Mickey Rourke To Star In "War of the Gods" Mickey Rourke will star in Relativity Media's Greek mythology clash "War of the Gods" opposite Henry Cavill and Freida Pinto. Rourke's been cast as the villain, King Hyperion. Tarsem Singh is directing with production set to start in April. Story follows a young warrior Theseus who leads his men into battle with the immortal Greek gods to defeat evil elder gods of the Titans in order to save mankind. Universal will distribute. Relativity's Tucker Tooley and Craig Flores of Hollywood Gang are exec producing. Jason Keller penned the most recent draft of the script. The original screenplay was written by Christian Gudegast. Please Leave A Comment- Source- Variety