One of these days, I will write about something other than Exodus: Gods and Kings. But for now, the studio keeps putting out new materials — including, on this occasion, a new poster and our first actual clip from the film — and I’m keeping up with it all as best as I can.
The new poster went up at 20th Century Fox’s Facebook page yesterday, and it’s interesting to see how it makes Moses look really, really small next to that giant tidal wave by the Red Sea. In a way, it resembles the early posters for Noah — biblical heroes, deadly storms, lots of water — but of course it’s quite different, too, because it makes the hero such a tiny part of the picture.
Next, there is our first clip from the film — and, as you might expect, it features the clash of Egyptian and Hittite armies at the Battle of Kadesh. It also, however, hints at the character dynamic between Moses and Ramses: while the two “brothers” are still friends at this point, Moses disagrees with Ramses’ tactical decisions, and Ramses quickly puts Moses in his place. The impression you get is that Moses is smarter, but Ramses is a little more protective of his position within the social hierarchy.
Amusingly, the clip was posted today by two different websites — one American, one British — both of which claimed that they had an “exclusive”.
Here is the IGN.com version of the clip:
And here is the Digital Spy version:
The film’s Facebook page has also released a few new pictures, all of which look similar to shots we’ve seen before but, I think, are slightly different:
And here’s the latest video file that is really just a glorified GIF:
Check out earlier photos and images from Exodus: Gods and Kings here:
- Unofficial photos from the set (October 22, 2013)
- The first two official photos from the film (December 30, 2013)
- Moses runs into battle (January 13, 2014)
- Sixteen photos from Entertainment Weekly, People and others (July 1, 2014)
- The first three posters (July 8, 2014)
- A sword to the throat, spears, and Moses wearing earbuds (July 17, 2014)
- Our first look at Moses’ wife (July 24, 2014)
- Four photos from Empire magazine (August 6, 2014)
- Moses’ armour and Tuya’s headgear in Entertainment Weekly (August 15, 2014)
- The “international cast” via Yahoo! Australia (August 26, 2014)
- Three more photos from Empire magazine (August 28, 2014)
- “It’s an immense production” (September 9, 2014)
- Horses, costumes, and director Ridley Scott directing (September 16, 2014)
- Kadesh-themed countdown to the trailer (September 30, 2014)
- Images from the official website, and others (October 17, 2014)
- Three more posters, plus images from Total Film magazine (October 24, 2014)
- Ten Facebook photos and video-GIFs (November 3, 2014)
- Poster, costume designs, Facebook photos and video-GIF (November 7, 2014)
And check out earlier videos and my shot-by-shot trailer analyses here:
- The first trailer (July 8, 2014)
- The ‘The World’ featurette (September 3, 2014)
- The ‘Locations’ featurette (September 10, 2014)
- The ‘Costume Design’ featurette (September 17, 2014)
- The ‘Creating the Action’ featurette (September 24, 2014)
- The second trailer (October 1, 2014)
- Micro-interviews with Christian Bale and Ridley Scott (October 17, 2014)
- Interview with Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton (October 21, 2014)
- Interview with Ridley Scott (October 28, 2014)
- The ‘Something Is Coming’ and ‘Two Brothers’ TV spots (November 3, 2014)
- The 3D featurette (November 8, 2014)
- The ‘Out of My Control’, ‘Follow Me’ and ‘Remember This’ TV spots (November 10, 2014)
- The third trailer (November 10, 2014)