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SPIELBERG MAY ATTACK THE BIBLE

post #1 of 20
1/26/12 at 11:50am
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by Renn Brown: link

Warner Brothers will try and reclaim the "Badass Moses" title for the Jews.
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post #2 of 20
1/26/12 at 11:58am

and here...we...go

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post #3 of 20
1/26/12 at 12:12pm

I would LOVE to see Spielberg do this! He is the natural heir to De Mille et al.

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post #4 of 20
1/26/12 at 12:58pm

Alternate title:  MOSES AND THE FIRST CRUSADE

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post #5 of 20
1/26/12 at 1:33pm

Well swords-and-sandals is definitely a territory Spielberg's never explored. Sounds pretty great -- I hope it comes together.

 

I've seen a little skepticism about the whole gritty, Saving Private Ryan angle, but I don't know. I prefer my Kingdom of Heavens to my Troys, so it sounds like the way to go.

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post #6 of 20
1/26/12 at 2:48pm

Wait so it's a 'hard-edged' biopic of Moses, yet it's not a retelling of The Ten Commandments Moses story?

 

So what the hell is it then?

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post #7 of 20
1/26/12 at 3:18pm

Alternate title:  RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK:  THE ORIGIN STORY

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post #8 of 20
1/26/12 at 11:45pm
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Originally Posted by The Rain Dog View Post

Wait so it's a 'hard-edged' biopic of Moses, yet it's not a retelling of The Ten Commandments Moses story?

 

So what the hell is it then?


Well prior to all the Jew-leading and plague bringing he was a prince and if my memory doesn't fail me he was a pretty important dude. Leading armies and stuff.

 

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post #9 of 20
1/27/12 at 12:29am
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Well prior to all the Jew-leading and plague bringing he was a prince and if my memory doesn't fail me he was a pretty important dude. Leading armies and stuff.

 



So it'll be Moses: The War Years?

 

'Kay, I suppose I'll still get a sword and sandal epic that way.

 

ETA: Hang on a sec - does this mean what I think it does? That the plan is to turn The Book of Exodus into a branded franchise film series of some kind?


Edited by The Rain Dog - 1/27/12 at 12:46am
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post #10 of 20
1/27/12 at 4:10am

Is it a churlish to ponder out loud: How do you do a hard-edged bio-pic of someone who, in all likelihood, didn't exist? (and not even in a 'oh he's an amalgam of historical entities and events' way.  It looks like the Hebrews were never even in Egypt, let alone enslaved there)

 

Yeah I can kind of think of ways.  But this is more King Arthur (and beyond) than William Wallace, if you get my drift.  You can't even get mad 'cause they're either making it up or referring to made up stuff. Call it Lord of the Tablets or something.

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post #11 of 20
1/27/12 at 6:49am

Is ROBOPOCALYPSE just TERMINATOR without the time travel? THE MATRIX, MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE, I ROBOT, etc. What makes it special for SS to want to take it on?

 

Lincoln and Moses biopics? Spielberg is letting his beard choose his projects.

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post #12 of 20
1/27/12 at 6:57am

Oh shit, I can't believe I participated in a Spielberg thread and forgot.

 

What about INTERSTELLAR, Steven? 

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post #13 of 20
1/27/12 at 10:40am
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Is it a churlish to ponder out loud: How do you do a hard-edged bio-pic of someone who, in all likelihood, didn't exist? (and not even in a 'oh he's an amalgam of historical entities and events' way.  It looks like the Hebrews were never even in Egypt, let alone enslaved there)

 

Yeah I can kind of think of ways.  But this is more King Arthur (and beyond) than William Wallace, if you get my drift.  You can't even get mad 'cause they're either making it up or referring to made up stuff. Call it Lord of the Tablets or something.


Yeah, the bible is so mis-interpreted it's ridiculous.  It's why I can never take serious depictions of biblical stories seriously.  Now get Alejandro Jodorowski, Terrence Malick, David Lynch and David Cronenberg to do a anthology film about the book of revelations and I'll show up. 

 

Oh, and I second the Interstellar interest...wake me up when he decides to make that film.

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post #14 of 20
1/27/12 at 10:56am

Alternate title:   AMBLIN' . . . ACROSS THE DESERT

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post #15 of 20
1/27/12 at 2:07pm
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Originally Posted by Muzman View Post

Is it a churlish to ponder out loud: How do you do a hard-edged bio-pic of someone who, in all likelihood, didn't exist? (and not even in a 'oh he's an amalgam of historical entities and events' way.  It looks like the Hebrews were never even in Egypt, let alone enslaved there)



I'd love to see the story told that I personally subscribe to, whereby the Heretic Pharoah Akenhaton and his disgraced followers were forced to leave Egypt, founding the Hebrew people in the process.

 

Thats a film that will never, ever be made tho.

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post #16 of 20
1/28/12 at 4:23pm

The movie should be called: Moses Begins

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post #17 of 20
1/28/12 at 4:27pm

I dunno..Moses & the Old Testament? Spielberg'll probably just make it all "Jew-y".

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post #18 of 20
1/28/12 at 5:13pm
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The movie should be called: Moses Begins



X-Men: Origins: Moses.

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post #19 of 20
1/29/12 at 3:42am

Moses: The Basket Years

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post #20 of 20
2/1/12 at 10:43am

Too bad Basket Case is already taken.

 

 

On a more serious note, I'm honestly shocked it has taken this long for Stevie to tackle the biblical epic subgenre.

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