{"id":48890,"date":"2016-07-06T11:19:55","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T18:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=48890"},"modified":"2016-07-06T11:19:55","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T18:19:55","slug":"watch-ben-hur-goes-epic-in-a-new-featurette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/07\/watch-ben-hur-goes-epic-in-a-new-featurette.html","title":{"rendered":"Watch: <i>Ben-Hur<\/i> goes &#8220;epic&#8221; in a new featurette"},"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\/2016\/07\/benhur2016-soldiers-epic.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48913\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2016\/07\/benhur2016-soldiers-epic-1024x333.png\" alt=\"benhur2016-soldiers-epic\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-48913\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With six weeks to go until the film\u2019s release date, Paramount has posted a new <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/ben-hur-2016\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Ben-Hur<\/a><\/i> featurette. This one focuses on the film\u2019s \u201cepic\u201d nature, and while it consists mostly of footage that we have seen before, it does have a few new bits.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Here is the video, which features soundbites from producer Sean Daniel and co-stars Jack Huston and Morgan Freeman in addition to some snippets from the film:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title='BEN-HUR (2016) - \"Epic\" Featurette - Paramount Pictures' width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f0Nof4sFZBc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Note the audio clip in which Ilderim (Freeman) tells Judah (Huston), \u201cDefeat your brother, and you\u2019ll start a revolution to free us all.\u201d So the chariot race isn\u2019t just about Judah\u2019s quest for personal revenge against Messala \u2014 it also has a larger political dimension. But if the featurette seems to promise revolution, keep in mind that Jesus and his message of love and peace will also play a significant part in this story.<\/p>\n<p><i>Ben-Hur<\/i> comes to North American theatres August 19.<\/p>\n<p>Check out earlier trailers and other videos here:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"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\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The first domestic and international trailers, the \u2018Welcome to ShareBenHur.com\u2019 video, and the <i>Entertainment Tonight<\/i> promo<\/a> (March 16, 2016)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/03\/watch-jesus-gives-judah-a-drink-in-a-new-ben-hur-trailer.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The \u2018Epic Faith\u2019 trailer<\/a> (March 23, 2016)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/03\/watch-rodrigo-santoro-talks-about-playing-jesus-in-a-new-ben-hur-featurette.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The \u2018Rodrigo Santoro as Jesus\u2019 featurette<\/a> (March 25, 2016)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/06\/watch-new-ben-hur-trailer-has-even-more-footage-of-jesus.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The second faith-based trailer<\/a> (June 8, 2016)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/06\/watch-new-bits-of-chariot-race-footage-in-entertainment-tonights-profile-of-the-upcoming-ben-hur-remake.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The <i>Entertainment Tonight<\/i> reports<\/a> (June 11, 2016)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/06\/watch-a-new-featurette-about-the-chariot-race-in-ben-hur.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The \u2018Chariot Race\u2019 featurette and <i>Entertainment Tonight<\/i> report<\/a> (June 13, 2016)<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new video focuses on Messala&#8217;s military adventures and Judah Ben-Hur&#8217;s plans for &#8220;revolution&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1116,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[411,2202,2506,629,3733],"class_list":["post-48890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-ben-hur","tag-ben-hur-2016","tag-jack-huston","tag-morgan-freeman","tag-sean-daniel"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Watch: Ben-Hur goes &quot;epic&quot; in a new featurette<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A new video focuses on Messala&#039;s military adventures and Judah Ben-Hur&#039;s plans for &quot;revolution&quot;.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/07\/watch-ben-hur-goes-epic-in-a-new-featurette.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Watch: Ben-Hur goes &quot;epic&quot; in a new featurette\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new video focuses on Messala&#039;s military adventures and Judah Ben-Hur&#039;s plans for &quot;revolution&quot;.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/07\/watch-ben-hur-goes-epic-in-a-new-featurette.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FilmChat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-07-06T18:19:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/files\/2016\/07\/benhur2016-soldiers-epic-1024x333.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Peter T. 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