Son of God ( 2014 )

allthedoyles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUja5WJFAXA

Its opening in the USA on Feb 28th

Anyone know when it will be in Ireland ?

johnny_ultimate

Ugh, that looks woeful and amateurish. The trailer indicates nothing more than religious filmmaking of the most bland, condescending and pious sort. Think I'll stick with Pasolini's Gospel According to Matthew.

Wouldn't count on it getting an Irish release, America has a market for Christian film that other countries simply do not.

allthedoyles

This is the film , ( if you can recall ) where the devil is featured , and he looks like President Obama .

But I think that part has been cut from the film .

Baze

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Wouldn't count on it getting an Irish release, America has a market for Christian film that other countries simply do not.

Oh, it's being released this side of the pond alright.

Was just reading about it a few days ago as they have cut some scenes from the film and the accusation has been made that it was because an actor playing Satan looked too much like.. (get this) President Obama.

Why Roma Downey cast Satan out of her Bible movie, Son of God

IT was a controversy which saw Roma Downey at the centre of a battle between good and evil.

Roma and her husband Mark Burnett are preparing for the release of the Son Of God movie which the LA power couple both produced.

The movie is based on their hit television series, The Bible which drew in millions of viewers across the world last year.

Despite its commercial success, the couple had to fend off criticism over why an actor who looked like the US President had been cast in the evil role.

Controversy reigned because the Emmy-nominated History Channel mini-series featured Mohamen Mehdi Ouzanni, who looks like Obama.

So now they have decided to cut Satan out of the film version altogether.

The Bible had 10 hours of running material which has now been condensed into two hours for Son Of God – and the Devil has been left on the cutting room floor.

On the decision to remove Satan from the production, which will be released later this month, US-based star Roma said she wanted the focus of the work to be on Jesus, not Satan.

"Someone made a comment that the actor who played the Devil vaguely resembled our President, and suddenly the media went nuts," Roma said.

"The next day, when I was sure everyone would only be talking about Jesus, they were talking about Satan instead."

Roma – who was born in the Bogside and has become one of Northern Ireland's richest people – plays Jesus' mother in the movie.

"For our movie Son Of God I wanted all of the focus to be on Jesus... so we cast Satan out," said the former Thornhill College pupil.

"It gives me great pleasure to tell you that the Devil is on the cutting room floor."

In a December interview with the Belfast Telegraph, from her Malibu mansion, the 53-year-old Touched By An Angel star said she will never forget her Derry roots.

And on the possibility of making a film back home, she added: "I would never say never to that. I hold Ireland very dear to my heart.

"As they say, you can take the girl out of Ireland, but never the other way around."

I unfortunately missed The Zero Theorem screening with Terry Gilliam's Q&A, but didn't somebody say that he mentioned that we were getting 'something biblical' soon?

Hoping not (obviously).. but could this perchance, be the Surprise flick at JDIFF this year??

allthedoyles

Apparently the Americans love this type of Biblical film as there is no copyright.

zenno

Interesting that they removed Barack Hussein Obama's lookalike of Satan. Looks a bit satanish to me... Also old Egyptian as well.








Satan is known as the deceiver that leads humanity astray. Obama is a good candidate don't you think.

Corholio

The Jesus looks a hell of a lot like the Jesus from the theme park in Bill Maher's excellent documentary 'Religulous'

allthedoyles

This film should soon hit Irish cinemas .........anyone know when ?

Ipso

Spoilers, it was the jews what done it!

kryptonmight

Is this getting released here in Ireland? I thought it was supposed to be released in April but I haven't seen any listings for it yet.

Sad Professor

Very unlikely. Buy the DVD, it's been available since last year.

smokingman

I would rather be sexually molested by Glen Beck than have to watch this....and what's with the Caucasian Jesus? He was an Arab character dontchaknow.

Adamantium

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHyEFefqAIk

Jesus looks the guy off this MAD TV parody.