A new film ‘Reclaiming the Blade: Sons of Fire’ will explore the gaming culture, as well as sword crafting and wielding within digital domains. The online gaming and RPG (Role Playing Games) worlds present a very interesting opportunity to learn more about our true fascination with the sword. The first film delved deep into the cultural influence of swords in television and movies, and the second film, ‘Sons of Fire’ will follow an army of gamers and developers who love the sword just as much.
From forging a “real” digital sword, to then taking up that weapon and using it in great battles and epic online quests, the second film will leave no digital stone or sword unturned; exploring our true love with the blade in games.
Where does this fascination with the sword lead and what is our final destination? Will crafting systems and digital blacksmithing become more real than ever? Will the martial prowess and historical movements in digital space become more and more like their deadly counterparts? Galatia Films will be exploring these questions and more in the sequel. Let’s face it, there are many more things we can do in a game that are just not practical in the real world!
Galatia Films the producers of the #1 iTunes documentary ‘Reclaiming the Blade’ are teaming up with ‘Spartacus‘ series and ‘Chronicles of Narnia‘ fans, actors and stunt coordinators to produce another film on the sword.
The first ‘Reclaiming the Blade‘ was distributed by Starz, it featured Lord of the Rings‘ actors Viggo Mortensen, Karl Urban and John Rhys-Davies. It was supported by the Royal Armories and Weta Workshop.
The second film which will now include video game elements is scheduled with actors Ben Barnes (Prince Caspian, Chronicles of Narnia), William Moseley (Peter Pevensie, Chronicles of Narnia) and their stunt trainers Brian Danner (300, Master and Commander) and Allan Poppleton. Allan was also the stunt supervisor on Wolverine, The Hunger Games, Avatar and Spartacus, to name a few.
The film company is also setting up interviews with actors from the Starz series in addition to Johnny Depp who trained with famous Star Wars swordmaster Bob Anderson. Bob was prominently featured in the first ‘Reclaiming the Blade’ film and was actually in the Darth Vader suit doing the lightsaber work with Mark Hamill and choreographed those scenes.
If you like epic swords in games or in the movies, then you will absolutely love this film. With only 1 week to go these brave filmmakers need all the help they can get, support ‘Sons of Fire’ before it’s too late!
