Dismayed, Set decides to destroy the afterlife to become immortal, using his new powers to overpower Ra.
Ra explains Set's mistreatment were tests to prepare him to take Ra's place as defender of the world against Apophis. Hathor calls on Anubis to take Bek to the underworld and offers her bracelet as Zaya's payment for passage to the afterlife, sacrificing herself as doing so exiles her to the underworld.Ībsorbing Thoth's brain, Osiris's heart, Horus's eye and wings from Nephthys, Set confronts Ra about aboard his solar barge. Before they can use the divine water they are ambushed by Set, who destroys the divine water and takes Thoth's brain, but Horus saves Hathor and Bek. Overcoming the pyramid's entryway and the sphinx's riddle, they reach the source of Set's power. They hatch a plan to infiltrate Set's pyramid, recruiting Thoth to solve the riddle of the guardian sphinx. Set asks Hathor to take him to the underworld, but she refuses and joins up with Bek and Horus. Ra explains that Horus’s loss of his powers is the result of not fulfilling his destiny, which Horus believes means avenging his parents' deaths. Neutral about the conflict with Set, and at war with the shadow beast Apophis that threatens to devour the world, Ra does not restore Horus’s power, but allows him to take a vial of divine waters to weaken Set. They visit the divine vessel of Horus's grandfather Ra. Bek takes her body to the exiled Horus along with the eye, promising to help find the other if he brings Zaya back from the dead. Using them, Bek infiltrates Set's treasure vault and steals one of Horus's eyes, but he and Zaya are caught by Urshu, who kills Zaya as she and Bek escape. One year later, with most of Egypt enslaved by Set, Zaya, a slave to Set's chief architect Urshu, gives plans for Set's pyramid to her lover, Bek. Set then defeats Horus and takes his eyes, proclaiming himself the new king and commanding mankind to pay riches to pass into the afterlife. In an alternative ancient Egypt where the gods live among the mortals, King Osiris is killed by his jealous brother Set during the coronation of Osiris's son Horus. See also: Horus § Conflict between Horus and Set It received five nominations at the 37th Golden Raspberry Awards. It grossed a total of $150 million against a $140 million budget, becoming a box office bomb and losing the studio up to $90 million. Lionsgate released Gods of Egypt in theaters globally, starting on February 25, 2016, in 2D, RealD 3D, and IMAX 3D, and in the United States, Canada, and 68 other markets on February 26.
In response, Lionsgate and director Proyas apologized for ethnically inaccurate casting. When Lionsgate began promoting the film in November 2015, it received backlash for its predominantly white cast playing Egyptian deities.
The Australian government provided a tax credit for 46% of the film's budget. While the film's production budget was $140 million, the parent company Lionsgate's financial exposure was less than $10 million due to tax incentives and pre-sales. įilming took place in Australia under the film production and distribution company Summit Entertainment in conjunction with Thunder Road Pictures and Proyas' production company Mystery Clock Cinema. The film portrays the Egyptian god Horus who partners with a mortal Egyptian thief, on a quest to rescue his love, and to save the world from Set. It stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Brenton Thwaites, Chadwick Boseman, Élodie Yung, Courtney Eaton, Rufus Sewell, Gerard Butler, and Geoffrey Rush. Gods of Egypt is a 2016 fantasy action film directed by Alex Proyas based on a fantastical version of some ancient Egyptian deities.
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