The Young Messiah - D: Cyrus Nowrasteh (based on Anne Rice novel)
12-06-11, 09:38 PM
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The Young Messiah - D: Cyrus Nowrasteh (based on Anne Rice novel)
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118047054
After helping bring Harry Potter and Kevin McCallister to life, Chris Columbus is looking to put another famous kid up on the big screen: Jesus Christ.
Columbus' 1492 Pictures and CJ Entertainment have acquired the rights to the Anne Rice tome "Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt," which tells the story of a seven-year-old Jesus, who departs Egypt with his family to return home to Nazareth and discovers the truth about his birth, who he is, and his purpose in life.
Cyrus Nowrasteh will direct from a screenplay he penned with Betsy Nowrasteh. Columbus will produce along with Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe through 1492 Pictures with Sean Lee, Patricia Chun and Keo Lee producing through CJ Entertainment.
Rice came to Nowrasteh first and asked if he would take on the project after seeing his film "The Stoning of Soraya M." After agreeing to write and direct the project, Nowrasteh brought it to Columbus and Marnathan at 1492.
"This film has the potential to be a cinematic classic, a picture that will appeal to all ages, all around the world," Columbus said. "I am proud to be part of this incredible production."
The Nowrastehs and Rice are repped by CAA. Columbus and 1492 are repped by WME.
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Anne Rice, via her Facebook page:
"I'm very grateful that such excellent people are doing the film. I've read the script. It's beautiful, and deeply faithful to my novel. I'm very very happy, to say the least."
After helping bring Harry Potter and Kevin McCallister to life, Chris Columbus is looking to put another famous kid up on the big screen: Jesus Christ.
Columbus' 1492 Pictures and CJ Entertainment have acquired the rights to the Anne Rice tome "Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt," which tells the story of a seven-year-old Jesus, who departs Egypt with his family to return home to Nazareth and discovers the truth about his birth, who he is, and his purpose in life.
Cyrus Nowrasteh will direct from a screenplay he penned with Betsy Nowrasteh. Columbus will produce along with Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe through 1492 Pictures with Sean Lee, Patricia Chun and Keo Lee producing through CJ Entertainment.
Rice came to Nowrasteh first and asked if he would take on the project after seeing his film "The Stoning of Soraya M." After agreeing to write and direct the project, Nowrasteh brought it to Columbus and Marnathan at 1492.
"This film has the potential to be a cinematic classic, a picture that will appeal to all ages, all around the world," Columbus said. "I am proud to be part of this incredible production."
The Nowrastehs and Rice are repped by CAA. Columbus and 1492 are repped by WME.
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Anne Rice, via her Facebook page:
"I'm very grateful that such excellent people are doing the film. I've read the script. It's beautiful, and deeply faithful to my novel. I'm very very happy, to say the least."
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12-06-11, 10:21 PM
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Re: Chris Columbus to produce Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt (Anne Rice novel)
I haven't read the novel, but is it safe to assume that Jesus is portrayed as a self-hating homosexual?
12-06-11, 11:30 PM
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12-07-11, 08:16 AM
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I hope so. I want one of the vamps to suck the Lord's blood and then say "mmmm....the Blood of Christ....Amen!"
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09-02-15, 08:34 AM
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Re: Chris Columbus to produce Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt (Anne Rice novel)
Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt gets a new title, a release date, and we get a first picture of the young actor in the title role.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/filmcha...new-title.html
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/filmcha...new-title.html
09-02-15, 08:54 AM
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Re: Chris Columbus to produce Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt (Anne Rice novel)
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118047054
After helping bring Harry Potter and Kevin McCallister to life, Chris Columbus is looking to put another famous kid up on the big screen: Jesus Christ.
Columbus' 1492 Pictures and CJ Entertainment have acquired the rights to the Anne Rice tome "Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt," which tells the story of a seven-year-old Jesus, who departs Egypt with his family to return home to Nazareth and discovers the truth about his birth, who he is, and his purpose in life.
Cyrus Nowrasteh will direct from a screenplay he penned with Betsy Nowrasteh. Columbus will produce along with Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe through 1492 Pictures with Sean Lee, Patricia Chun and Keo Lee producing through CJ Entertainment.
Rice came to Nowrasteh first and asked if he would take on the project after seeing his film "The Stoning of Soraya M." After agreeing to write and direct the project, Nowrasteh brought it to Columbus and Marnathan at 1492.
"This film has the potential to be a cinematic classic, a picture that will appeal to all ages, all around the world," Columbus said. "I am proud to be part of this incredible production."
The Nowrastehs and Rice are repped by CAA. Columbus and 1492 are repped by WME.
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Anne Rice, via her Facebook page:
"I'm very grateful that such excellent people are doing the film. I've read the script. It's beautiful, and deeply faithful to my novel. I'm very very happy, to say the least."
After helping bring Harry Potter and Kevin McCallister to life, Chris Columbus is looking to put another famous kid up on the big screen: Jesus Christ.
Columbus' 1492 Pictures and CJ Entertainment have acquired the rights to the Anne Rice tome "Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt," which tells the story of a seven-year-old Jesus, who departs Egypt with his family to return home to Nazareth and discovers the truth about his birth, who he is, and his purpose in life.
Cyrus Nowrasteh will direct from a screenplay he penned with Betsy Nowrasteh. Columbus will produce along with Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe through 1492 Pictures with Sean Lee, Patricia Chun and Keo Lee producing through CJ Entertainment.
Rice came to Nowrasteh first and asked if he would take on the project after seeing his film "The Stoning of Soraya M." After agreeing to write and direct the project, Nowrasteh brought it to Columbus and Marnathan at 1492.
"This film has the potential to be a cinematic classic, a picture that will appeal to all ages, all around the world," Columbus said. "I am proud to be part of this incredible production."
The Nowrastehs and Rice are repped by CAA. Columbus and 1492 are repped by WME.
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Anne Rice, via her Facebook page:
"I'm very grateful that such excellent people are doing the film. I've read the script. It's beautiful, and deeply faithful to my novel. I'm very very happy, to say the least."
09-02-15, 09:17 AM
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Re: Chris Columbus to produce Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt (Anne Rice novel)
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A movie about 7-year old Jesus has disaster written all over it. "Are you an angel?" "Nobody can kill a
09-02-15, 11:30 AM
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After seeing how much shit Fox got for casting a black Human Torch and how much debate a black Bond gets, I'm sort of surprised at the number of times he's been cast as a white guy. But who knows, maybe they white washed it with all the other bullshit told about him.
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I think it started w/ the Italians and their art. They made him white. And then it just carried on cuz well...If it ain't white, it ain't right.
09-18-15, 08:33 AM
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