First of all, read this book. It did more for my faith and an explanation of who Jesus Christ really was than four years of Catholic Prep School did. I higly recommend it.
Second, I think in the right hands, this could be a great movie. I see it as being half animated and half live action. You get celebrity voices to portray Biff, Maggie, and Joseph as young kids, then around 18 or so, you go to live action.
As for Mary Magdeline, or Maggie, I think that Natalie Portman or Jena Malone would do a good job.
Russell Crowe should "reprise" his role as Maximus to play Gaius Justicus, the Roman centurion who befrends Joseph and Biff.
Kevin Spacey should play Pontius Pilate
And Josh Hartnett should play one of the apostles. Why? Because he'd be good at it. He might make an excellent Judas.
Hell, I think we need a movie about the life of Christ period. We haven't gotten a good one since Last Temptation of Christ.
The only problem with this book is that if you take Dogma, subtract the modernization and 98 percent of the dick/fart jokes, then mulitply by ten, you would have this book. Heavy stuff. Ultra-controversial.
And when I say movie about the life of Christ, I'm talking a serious picture, not Jesus Christ: With A Vengance, starring Vin Diesel.
Second, I think in the right hands, this could be a great movie. I see it as being half animated and half live action. You get celebrity voices to portray Biff, Maggie, and Joseph as young kids, then around 18 or so, you go to live action.
As for Mary Magdeline, or Maggie, I think that Natalie Portman or Jena Malone would do a good job.
Russell Crowe should "reprise" his role as Maximus to play Gaius Justicus, the Roman centurion who befrends Joseph and Biff.
Kevin Spacey should play Pontius Pilate
And Josh Hartnett should play one of the apostles. Why? Because he'd be good at it. He might make an excellent Judas.
Hell, I think we need a movie about the life of Christ period. We haven't gotten a good one since Last Temptation of Christ.
The only problem with this book is that if you take Dogma, subtract the modernization and 98 percent of the dick/fart jokes, then mulitply by ten, you would have this book. Heavy stuff. Ultra-controversial.
And when I say movie about the life of Christ, I'm talking a serious picture, not Jesus Christ: With A Vengance, starring Vin Diesel.
