Dwayne Johnson shared two new phots from his upcoming action movie Hercules: The Thracian Wars on Twitter. The story is based on the graphic-novel version by Steve Moore and Admira Wijaya via Radical Comics, where Hercules puts together a band of mercenaries and goes off to fight – not part of the original Greek mythos.
You can view the tweet below
The movie is directed by Brett Ratner. Aside from Dwayne Johnson, it also stars Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, Joseph Fiennes, Peter Mullan, John Hurt, Rebecca Ferguson, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Aksel Hennie, Reece Ritchie, and Tobias Santelmann.
Here's the plot summary for the movie
Everyone knows the legend of Hercules and his twelve labors. Our story begins after the labors, and after the legend… Haunted by a sin from his past, Hercules has become a mercenary. Along with five faithful companions, he travels ancient Greece selling his services for gold and using his legendary reputation to intimidate enemies. But when the benevolent ruler of Thrace and his daughter seek Hercules' help to defeat a savage and terrifying warlord, Hercules finds that in order for good to triumph and justice to prevail… he must again become the hero he once was… he must embrace his own myth… he must be Hercules.
Hercules: The Thracian Wars comes to theaters July 25th, 2014.
