Was going to play Joseph, now playing Jesus
Deadline.com reports that Portuguese actor Diogo Morgado will play Jesus in The Bible, a five-part mini-series being made for the History channel by Mark Burnett, a producer who is better known for his...
View ArticleSamson and the upcoming Bible mini-series
For just over a month now, the History Channel has been releasing a series of clips and trailers to promote their mini-series The Bible, which premieres March 3. The promotional campaign started,...
View ArticleDo Bible movies need to be “accurate” or “exciting”?
Last summer, Mark Burnett, producer of the upcoming mini-series The Bible, made a surprisingly candid remark at an event called the Family Entertainment and Faith-Based Summit. Speaking of his passion...
View ArticleJesus section of The Bible now a 135-minute movie
The New Testament section of the best-selling mini-series, which once ran to about 4 hours, has been re-cut for theatrical release.
View ArticleThe Bible sequel gets the green light — but what is it about?
Curiously, the just-announced sequel to The Bible has a few things in common with the 1985 mini-series A.D. Anno Domini, including a title, a network, and possibly some subject matter.
View ArticleThe Bible producers ponder theatrical distribution offers
Between Noah and Exodus, I’ve already mentioned here a few times that next year could mark the first time since the early ’60s that two big-budget Bible movies have been released to theatres within the...
View ArticleHow do you promote a Bible epic when you’re not religious?
Ridley Scott's recent comments about his life-of-Moses movie Exodus are very different from the comments other filmmakers have made while promoting their own Bible movies over the past 25 years.
View ArticleSon of God — the trailer is now online
Will audiences that have already seen The Bible on TV and DVD pay to see a re-edited version of the mini-series on the big screen?
View ArticleNewsbites: The first-century Jewish zealot edition!
The makers of The Bible are developing a mini-series about the siege of Masada, and a studio has snapped up the film rights to Reza Aslan's book about Jesus.
View ArticleThe Bible sequel A.D. gets the green light for spring 2015
The 12-hour follow-up could overlap significantly with this year's hit mini-series.
View ArticleBible epics are back on the silver screen
BIBLE EPICS are back, and coming soon to a theatre near you. The genre – which was very popular in the silent era and then, again, during the post-war boom of the 1950s and early 1960s – never went...
View ArticleChurch groups “taking over” theatres for Son of God
Churches across the country are booking entire multiplexes for the life-of-Jesus movie the night before its official release date.
View ArticleSon of God producers cast Satan out of their film
Co-producer Roma Downey says she doesn't want the Devil to distract people from Jesus.
View ArticleQuick updates on A.D. and The Dovekeepers
Last year, they produced The Bible. This year, they released Son of God. Next year, Mark Burnett and Roma Downey will return to first-century Palestine with two new TV shows.
View ArticleIs seeing a Bible movie on opening weekend more important than going to...
Son of God had one of the best openings ever for a movie aimed specifically at Christians, but some people had hoped it would do even better.
View ArticleBen-Hur gets Mark Burnett, Roma Downey & a release date
Two days ago the studio behind Noah got involved with the newest version of Ben-Hur. Now the producers of Son of God are involved, too.
View ArticleNewsbites: A.D.! Ben-Hur! Wilde Salomé!
Brief updates on Mark Burnett & Roma Downey's follow-up to The Bible, the next adaptation of Lew Wallace's novel, and the Al Pacino movies based on Oscar Wilde's play.
View ArticleNewsbites: A.D. and The Dovekeepers start production, the political uses of...
Multiple ancient-Roman movies and/or TV shows are currently being shot in Malta, and more.
View ArticleNewsbites: Women of the Bible! Ben-Hur! Noah! Clavius!
Mark Burnett and Roma Downey have been hired to help promote another Bible-themed film, this time one based on a sort of subversive, pagan-feminist novel.
View ArticleNewsbites: The Dovekeepers meet the press! Ben-Hur gets another actor! And...
Both of the upcoming TV shows produced by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey have new trailers. Plus: an actress has been cast as Judah Ben-Hur's sister.
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