{"id":42440,"date":"2016-03-16T13:36:26","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T20:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=42440"},"modified":"2016-03-20T06:58:35","modified_gmt":"2016-03-20T13:58:35","slug":"sex-violence-and-a-clear-look-at-the-face-of-jesus-all-in-3d-a-new-trailer-shows-this-isnt-your-grandfathers-ben-hur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/03\/sex-violence-and-a-clear-look-at-the-face-of-jesus-all-in-3d-a-new-trailer-shows-this-isnt-your-grandfathers-ben-hur.html","title":{"rendered":"Sex, violence, and a clear look at the face of Jesus, all in 3D: a new trailer shows this isn’t your grandfather’s Ben-Hur<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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The new version of Ben-Hur<\/a><\/i> has always seemed like a bit of an odd beast. On the one hand, it is directed by Timur Bekmambetov, an action-movie stylist and horror-film producer best-known for Wanted<\/a><\/i> and Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter<\/a><\/i>. On the other hand, it counts \u201cfaith-based\u201d power couple Mark Burnett and Roma Downey \u2014 creators of The Bible<\/a><\/i> and A.D. The Bible Continues<\/a><\/i> \u2014 among its producers.<\/p>\n

Paramount has now released the first trailer for the film, and for now, it looks like the studio is emphasizing the film\u2019s Bekmambetovian side: it opens with a sea battle, it finishes with a chaotic chariot race, and in-between there is lots of action involving fists and blades. The new poster also carries the tagline \u201cFirst to finish. Last to die.\u201d What glimpses we see of the story\u2019s biblical elements are very, very brief.<\/p>\n

Here is the trailer:<\/p>\n