EAGLE OF THE NINTH Shots = Sword and Sandals and Channing Tatum

It’s been hard, up until now, not to compare the careers (and acting styles, for the most part) of Channing Tatum and Sam Worthington.  They both broke onto the scene about the same time.  They both have that same amount of charisma (okay Worthington pushes ahead here and there).  They are both jettisoning themselves into any, big budget film role Hollywood has to offer.

However, looking at these new still of THE EAGLE OF THE NINTH, the new medieval Roman actioner directed by THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND helmer Kevin Macdonald, some comparisons to another actor may be in order.  Ladies and gentlemen, courtesy of Yahoo! Movies, I give you mid-Hulk transformation stills of Josh Hartnett (and one of Jamie Bell).

All kidding aside, this looks like it could either be truly epic or it could be another walk in the lazy, Roman park like what we have seen with films like THE LAST LEGION.  Kevin Macdonald didn’t exactly follow THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND up with a corker, and STATE OF PLAY wasn’t making him any new fans.  However, he could bring some level of expertise to this film’s execution.  We’ll just have to wait and see.

THE EAGLE OF THE NINTH is set for release sometime in the fourth quarter of 2010.