Clash of the Titans Page #2

STEWARD:

Please, speak not these things --

Acrisius spins on him, out of control --

KING ACRISIUS:

He cuckolds me in my castle, rapes

my precious Queen! This is a low,

conniving God... But I have bested

him on this day and humbled the

great Prime.

(SWIGS ALE)

Tell me, Panos, who rivals Zeus on

Olympos? Who does the Fearless

One fear?

STEWARD:

I beg you, Your Highness --

Acrisius pulls a dagger and holds it to the Steward's

throat.

KING ACRISIUS:

Tell me what the Priests say!

STEWARD:

(terrified, halting)

Tiamat... Tiamat, Queen of the

Deep.

(WHISPERING)

Those who dare, whisper she covets

Zeus' throne and schemes to

achieve it, the ambitious Goddess

of the Dark Oceans...

(CONTINUED)

5.

CONTINUED:

KING ACRISIUS:

Yes, Tiamat! And today I have

honored her.

The King whirls and staggers up the crest of the dune.

KING ACRISIUS:

I've taken Zeus' whore and the

bastard she grows in her belly and

thrown them to Tiamat in her rough

sea!

(toward the moonlit

OCEAN)

I honor Zeus' rival with all that

was dear to me --

(falters, ashamed)

-- and commit double murder in her

honor...

About to go to pieces, rage seizes him again --

KING ACRISIUS:

so that Zeus will know I

despise and disdain him and spit

on his foul name!

The Steward shrinks from this blasphemy, eyes darting in

fear.

ON THE CREST the King is silhouetted in the moonlight,

arms raised defiantly toward the heavens, when suddenly --

-- his figure is seized by some violent force, shaking

his being. A HORRIBLE SOUND (MUSCLE TEARS, BONES CRACK)

and THE KING'S BODY GROWS LARGER AS IT DISTORTS IN

MISSHAPEN DISFIGUREMENT.

And thus, KING ACRISIUS BECOMES... KALIBOS!

The Steward SEES what we now cannot. An INHUMAN ROAR and

the shadow of this new being falls upon the Steward. He

SCREAMS, but it's too late -- the huge CREATURE grabs him

by the neck and LIFTS HIM OUT OF FRAME. From the empty,

moonlit dunes, we...

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. OPEN SEAS - DAY

Queen Danae's coffin/chest tossing in the rough water.

Through the ROAR of the waves, we HEAR a BABY CRY.

FADE TO BLACK.

6.

SUPERIMPOSE:
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS LATER

FADE IN:

EXT. COUNTRY ROAD - DAY

A LITTLE BOY leads a blind OLD MAN along a road.

Abruptly, the Old Man halts. Puzzled, the Boy scans

ahead, SEES --

-- a SPRAY OF DUST, moving fast, behind a blurred BLACK

FORM --

-- in an instant, the apparition blows past them -- wind

and dust whip at them. In awe and fear --

OLD MAN:

Thoth the Quick...

(sensing the boy's

CONFUSION)

Messenger of the Gods. Bound for

Olympos.

The rushing Black Form crosses a field, leaving a

violent wave in the long grass and suddenly --

EXT. FIELDS/WOODS/MOUNTAIN/OLYMPOS - DAY

WE ARE IN THAT RUSHING POV: the landscape is just a

blur. But up ahead is a mountain: OLYMPOS. WE ZOOM UP

TO the summit --

-- INTO the clouds above the peak. THROUGH the mist --

villas, classical facades: THE ABODE OF THE GODS. The

polished stone of the grandest villa reflects THOTH'S

dark form touching down.

INT. ATRIUM (OLYMPOS) - DAY

THOTH THE QUICK enters the wide courtyard, his cape

billowing. He strides past the reflecting pool in the

center of the courtyard, gravely acknowledging --

-- each of the TEN FIGURES seated around the perimeter...

THE OLYMPIANS. APOLLO is here, and bronze-helmeted

ATHENA; APHRODITE and muscular VULCAN -- we are dazzled

and lose count.

Thoth bows deeply before the throne of ZEUS, majestic,

bearded, awe-inspiring. An EAGLE is perched on his arm.

THOTH:

My lord.

(CONTINUED)

7.

CONTINUED:

ZEUS:

(rumbles, like

THUNDER)

We have debated, we have voted,

and it is decided. We offer the

Humans peace. Thoth, you will

take them the terms of a treaty --

TIAMAT (O.S.)

(SCORNFULLY)

A treaty!

Zeus and his eagle turn their heads. The God's eyes are

familiar -- the blazing orbs we saw in The Dog.

In the shadowed corner of the atrium stand TWO MORE

Olympians:
SET THE VOID, whose countenance is death made

visible, and --

-- TIAMAT, QUEEN OF THE DEEP, the only God fearless

enough to challenge Zeus' rule --

TIAMAT:

We don't negotiate with them! We

dictate to them. Their place is

to beg. They have forgotten their

role and have denied us the

sustenance of their prayers.

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