FilmDistrict has released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming period action piece Pompeii starring “Game of Thrones” star Kit Harington in the lead role alongside Emily Browning, Jared Harris, Kiefer Sutherland, Jessica Lucas, Carrie-Anne Moss, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agabaje and Paz Vega. Now before you go getting too excited because you’re some kind of Mt. Vesuvius freak, just know this is directed by Paul W.S. Anderson (Resident Evil franchise) and the studio has so much confidence in its quality it’s releasing it on February 21, 2014.
Set in late summer 79 A.D., Pompeii revolves around the slave (Harington) of a shipping tycoon who dreams of the day he can buy his freedom and marry his master’s daughter (Browning). What the slave doesn’t know is that she’s already been promised to a corrupt Roman senator, while he’s been sold to another owner.
Just when things can’t get any worse, Mt. Vesuvius erupts with the power of 40 nuclear bombs. But the slave is trapped on a ship headed for Naples, separated from his love and best friend, a gladiator who is trapped in the city’s coliseum. As fire and ash destroy the only world he’s ever known, the slave is determined to get back and rescue them.
We all knew in Titanic that the boat would sink and so James Cameron was faced with getting us to find interest in his characters and their story. It worked and the film was a massive success. Now Paul Anderson is faced with the same task, check out the trailer below and let me know if you think he’s up to the challenge.
