{"id":4733,"date":"2009-10-20T13:47:20","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T02:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=4733"},"modified":"2009-10-20T13:47:20","modified_gmt":"2009-10-20T02:47:20","slug":"tales-of-an-ancient-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/10\/20\/tales-of-an-ancient-empire\/","title":{"rendered":"Tales of an Ancient Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in January I reported on <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadbrainspasm.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/tale-of-long-awaited-empire.html\" target=\"_blank\">Undead Brainspasm<\/a> that Albert Pyun &#8212; whose previous epic fantasy was 1982&#8217;s <em>The Sword and the Sorcerer<\/em>, the first memorable sword-and-sorcery film I recall seeing &#8212; was working on an epic fantasy follow-up, after a career in between that includes post-apocalyptic bodyguards (<em>Cyborg<\/em>, 1989), pint-sized alien cops (<em>Dollman<\/em>, 1991), cyborg cops (<em>Nemesis<\/em>, 1992, and sequels), outer space viral menaces (<em>Infection<\/em>, 2005) and much else besides.<\/p>\n<p>His return to his original sword-and-sorcery genre success is called <em><strong>Tales of an Ancient Empire<\/strong><\/em>, and it&#8217;s due for release in 2010.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Tales_of_An_Ancient_Empire_poster_new.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4734 aligncenter\" title=\"Tales_of_An_Ancient_Empire_poster_new\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Tales_of_An_Ancient_Empire_poster_new.jpg\" alt=\"Tales_of_An_Ancient_Empire_poster_new\" width=\"400\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Tales_of_An_Ancient_Empire_poster_new.jpg 445w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Tales_of_An_Ancient_Empire_poster_new-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Director Pyun has just sent Undead Backbrain a rough-cut clip from the film, which stars Kevin Sorbo (of <em>Hercules<\/em> fame), Christopher Lambert (of <em>Highlander<\/em> fame), relative newcomer Melissa Ordway, and Lee Horsley (star of <em>The Sword and the Sorcerer<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7028173&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7028173&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/7028173\">Tales Of An Ancient Empire &#8211; Scene Clip ROUGH CUT OCT 12<\/a><br \/>\nfrom <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user2246506\">Albert Pyun<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The sword and sorcery epic, written by Cynthia Curnan, tells the story of a princess forced on a quest to recruit the greatest warriors of the ancient world to save her kingdom from a demonic sorceress. But the odyssey to find them reveals a secret past for all.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Kevn-Sorbo-Aedan.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4740\" title=\"Kevn Sorbo- Aedan\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Kevn-Sorbo-Aedan.jpg\" alt=\"Kevn Sorbo- Aedan\" width=\"460\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Kevn-Sorbo-Aedan.jpg 841w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Kevn-Sorbo-Aedan-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Melissa-Ordway-Tanis.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4741\" title=\"Melissa Ordway- Tanis\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Melissa-Ordway-Tanis.jpg\" alt=\"Melissa Ordway- Tanis\" width=\"459\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Melissa-Ordway-Tanis.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Melissa-Ordway-Tanis-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Aedan-and-Iberian.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4735\" title=\"Aedan and Iberian\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Aedan-and-Iberian.jpg\" alt=\"Aedan and Iberian\" width=\"460\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Aedan-and-Iberian.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Aedan-and-Iberian-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Aedan-and-Iberian-1024x441.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Tanis-kills-a-cutthroat.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4736\" title=\"Tanis kills a cutthroat\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Tanis-kills-a-cutthroat.jpg\" alt=\"Tanis kills a cutthroat\" width=\"460\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Tanis-kills-a-cutthroat.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Tanis-kills-a-cutthroat-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Tanis-kills-a-cutthroat-1024x513.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Rajan_underground.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4737\" title=\"Rajan_underground\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Rajan_underground.jpg\" alt=\"Rajan_underground\" width=\"460\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Rajan_underground.jpg 953w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Rajan_underground-300x134.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Xia_3_Whitney_Able.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4738\" title=\"Xia_3_(Whitney_Able)\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Xia_3_Whitney_Able.jpg\" alt=\"Xia_3_(Whitney_Able)\" width=\"460\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Xia_3_Whitney_Able.jpg 954w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Xia_3_Whitney_Able-300x129.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Xia_Whitney_Able.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4739\" title=\"Xia_(Whitney_Able)\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Xia_Whitney_Able.jpg\" alt=\"Xia_(Whitney_Able)\" width=\"460\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Xia_Whitney_Able.jpg 953w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Xia_Whitney_Able-300x139.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s looking nicely dark, chthonian and vampiric.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Source<\/strong>: Albert Pyun<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.talesofanancientempire.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Official website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in January I reported on Undead Brainspasm that Albert Pyun &#8212; whose previous epic fantasy was 1982&#8217;s The Sword and the Sorcerer, the first memorable sword-and-sorcery film I recall seeing &#8212; was working on an epic fantasy follow-up, after &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/10\/20\/tales-of-an-ancient-empire\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[45,4,3,70,62],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4733"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4742,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4733\/revisions\/4742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}