Gemma Arterton will be the fantasy queen of 2010!
I'm such an idiot. I read this story in Empire a week ago from today when my subscribed copy came in really early but like a fool, I thought I knew the scoop already. As Empire tend to be kinda slow and all that and because of the nature of the print medium; any scoops they get early will be so hard to hold onto as a secret until their mag hits the shelves. But they managed it this month and for some reason, I was confusing Gemma Arterton's already filmed role in the fantasy epic Prince of Persia, with the story that mentioned she would be playing Lo in Louis Letterier's remake of Clash of the Titans. Two different but very similar films and two very, very, very similar roles for the young British actress. Some might say too similar, like playing Catwoman and Black Canary within a few months of each other. 
Clash of the Titans will re-tell the adventures of Perseus, who embarked upon an epic quest to kill Medusa and the Kraken. As the character of Lo was not in the 1981 film, I've sought out Wiki for an explanation who tell me she was seduced by Zeus who used his magical powers to turn her into a cow to escape detection of her beauty. Sound far fetched? Well people still believe The Virgin Mary delivered the son of God and all that, this shit was taken seriously once upon a time. Arteton spoke at the Empire Awards last night...
The script is very different...Obviously the story is the story, but its much more about Perseus mission, and how he deals with being the son of Zeus, and things like that, so it feels a little more about him, and about the issues around that.Sam Worthington stars in the movie which from the looks of things will be completely green screen (i.e. Zack Snyder's 300). Filming looks like it will begin in three weeks in Tenerife for a March 26th, 2010 release. Prince of Persia will come out two months later.