Long-gestating Nativity films still slouching towards Bethlehem
I may have stepped aside from regular blogging for two or three years, but some of the projects I talked about back then are still in development. Case in point: Black Nativity, an adaptation of the...
View ArticleChrist the Lord: Out of Egypt to come out in 2015
The long-gestating film adaptation of Anne Rice's novel about the young Jesus and his extended family now has a release date -- or at least a release month.
View ArticleAnne Rice’s Christ the Lord finally gets the green light
The film is one of three projects currently in the works that will look at the "formative years" of Jesus.
View ArticleA Passion for Women’s Rights
Jim Caviezel and Steve McEveety, who played critical roles in The Passion, expose human rights violations in Iran through their new film, The Stoning of Soraya M. Timing, they say, is everything. The...
View ArticleFirst look: The Young Messiah, based on Anne Rice’s Christ the Lord: Out of...
The long-gestating film will finally come out on March 11, 2016.
View ArticleWatch: Our first look at The Young Messiah, based on Anne Rice’s Christ the...
A few clips from the film, and a few soundbites from the filmmakers.
View ArticleBrian Godawa calls The Young Messiah a “must see”
The film doesn't come out for another five months, but one Christian movie blogger is already singing its praises.
View ArticleVideo round-up: New ads for Gods of Egypt and Hail Caesar! New interviews...
Director Cyrus Nowrasteh discusses why everyone in The Young Messiah speaks with a British accent, producer Mark Burnett discusses how he had to digitally fix one of Jesus' miracles in The Bible, and...
View ArticleWatch: Six clips — including three with a Nativity theme — and other...
The six clips amount to about 23 minutes of footage from the film, which comes out March 11.
View ArticleThe Young Messiah soundtrack now available for pre-order
The album comes out this Friday, two weeks before the film.
View ArticleWatch: New The Young Messiah featurette looks at parenting
The filmmakers say modern parents should be able to relate to Mary and Joseph in this film, which takes place when Jesus is only seven years old.
View ArticleAnne Rice is “very thankful” for The Young Messiah
The author of Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt says the movie based on her book "present[s] Jesus as the Human Face of God".
View ArticleInterview: Cyrus Nowrasteh (The Young Messiah, 2016)
The director of The Young Messiah talks about creating new characters for the film, the tricky nature of movie ratings, the role the film played in his own journey towards Christian faith, and the...
View ArticleThe Young Messiah: the Cyrus Nowrasteh interview round-up
The co-writer/director talks about how the film almost didn't get made, imagining what Jesus was like as a little boy, what his favorite passage of scripture is, and more.
View ArticleReview: The Young Messiah (dir. Cyrus Nowrasteh, 2016)
The film adaptation of Anne Rice's Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt isn't flawless, but it explores certain aspects of the Jesus story so well -- aspects that other films have rarely even touched -- that...
View ArticleWatch: Actors and audiences discuss The Young Messiah
The actors and filmmakers discuss the film in an eight-minute video that was screened for private audiences before the movie came out. Plus: kids and parents react to the film.
View ArticleWatch: A 22-minute documentary on The Young Messiah
The filmmakers and a variety of Christian leaders discuss the meaning of the movie in a new video.
View ArticleA few more details about The Young Messiah on Blu-Ray
As reported earlier, the disc comes out June 14.
View ArticleDid a Young Messiah poll find that most Americans think Jesus was a socialist...
The people behind The Young Messiah say it isn't a political movie, but they sponsored a poll asking people about the political inclinations of Jesus anyway.
View ArticleWatch: A clip from The Making of The Young Messiah
The complete documentary will be on the Blu-Ray coming out this Tuesday, June 14.
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