{"id":18247,"date":"2014-05-05T12:04:22","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T19:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=18247"},"modified":"2014-05-05T12:04:22","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T19:04:22","slug":"king-tut-mini-series-joins-the-ancient-egypt-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2014\/05\/king-tut-mini-series-joins-the-ancient-egypt-parade.html","title":{"rendered":"King Tut mini-series joins the ancient-Egypt parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2014\/05\/tutmask.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2014\/05\/tutmask.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"tutmask\" width=\"220\" height=\"293\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-18283\"><\/a>Yet another TV show about ancient Egypt is in the works. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deadline.com\/2014\/05\/spike-tv-tut-event-series-scripted-programming\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Deadline<\/a> reports that Spike TV and Muse Entertainment are teaming up to produce <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/tut\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Tut<\/a><\/i>, a six-hour mini-series about Tutankhamun, the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tutankhamun\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">young Pharaoh<\/a> who reigned in the 14th century BC, and whose tomb was discovered in 1922. The series will cover \u201cTut\u2019s rise to power and his struggle to lead Egypt to glory, while his closest advisers, friends and lovers scheme for their own nefarious interests.\u201d This series, which has apparently been in the works for several months, is one of a few ancient-Egypt shows that are currently in development, along with the Fox network\u2019s <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/hieroglyph\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Hieroglyph<\/a><\/i> and Ridley Scott\u2019s HBO series <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/pharaoh\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Pharaoh<\/a><\/i>. Egypt-set big-screen movies like <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/exodus-2015\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Exodus: Gods and Kings<\/a><\/i> and <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/gods-of-egypt\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Gods of Egypt<\/a><\/i> are also currently shooting or in post-production, and King Tut himself had a small role in the recent DreamWorks cartoon <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/mr-peabody-and-sherman\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Mr. Peabody and Sherman<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We recently saw him on the big screen in <i>Mr Peabody and Sherman<\/i>. 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