Gods of Egypt Movie Release Date, Reveals, Reviews, Updates, Spoilers and Plot: Idris Elba and Lupita Nyong’o to Star in Cast

By Mike Emaneke Sep 23, 2014 12:29 PM EDT

Gods of Egypt Movie Release Date, Reveals, Reviews, Updates, Spoilers and Plot: Idris Elba and Lupita Nyong'o to Star in Cast

We are already discussing the 2016 movie season and one of the most anticipated movies coming our way in just over a year is Gods of Egypt. The movie thankfully already has a release date, which is 12 February. Produced by Mystery Rock Cinema and Thunder Road Pictures Gods of Egypt shall be distributed by Summit Entertainment. The movie is shot in Sydney Australia and is directed by Alex Proyas. Mr. Proyas should feel right at home with this project as he is an Egyptian born Greek and has been exposed to both these cultures that are rich in mythology. He is better known as the director of iRobot and Knowing, both amazing movies with a lot of depth.

Gods of Egypt is about the time when magic and gods were common place in the Egyptian palaces when Pharaohs were truly gods. Set the god of darkness takes up the throne plunging Egypt into chaos. The Gods; Bek and Horus lead a rebellion against Set to free the land from his rule. The battle to free Egypt is then taken to a supernatural plane where both gods are put to the ultimate test and their courage is tested. The premise of the movie is unique, something we have never seen before. What we do know is that the editing crew and the CGI people will have a really busy day making this movie work.

For a time there were rumors that Idris Elba and Lupita Nyong'o, the 12 years a Slave phenomenon, were set to be cast for the movie. This, apparently, did not come to pass but it would have really been nice to have dark skinned people cast in a movie about a country in Africa. We will have to settle for Gerard Butler, Brenton Thwaites and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. It would be nice to see Nikolaj in something that isn't Game of Thrones; he has quickly become a darling of the fans and has a massive fan base thanks to the show. 2016 seems far but we are already on the edge of our seats anticipating the premiere of this movie.