{"id":36966,"date":"2015-11-20T18:48:07","date_gmt":"2015-11-21T02:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=36966"},"modified":"2015-11-21T08:26:28","modified_gmt":"2015-11-21T16:26:28","slug":"last-days-in-the-desert-gets-a-release-date-in-may-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2015\/11\/last-days-in-the-desert-gets-a-release-date-in-may-2016.html","title":{"rendered":"<i>Last Days in the Desert<\/i> gets a release date in May 2016"},"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\/2015\/11\/lastdaysinthedesert-cropped.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2015\/11\/lastdaysinthedesert-cropped-1024x363.jpg\" alt=\"lastdaysinthedesert-cropped\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-36967\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/last-days-in-the-desert\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Last Days in the Desert<\/a><\/i> finally has a release date.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The film, which stars Ewan McGregor as both Jesus and the Devil, will get a limited release on May 13, 2016, distributor Broad Green Pictures <a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2015\/film\/news\/ewan-mcgregor-last-days-in-the-desert-release-1201645698\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">announced today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Rodrigo Garcia, the film also stars Ciaran Hinds, Ayelet Zurer and Tye Sheridan. The director of photography is Emmanuel Lubezki, who won the Oscar for cinematography the last two years for his work on <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/birdman\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Birdman<\/a><\/i> and <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/gravity-2013\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Gravity<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>The film has played at various festivals since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2015\/01\/last-days-in-the-desert-the-sundance-round-up.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">premiering at Sundance<\/a> in January.<\/p>\n<p>The release schedule for next year\u2019s Bible and\/or Jesus movies now stands like so:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>January 5 \u2014 <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/full-of-grace-2015\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Full of Grace<\/a><\/i> (comes out on DVD and Digital HD)\n<\/li><li>February 5 \u2014 <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/hail-caesar\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Hail, Caesar!<\/a><\/i> (contains a parody of 1950s Bible movies)\n<\/li><li>February 19 \u2014 <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/resurrection-aiello\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Risen<\/a><\/i>\n<\/li><li>March 8 \u2014 <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/of-kings-and-prophets\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Of Kings and Prophets<\/a><\/i> (premieres on ABC)\n<\/li><li>March 11 \u2014 <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/christ-the-lord-out-of-egypt\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Young Messiah<\/a><\/i>\n<\/li><li>May 13 \u2014 <i>Last Days in the Desert<\/i>\n<\/li><li>August 12 \u2014 <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/ben-hur-2016\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Ben-Hur<\/a><\/i>\n<\/li><li>August 12 \u2014 <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/shack\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Shack<\/a><\/i> (not a Bible movie, but Jesus is one of the characters)<\/li><\/ul>\n<p>If I omitted any films from that list, please let me know in the comments. 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