{"id":44638,"date":"2016-04-25T13:58:39","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T20:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=44638"},"modified":"2016-04-25T13:58:39","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T20:58:39","slug":"ben-hur-a-new-photo-and-a-couple-new-soundbites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/04\/ben-hur-a-new-photo-and-a-couple-new-soundbites.html","title":{"rendered":"Ben-Hur<\/i>: a new photo and a couple new soundbites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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Can\u2019t let a week go by without another Ben-Hur<\/a><\/i> update!<\/p>\n
Empire<\/a><\/i> has an \u201cexclusive new look\u201d at the film\u2019s chariot race<\/a>, which primarily consists of a photo that gives primary attention to Toby Kebbell\u2019s villainous Messala. It also has a couple new soundbites, like this one from director Timur Bekmambetov:<\/p>\n
\u201cOur technology is now far away from what they had previously . . . and the rigs we have are unbelievable. The goal for me is to shoot these action scenes so realistically that the audience feels that they\u2019re in the chariot, driving.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In other news, Steve Weintraub at Collider<\/a> spoke to the film\u2019s star Jack Huston at last week\u2019s CinemaCon<\/a> (they don\u2019t get to Ben-Hur<\/i> until the 2-minute mark):<\/p>\n