Lionsgate Jumps On Bible Movie Trend With Jesus Biopic ‘Zealot’
By Angie Han/Dec. 12, 2013 11:00 am EST
In his book, Aslan examines the religious icon and the start of Christiniaty from a historical perspective. The movie adaptation will take a similar angle. As Aslan explained in the statement, “Their vision for Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth is aligned with my objective in writing the book, which was to illuminate the life of Jesus in a humanistic, as opposed to religious, context.”
While the Old Testament has inspired a couple of big upcoming projects, including Ridley Scott’s Exodus and Darren Aronofsky’s Noah, New Testament hero Jesus Christ has not been the focus of a major motion picture since Mel Gibson’s Passion of the Christ in 2004. Well, unless you count next year’s Son of God, which isn’t so much a feature film as a feature-length edit of a History Channel miniseries.
No director or stars have been announced, so feel free to guess at who could do this tale justice in the comments.
