{"id":254,"date":"2009-05-10T01:06:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-10T01:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2009\/05\/newsbites-the-ancient-characters-edition\/"},"modified":"2009-05-10T01:06:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-10T01:06:00","slug":"newsbites-the-ancient-characters-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2009\/05\/newsbites-the-ancient-characters-edition.html","title":{"rendered":"Newsbites: The ancient characters edition!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

1.<\/a> The international trailer for Year One<\/a><\/i> is now online, and it gives us our first glimpse of Abraham and Isaac (at the 1:19 mark):<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/iframe> Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f6KbFBQ7fjM\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a> if the video file above doesn\u2019t play properly.<\/p>\n<a name=\"2\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">2.<\/a> Movies often seem to come in twos: two volcano-based disaster movies, two asteroid- or comet-based disaster movies, two Truman Capote movies, etc. And now \u2026 two John Milton movies? Scott Derrickson has been developing a big-screen version of <a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/paradise-lost-and-sympathy-for-devil.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Paradise Lost<\/a><\/i> for the past few years already, but now comes word that Martin Poll will produce an \u201cindie version\u201d of the Milton poem based on an otherwise-unfilmed screenplay that was published in book form in 1973. Two \u201cunknown young actors\u201d named David Dunham and Patricia Li Bryan have been hired to play Adam and Eve \u201cas part of a multiethnic cast.\u201d \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/hr\/content_display\/film\/news\/e3ide2664960311f864896de9388938862f\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<a name=\"3\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">3.<\/a> The TV mini-series version of <a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/newsbites-biblical-and-infernal-edition.html#1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ben-Hur<\/a><\/i> now has a cast: Joseph Morgan \u2014 no stranger to sword-and-sandals flicks, having played Philotas in Oliver Stone\u2019s Alexander<\/i> (2004) \u2014 will play the title character, while Kristen Kruek will play his sister, Emily VanCamp will play his girlfriend Esther, Ray Winstone will play his adoptive father, and Stephen Campbell Moore will play his treacherous former best friend Messala. Hugh Bonneville is also on board to play Pontius Pilate. \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/hr\/content_display\/news\/e3i06056b3e4345348418de513333d2b7f9\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i>, <a href=\"http:\/\/benhurmorocco.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ben Hur<\/i> blog<\/a><\/p>\n<a name=\"4\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">4.<\/a> Steve Coogan and Rosario Dawson will play the Greek god Hades and his \u201cimprisoned\u201d wife Persephone in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/newsbites-fantasy-edition.html#7\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Percy Jackson<\/a><\/i>. This is not the first time that either actor has tackled a Greco-Roman role; Coogan plays the Roman emperor Octavius in the <a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/random-thought-of-day.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Night at the Museum<\/a><\/i> movies (2006-2009), while Dawson played the title character\u2019s wife in Alexander<\/i>. \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/hr\/content_display\/film\/news\/e3i8c26f2cd61d269b81de8d401aad88d86\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<a name=\"5\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">5.<\/a> Danny Huston has been cast as the Greek god Poseidon in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/clash-of-schindlers-list-veterans.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Clash of the Titans<\/a><\/i>; for what it\u2019s worth, the same character is being played by Kevin McKidd in Percy Jackson<\/i>. Meanwhile, producer Richard Zanuck has confirmed that the studio hopes to turn this movie into a franchise, but he notes that \u201ceverybody\u2019s hoping for that these days.\u201d The film has been in production for two weeks now, and photos of at least one of the outdoor sets have begun to pop up online. \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/hr\/content_display\/film\/news\/e3i99f8bcdd4e59da83565c62da09e714d4\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.variety.com\/article\/VR1118003030.html?categoryid=1237&cs=1&nid=2562\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Variety<\/a><\/i>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/google\/20090424005643\/en\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Business Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loquepasaentenerife.com\/ocioycultura\/29-04-2009\/silencioseruedafuriadetitanes\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lo que pasa en Tenerife<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lashorasperdidas.com\/index.php\/2009\/05\/05\/tenerife-acoge-el-rodaje-de-furia-de-titanes\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Las Horas Perdidas<\/a><\/p>\n<a name=\"6\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">6.<\/a> Brett Ratner is no longer attached to direct the next version of <a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/newsbites-sci-fi-and-fantasy-edition.html#10\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Conan the Barbarian<\/a><\/i>. Rumour has it the producers might be thinking of hiring Wachowski-sibling prot\u00e9g\u00e9 James McTeigue to direct the film now. \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/news\/story.asp?NID=24745\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Empire<\/a><\/i>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chud.com\/articles\/articles\/19363\/1\/EXCLUSIVE-HAS-CONAN-FOUND-HIS-NEW-DIRECTOR\/Page1.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">CHUD.com<\/a><\/p>\n<a name=\"7\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">7.<\/a> Devil\u2019s Due will publish a comic-book mini-series based on the upcoming TV show <a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/spartacus-gets-reimagined-for-tv.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spartacus: Blood and Sand<\/a><\/i>. The TV series is set to premiere in January. \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/splashpage.mtv.com\/2009\/04\/21\/spartacus-blood-and-sand-miniseries-to-team-devils-due-publishing-with-starz-channel\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">MTV Splash Page<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1. The international trailer for Year One is now online, and it gives us our first glimpse of Abraham and Isaac (at the 1:19 mark): Click here if the video file above doesn\u2019t play properly. 2. 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