It is one of two Hollywood-studio Hercules films scheduled for 2014, with Paramount Pictures and MGM's Hercules: The Thracian Wars.
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On August 3, 2012, it was reported that Renny Harlin would not directing the film in order to do 2014's The Legend of Hercules, and was replaced by Roel Reiné, from the director of The Marine 2 and Pistol Whipped.
The external and interior decoration is typical of the French Renaissance style, with Classical orders (ionic, doric, Corinthian), scenes from the legend of Hercules, such as the Lernaean Hydra and the Nemean lion, as well as more personal motifs, such as the cannons, swords, the collar of the Order of Saint Michael.