Spec script sale: “War of Gods”

Relativity Media buys spec epic battle story “War of Gods” from the brother writing team Charley Parlanpanides and Vlas Parlapanides for mid-six against seven figures:

“Gods” concerns the battles waged by Theseus, a warrior from Greek mythology, who leads a fight against the imprisoned titans. Among the hooks is that, unlike some mythological tales, gods fight alongside mortals. That moves it into a different historical time than “300” — which concerned the battles of King Leonidas against the Persians — but ensures a similar vibe and young-male demo.

In typical Hollywood fashion, there’s another battle subplot involving Warner Bros.:

The Relativity move sets up a potential epic battle — or at least a race to production — with Warners’ “Clash of the Titans,” now set as a 2010 release and which recently attached “Incredible Hulk” director Louis Leterrier. Warners was interested in “Gods” and at one point even considered buying the project and using the script in place of the one it had for the “Titans” redo, but in the end it opted to stick to its original plan.