Clash of the Titans Page #4

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 --

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