OK this is weird but kind of intriguing too. And I'm not talking about the picture above. (Although it is both of those things.)
Director Kevin Reynolds, best know for the box office disaster Waterworld, has signed on to direct Resurrection, a film that follows the first weeks after the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Here's a brief synopsis:
RESURRECTION is told through the eyes of an agnostic Roman Centurion charged by Pontius Pilate to investigate rumors of a risen Jewish Messiah and to locate Christ’s missing body in order to subdue an imminent uprising in Jerusalem. Along Centurion’s mission, his doubts of such a supernatural occurrence peel away as he encounters the Apostles and other historic Biblical characters and reviews the events following the Resurrection.
Producers of the upcoming project describe it as a Biblical film with a Gladiator-esque flair to it. Now before anyone gets all crazy, this doesn't mean they are turning Jesus into some souped up ninja version of Maximus. I think they are talking more about the visual style and feel of the era. (Let's not forget the Roman Empire was pretty brutal back in the day even if they were the most "civilized" society in the world. Romans after all were throwing Christians to the lions only a few decades after Jesus' death.)
I'm actually totally down for this film if only because it's an idea that really hasn't been explored that much before. The closest thing I can think is The Robe, which in some aspects sounds similar to this movie. It would be cool to explore the daily life of the apostles just after the events of Christ's death. And I'm always up for a "transformative power of Jesus" story.
Right now Resurrection is circling an Easter 2015 release date. Hopefully we'll here some casting news soon.
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