According to the Los Angeles Times, Warner Bros. and production house Legendary Pictures are in talks to start shooting the sequel to Louis Letterier’s remake of Clash of the Titans as early as next January with director Jonathan Liebesman (Darkness Falls, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, and the upcoming Battle: Los Angeles) as one of the frontrunners to take over the directing chores.
Clash of the Titans has grossed $486.8 million worldwide since opening a little over two months ago with roughly a third of that being in the United States, and like with Guy Ritchie’s sequel to Sherlock Holmes, the studio is hoping to strike while the iron is hot, as well as to attain the services of returning star Sam Worthington before he’s drawn back in to start filming James Cameron’s Avatar Sequel later next year.
The “Clash” sequel will be filmed in 3D rather than converted after-the-fact, but so far, there’s been no word whether any of the rest of the surviving cast (or any of the Greek Gods played by Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes et al) will be returning for the sequel.
Heat Vision adds that the studio has hired Dan Mazeau and Greg Berlanti to work together on the screenplay.
The studio is targeting a spring 2012 release.
