Release Date: March 26, 2010

Titans. Will. Clash. (Cue thumping metal soundtrack)

It might not be the most subtle sell for this remake of the 1981 Greek god romp, but just try and tell us those images in the trailer don?t make you squeal with the giddy excitement of a 12-year-old. Giant scorpions, dueling armies, winged demons, Medusa, and Liam Neeson?s Zeus glowing in a blaze of white light as he hollers ?Release the Kraken!?? yeah, we thought as much.

Anyone who?s seen the original Clash of the Titans will no doubt have fond memories; perhaps less of Harry Hamlin in a toga than the wonderful stop motion creations of the great Ray Harryhausen, whose mechanical robot owl, flying horse Pegasus and mighty Kraken were among his finest late-era stop-motion work. For Louis Leterrier?s remake, Avatar?s action everyman Sam Worthington steps into Hamlin?s sandals as Perseus, the son of Zeus who hits the road to battle the minions of Hades as a war brews between the gods.

With Danny Huston, Ralph Fiennes and Gemma Arterton -- who?s making a bid for 2010?s mythical babe, between this and Prince of Persia -- on board, the cast fills all the requisites, so if the now-CG monsters can bring the goods, this could be one of the year?s great popcorn spectacles. And if that son-of-the-Rancor Kraken is anything to go by, the gods are smiling on this one.