New GODS OF EGYPT Trailer is Just as Ridiculous as The First

If there was any chance the laughably ridiculous trailer for Gods of Egypt may have been a fluke, that chance has vanished with this new look at the movie.

Lionsgate has released a second trailer for Alex Proyas' new epic, along with a couple of images that look like Transformers were dipped in liquid gold for some reason. This whole movie just seems like a spectacularly bad idea, and it looks like Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (who's great on Game of Thrones) made a grave mistake associating himself with this. Gerard Butler walks around shouting like he never left the world of 300, but while that film at least felt reminiscent of the comic on which it was based, this feels more like George Lucas' Star Wars prequels: nothing but green screens as far as the eye can see, and no real weight to the action. I suspect this might make money international, where audiences seemingly don't care as much about narrative and characters as they do about visual effects and watching things blow up, but I'm guessing this will be DOA when it hits U.S. theaters on February 26th, 2016.

In this spectacular action-adventure inspired by the classic mythology of Egypt, the survival of mankind hangs in the balance as an unexpected mortal hero Bek [Brenton Thwaites] undertakes a thrilling journey to save the world and rescue his true love. In order to succeed, he must enlist the help of the powerful god Horus [Nikolaj Coster-Waldau] in an unlikely alliance against Set [Gerard Butler], the merciless god of darkness, who has usurped Egypt's throne, plunging the once peaceful and prosperous empire into chaos and conflict.  As their breathtaking battle against Set and his henchmen takes them into the afterlife and across the heavens, both god and mortal must pass tests of courage and sacrifice if they hope to prevail in the epic final confrontation.