History Film / GodsOfEgypt

* RaceLift: A case of the majority of Egyptian main characters being played by white or otherwise non-Egyptian actors, including the Gods who are not human Egyptians anyway but probably aliens. Butler, who plays Set, is Scottish. Coster-Waldau, who plays Horus, is Danish. The Australian Geoffrey Rush plays Ra. The French-Cambodian [[Film/GIJoeRetaliation Elodie Yung]] plays Hathor. The African-American Creator/ChadwickBoseman, who plays Thoth, is probably the only major character who does not look out of place due to Ancient Egypt's ties with Nubia.

* AdvancedAncientHumans: By virtue of contact with the Gods, who are...

* SadlyMythtaken: Set, who is his own god in Egyptian mythology, appears to turn into Anubis, the jackal-headed god of the dead, for some reason. Possibly justified in that the 'Set animal' is unidentifiable.

* SadlyMythtaken: Set, who is his own god in Egyptian mythology, appears to turn into Anubis, the jackal-headed god of the dead, for some reason. Possibly justified in that the 'Set animal' is unidentifiable, but considering Anubis helps recover Osiris's scattered body parts (Osiris being either the father of Horus or an incarnation of Horus depending on the story) when Set takes over in the original legends, it's pretty easy to say TheyJustDidntCare and decided to make a god of the dead evil.

* AncientAstronauts: The Gods are inhumanly tall compared to "mortals" and technologically advanced, able to transform into or summon PowerArmor forms, so they are probably {{Precursors}} living beside humans.

* ArtisticLicense - Mythology - Set, who is his own god in Egyptian mythology, appears to turn into Anubis, the jackal-headed god of the dead, for some reason. Possibly justified in that the 'Set animal' is unidentifiable, but considering Anubis helps recover Osiris's scattered body parts (Osiris being either the father of Horus or an incarnation of Horus depending on the story) when Set takes over in the original legends, it's pretty easy to say TheyJustDidntCare and decided to make a god of the dead evil.

* RaceLift: A case of the majority of Egyptian main characters being played by white or otherwise non-Egyptian actors, including the Gods who are not human Egyptians anyway but probably aliens. Butler, who plays Set, is Scottish. Coster-Waldau, who plays Horus, is Danish. The Australian Geoffrey Rush plays Ra. The French-Cambodian [[Film/GIJoeRetaliation Elodie Yung]] plays Hathor. The African-American Creator/ChadwickBoseman, who plays Thoth, is probably the only major character who does not look out of place due to Ancient Egypt's ties with Nubia.

* ArtisticLicense - Mythology - Set, who is his own god in Egyptian mythology, appears to turn into Anubis, the jackal-headed god of the dead, for some reason. Possibly justified in that the 'Set animal' is unidentifiable, but considering Anubis helps recover Osiris's scattered body parts (Osiris being either the father of Horus or an incarnation of Horus depending on the story) when Set takes over in the original legends, it's pretty easy to say TheyJustDidn'tCare and decided to make a god of the dead evil.

* RaceLift: A case of the majority of Egyptian main characters being played by white or otherwise non-Egyptian actors, including the Gods who are not human Egyptians anyway but probably aliens. Butler, who plays Set, is Scottish. Coster-Waldau, who plays Horus, is Danish. The Australian Geoffrey Rush plays Ra. The French-Cambodian [[Film/GIJoeRetaliation Elodie Yung]] plays Hathor. The African-American Creator/ChadwickBoseman, who plays Thoth, is probably the only person in the movie who does not look out of place due to Ancient Egypt's ties with Nubia.

* RaceLift: A case of the majority of Egyptian main characters being played by white actors, including the Gods who are not human Egyptians anyway but probably aliens. There is also one Southeast Asian actress. ChadwickBoseman is probably the only person in the movie who does not look out of place.

* RaceLift: A case of the majority of Egyptian main characters being played by white actors (and one Southeast Asian actress), including the Gods who are not human Egyptians anyway but probably aliens. There is also one black actor, but considering the existence of Nubia, this is nowhere nearly '''as''' glaring.

* RaceLift: A case of the majority of Egyptian main characters being played by white actors, including the Gods who are not human Egyptians anyway but probably aliens.

* RaceLift: A case of the majority of Egyptian characters being played by white actors, including the Gods who are not human Egyptians anyway but probably aliens.

* RaceLift: A case of the majority of Egyptian characters being played by white actors, including the Gods who are not human Egyptians anyway but probably aliens. Regardless, the InternetBackdraft has gotten so bad that the studio and director have apologized.

Set, the merciless God of Darkness, has taken over the throne of Egypt and plunged the once peaceful and prosperous empire into chaos and conflict. Few dare to rebel against him. A young thief, whose love was taken captive by the god, seeks to dethrone and defeat Set with the aid of the powerful God Horus.

* AncientAstronauts: The Gods are inhumanly tall compared to "mortals" and technologically advanced, able to transform into or summon PowerArmor forms -- so they are probably {{Precursors}} living beside humans.

* AncientAstronauts: The Gods are inhumanly tall and technologically advanced, so they are probably {{Precursors}}.

* AncientAliens: The Gods are inhumanly tall and technologically advanced, so they are probably {{Precursors}}.

''Gods of Egypt'' is a upcoming 2016 FantasyFilm starring Creator/GerardButler, Creator/NikolajCosterWaldau and Creator/GeoffreyRush based on Myth/EgyptianMythology, directed by Creator/AlexProyas and produced by Creator/{{Lionsgate}}.

''Gods of Egypt'' is a upcoming 2016 movie starring Creator/GerardButler, Creator/NikolajCosterWaldau and Creator/GeoffreyRush based on Myth/EgyptianMythology. Set, the merciless God of Darkness, has taken over the throne of Egypt and plunged the once peaceful and prosperous empire into chaos and conflict. Few dare to rebel against him. A young thief, whose love was taken captive by the god, seeks to dethrone and defeat Set with the aid of the powerful God Horus.

* RaceLift: A case of the majority of Egyptian characters being played by white actors, including the Gods who are not human Egyptians anyway but probably aliens. Regardless, the InternetBackdraft got so bad that Creator/{{Lionsgate}} apologized.

''Gods of Egypt'' is a upcoming 2016 movie starring Creator/GerardButler, Creator/NikolajCosterWaldau and Creator/GeoffreyRush based on Myth/EgyptianMythology. Set, the merciless god of darkness, has taken over the throne of Egypt and plunged the once peaceful and prosperous empire into chaos and conflict. Few dare to rebel against him. A young thief, whose love was taken captive by the god, seeks to dethrone and defeat Set with the aid of the powerful god Horus.

* RaceLift: A case of the majority of Egyptians being played by European-born actors.