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Hercules & Xena – The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus is a 1998 American animated action-adventure direct-to-video film starring the voices of Kevin Sorbo, Lucy Lawless, Michael Hurst, Renee O'Connor, Kevin Smith, and Alexandra Tydings, all reprising their roles from the 2 live-action/special effects television series, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys & Xena: Warrior Princess. In the film, Zeus' wife Hera releases the four Titans after eons of imprisonment in a fit of jealousy, prompting Hercules and Xena to join forces and stop her. The film was produced & directed by Lynne Naylor.
Plot
Long after Zeus stole the Cronus Stone from the Titans, he and Alcmene gave birth to a son named Hercules, who defeated a Hydra at an early age and became a hero. After Hercules battles a sea serpent and defeats it and is thanked by the local townspeople, Iolaus joins him. Hercules and Iolaus head to Thebes to see Alcmene, fighting a group of highwaymen along the way. Meanwhile, Xena and Gabrielle steal a bag of gold back from a trio satyrs to return to Corinth. Ares appears and tells Xena there is a trap set for Hercules at Thebes. Xena wants Hercules to go because Thebes needs his help. Xena, angered by Ares' intentions to take her as his wife, argues with Gabrielle.
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author | John Loy |
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contentLocation | Ancient Greece |
director | Lynne Naylor |
genre | action adventure animation fantasy live-action |
keywords | alcmene aphrodite aphrodite a åre artemis crius cronus dollhouse fight force gabrielle greek underworld hear help hera heracles hercules highwayman human form hydra iolaus lernaean hydra lock loot mnemosyne mount olympus porphyrion satyr steal take advantage tethys titan underworld wound xena zeus |
musicBy | Joseph LoDuca |
producer | Lynne Naylor |
productionCompany | Renaissance Pictures Universal Cartoon Studios |
publisher | Universal Studios Home Video |
theme | animated direct-to-video |