An event as massive as the World Cup deserves the Hollywood blockbuster treatment.
Designers Edoardo Santamato and Benedetto Papi from Italian creative agency Invasione Creativa reimagines the contenders for the 2014 World Cup as some of the most iconic movie posters in cinema history.
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Some of the posters feature the nations' home-grown film works, like Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for the United States team or Godzilla for Japan.
Time will only tell how the world's biggest soccer event will play out -- which team will end up like the 300 Spartans, or fly high like E.T.?