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"Hercules 3D director Renny Harlin has described the movie as a cross between Gladiator and Clash of the Titans. The Die Hard 2 filmmaker revealed that he intends to tell the origin story of the mythological hero, detailing how he came to terms with being the son of Zeus.  &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re somewhere between Gladiator and Clash of the Titans&amp;quot;, he told Empire. &amp;quot;Ours is definitely based on the mythology of Hercules, but we don&amp;#039;t have monsters and flying horses and things like that.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s definitely a very different look at Hercules. I really wanted to bring in all those mythological elements, so that people can Google the names of characters and places and learn more about them.&amp;quot; Harlin also revealed that the movie will not feature Hercules&amp;#039;s famous 12 labours nor explore the events surrounding the death of his family, as it is set earlier in his life. Starring Kellan Lutz in the lead role, Hercules 3D arrives in cinemas on August 1, 2014. Watch the trailer for Disney&amp;#039;s take on Hercules below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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