05-04-2009, 02:12 PM
New Mini Series Slated for 2010
This From the Hollywood Reporter...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090504/tv_ ... RytP9xFb8C
[size=150:2lr31ovl]"Ben Hur" chariot filling up[/size]
By Borys Kit and Nellie Andreeva – Sun May 3, 11:44 pm ET
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Joseph Morgan, Emily VanCamp and Stephen Campbell Moore will star in "Ben-Hur," a four-hour miniseries set to air on ABC in 2010.
Steven Shill, helmer of surprise box-office hit "Obsessed," is directing the adaptation of the 1880 Lew Wallace novel from a script by Alan Sharp ("Rob Roy").
Morgan will play the title role, immortalized by Charlton Heston in the 1959 movie -- a wealthy Jewish youth in the time of Jesus Christ -- who is seeking revenge and reclaiming his identity after being betrayed by his friend Messala (Moore). VanCamp plays Esther, the daughter of a slave and Ben-Hur's love interest.
Also in the cast are Ray Winstone as Ben-Hur's adoptive father, Kristen Kruek ("Smallville") as his sister and Hugh Bonneville as Pontius Pilate.
Alex Kingston, Lucia Jimenez, Miguel Angel Munoz, Marc Warren, Art Malik and James Faulkner round out the cast of the Alchemy Television Group project, which is budgeted at north of $22 million.
The mini, which is competing against the memory of the William Wyler-directed Oscar-winning classic, will include the famous chariot race, which will be filmed in an oasis in the Moroccan desert.
Morgan is best known stateside for his work in "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World."
VanCamp stars on ABC's "Brothers & Sisters" and next appears in "Carriers" opposite Chris Pine.
Moore appeared in "The Bank Job."
I wonder what the Romans will look like...? :?
:wink:
Narukami
This From the Hollywood Reporter...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090504/tv_ ... RytP9xFb8C
[size=150:2lr31ovl]"Ben Hur" chariot filling up[/size]
By Borys Kit and Nellie Andreeva – Sun May 3, 11:44 pm ET
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Joseph Morgan, Emily VanCamp and Stephen Campbell Moore will star in "Ben-Hur," a four-hour miniseries set to air on ABC in 2010.
Steven Shill, helmer of surprise box-office hit "Obsessed," is directing the adaptation of the 1880 Lew Wallace novel from a script by Alan Sharp ("Rob Roy").
Morgan will play the title role, immortalized by Charlton Heston in the 1959 movie -- a wealthy Jewish youth in the time of Jesus Christ -- who is seeking revenge and reclaiming his identity after being betrayed by his friend Messala (Moore). VanCamp plays Esther, the daughter of a slave and Ben-Hur's love interest.
Also in the cast are Ray Winstone as Ben-Hur's adoptive father, Kristen Kruek ("Smallville") as his sister and Hugh Bonneville as Pontius Pilate.
Alex Kingston, Lucia Jimenez, Miguel Angel Munoz, Marc Warren, Art Malik and James Faulkner round out the cast of the Alchemy Television Group project, which is budgeted at north of $22 million.
The mini, which is competing against the memory of the William Wyler-directed Oscar-winning classic, will include the famous chariot race, which will be filmed in an oasis in the Moroccan desert.
Morgan is best known stateside for his work in "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World."
VanCamp stars on ABC's "Brothers & Sisters" and next appears in "Carriers" opposite Chris Pine.
Moore appeared in "The Bank Job."
I wonder what the Romans will look like...? :?
:wink:
Narukami
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