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$\"\"$ <\/a>I may have written my post on possible upcoming Greco-Roman movies<\/a> too soon. Today, MGM (the studio that is currently pondering a remake of Ben-Hur<\/a><\/i>) and Paramount (the studio that is currently making Noah<\/a><\/i> \u2014 which admittedly has nothing to do with Greece or Rome, but it does<\/i> take place within a similar sort of ancient mythic context) announced that their adaptation of Steve Moore\u2019s Hercules<\/i> comics will come out next year<\/a>. The film, which has been in development for at least five years<\/a>, currently has Brett Ratner attached to direct and Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson attached to star. The projected release date is August 8, 2014 \u2014 or less than five months after the release of Noah<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"