Contrary to a report in the L.A. Times, Brett Ratner is NOT in talks to direct "Hercules" for producer Avi Lerner, Ratner's publicist has told TheWrap.Ratner is friends with Lerner and often reads scripts that the Nu Image/Millennium Films principal sends him, but the "Rush Hour" filmmaker is not interested in developing or directing "Hercules."
http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/la-times-wrong-brett-ratner-not-talks-hercules-19285