In Gods of Egypt, gods walk among mortals and rule the land. When they divine that a new king shall rule Egypt, a mythical tragedy unfolds that pits a young god — and one pesky mortal — against his uncle in a battle for all creation. The action-fantasy film stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones), Brenton Thwaites (Titans), and Gerard Butler (300) as the villain. Elodie Yung (Daredevil), Courtney Eaton (Yellowjackets), and Geoffrey Rush (Pirates of the Caribbean) also star. Gods of Egypt is directed by Alex Proyas (The Crow; I, Robot).

When will Gods of Egypt be released?

Stream it now.

Who’s in the cast of Gods of Egypt?

• Gerard Butler (London Has Fallen, Last Seen Alive) as Set
• Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Against the Ice, Small Crimes) as Horus
• Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Message From the King) as Thoth
• Elodie Yung (The Hitman’s Bodyguard, Love, Death & Robots) as Hathor
• Brenton Thwaites (Titans, The Giver) as Bek
• Courtney Eaton (Yellowjackets) as Zaya
• Geoffrey Rush (Minions) as Ra
• Bryan Brown (Boy Swallows Universe) as Osiris
• Rufus Sewell (The Diplomat, Scoop) as Urshu
• Abbey Lee (Florida Man, Mad Max: Fury Road) as Anat

What happens in Gods of Egypt?

As the sun rises once more on ancient Egypt, the young god Horus (Coster-Waldau) prepares for his coronation. But before his father, Osiris (Brown), can crown Horus King of Egypt, they’re interrupted by Horus’s uncle Set who is determined to take the throne he believes should have always been his. Wounded and cast out into the desert, Horus’s only hope of becoming powerful enough to defeat Set and reclaim his kingdom rests in the hands of one very mortal thief. But Bek (Thwaites) could not care less about the gods; all he wants is to make life sweet for his true love, Zaya (Eaton). Only when she pleads with him to help Horus does Bek find himself reluctantly allying with the deposed king. A boon — happy wife, happy life — is all Bek asks for in return. 

Horus and Bek strike a bargain that leads them on a tumultuous journey filled with Set’s sinister, shape-shifting armies; the demons that haunt the path to the afterlife; and a flight through the cosmos and the waters of creation. The mythology of Egypt comes to life in this unexpected adventure of two unlikely friends — can a hesitant mortal and wounded god save the world from chaos and the collapse of the universe?

Is Gods of Egypt based on a book?

No, Gods of Egypt is not based on a book, though the film draws heavily from Egyptian mythology.

Where does Gods of Egypt take place?

Gods of Egypt is set in a fantasical ancient Egypt.

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