said ‘thanks a lot’ because I love doing that. And I had to write two stories. So Clash of the Titans is, and especially ‘Titans’ is, actually a bigger movie. So ‘Titans’ are coming.”
Clash of the Titans, therefore, was always planned to be the first part of a larger story. Letterier has also stated that the next two planned movies will involve many concepts left from previous directors attached to the project. These directors include Sam Raimi and Robert Rodriguez, with their own immutably unique styles it will be interesting to see how he plans to blend their ideas into his own vision. The potential trilogy will hinge on box office performance, however with a bankable cast and positive early noises, the receipts should prove no stumbling block.
In further Leterrier news, in a separate interview with Aint it Cool News he revealed he is in the running to take the helm of Marvel’s much-anticipated The Avengers movie, albeit at the bottom of the list. Considering that The Avengers will be Marvel’s cinematic magnum opus, there will be doubts over whether they would give the reins to a man whose The Incredible Hulk reboot was so disappointing.
Would you be excited over a Titans trilogy? Do you want to see Leterrier direct The Avengers?