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$\"\"$ <\/a>All three of this year\u2019s Bible movies have a Gladiator<\/a><\/i> connection. Exodus: Gods and Kings<\/a><\/i> has that film\u2019s director, Ridley Scott. Noah<\/a><\/i> has that film\u2019s star, Russell Crowe, and one of its screenwriters, John Logan. And Son of God<\/a><\/i> \u2014 or, rather, its predecessor mini-series The Bible<\/a><\/i> \u2014 marked the first time that composer Hans Zimmer and vocalist Lisa Gerrard had worked together since that film.<\/p>\n

Now one of Gladiator<\/i>\u2019s other<\/i> screenwriters is dipping his toe in the biblical waters, albeit for the small screen. Deadline<\/a> and The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i> say David Franzoni is developing a mini-series for Fox called Nazareth<\/i>, which will look at \u201cthe formative years of Jesus of Nazareth.\u201d (One cannot help but be reminded of similar early-years series named after the protagonists\u2019 hometowns like Smallville<\/i> and Gotham<\/i>.)<\/p>\n

This would be at least the second TV production about the \u201clost years\u201d of Jesus in development right now, following Lifetime\u2019s The One<\/a><\/i>. The History Channel also briefly considered a series called The Lost Years<\/a><\/i> that would have depicted the young Jesus as an exorcist, but they seem to have abandoned that idea now.<\/p>\n

Anne Rice has also been trying to get a film version of her book Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt<\/a><\/i> made for years. As of ten months ago<\/a>, FilmDistrict had bought the American distribution rights and said it hoped to release the film in March 2015 \u2014 but that\u2019s less than a year from now and as far as I know the film has not actually been made<\/i> yet.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"