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$\"christthelordoutofegypt\"$ <\/a>Two films with a \u201cfaith-based\u201d hook have seen their release dates change in the past couple of days.<\/p>\n

First, Variety<\/a><\/i> reports that Warner Brothers is no longer going to distribute the Christian music documentary Hillsong: Let Hope Rise<\/a><\/i> as originally planned.<\/p>\n

The film was going to be distributed by Warner Brothers and Alcon Entertainment on the Wednesday before Easter, two and a half months from now, but an Alcon rep told Variety<\/i> today that their company was ultimately \u201cunable to close the rights deal for the movie.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is no word yet as to who might distribute the film in Warner\u2019s place.<\/p>\n

Second, Deadline<\/a> reports that Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt<\/a><\/i>, which was going to come out on the Wednesday before next<\/i> year\u2019s Easter, has moved up a couple weeks to March 11, 2016. This was reportedly done to get the film out of the way of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice<\/i> and the next installment of Beverly Hills Cop<\/i>.<\/p>\n

The new release date happens to be only two weeks after the February 26, 2016 release of Ben-Hur<\/a><\/i>, which is kind of brave on the part of Christ the Lord<\/i>\u2019s producers.<\/p>\n

Christ the Lord<\/i> has been in production for a while \u2014 \u201cfaith-based\u201d bloggers visited the set back in October<\/a> \u2014 and for all I know might have finished shooting by now.<\/p>\n

But there has been very little information about it so far, aside from the fact that Cyrus Nowrasteh is directing it and wrote the script with his wife. The IMDb<\/a> lists a few actors in minor roles \u2014 such as \u201cAssailant\u201d and \u201cDove Seller\u201d \u2014 but that\u2019s it.<\/p>\n

Presumably there\u2019ll be some more information in the not too distant future, if the film is basically in the can and the release is just a little over a year away.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"