The original film adaptation of Troy premiered in 2004. Directed by Wolfgang Petersen, it featured Brad Pitt in the role of Achilles and drew loose inspiration from Homer’s epic poem The Iliad.

Adapting Homer's Illiad, director Wolfgang Peterson's Troy centered on the demigod Achilles (Brad Pitt), the lead warrior of King Agamemnon's (Brian Cox) invasion of the walled city of Troy.

An Old Soldier remembers the ten-year war at Troy and the events which led up to it: Paris, Helen, Menelaus, Agamemnon, Priam, Achilles, Patroclus, Hector, Cassandra, Odysseus…and the wooden horse.

Their first job is to persuade two heroes - Achilles and Odysseus - to support the venture. Then the Greeks sail to Troy and hand King Priam their ultimatum: return Helen plus compensation or Troy ...