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Spielberg Officially In Talks For Moses Film
After much speculation that Warner Brothers wanted Steven Spielberg to helm their film 'Gods and Kings' based on the life of biblical hero Moses, it is now being reported that proceedings have graduated to formal talks. The existing script for the film was written by Michael Green and Stuart Hazeldine. Green penned several episodes of 'Heroes' and co-wrote the screenplay for 'The Green Lantern' while Hazeldine wrote and directed the 2009 thriller 'Exam.' Apparently the 'Gods and Kings' script will tell the story of Moses' entire life and not simply his struggles to free the Hebrews from the Egyptians.
It is important to note here that no official deal has yet been made. Warner Brothers has simply taken their plans from the "wouldn't it be great if we got Spielberg" phase to actually taking meetings with the guy. This project sounds like an undertaking that may redefine epic. And if there is one person who has proven himself time and time again when it comes to historical epics, it's Steven Spielberg. Though with a project of this size, the question becomes when would Spielberg have time to shoot this? He's already got projects lined up which will most likely tie him up well into 2013, and this does not seem like the kind of project he will be able to rush through, nor would he want to. If it does work out that Spielberg directs 'Gods and Kings,' it will be interesting to see how he handles the overabundance of material.
Is anyone interested in seeing Spielberg tackle a biblical epic?
Source: Twitch
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Comment by usesoap on November 17, 2011 at 4:24pm -
@chubblicious
don't you know that moses went to the top of mt. Sinai because that was the only place the aliens could land their spacecraft without being seen? come on, you just got to use your logic..
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Comment by CHEEZYSPAM on November 17, 2011 at 3:40pm -
if I want epic fantasy I'd just watch all of the LOTR movies again.
Don't you know somewhere Kirk Cameron is jizzing below his bible belt to be in this.
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Comment by chubblicious on November 16, 2011 at 11:13pm -
........ i just hope that in the end we don't find out that he actually got the 10 commandments from aliens
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Comment by Nikhil Sunil on November 16, 2011 at 10:31pm -
This doesn't really make me all that happy. But you know what does?
Ricky Gervais is hosting the golden globes!
whoooooo.
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Comment by Luckynacho on November 16, 2011 at 9:16pm -
do jurassic park 4 damnit
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Comment by Happy Birthday Roboto on November 16, 2011 at 7:14pm -
As has already been pointed out Spielberg was already involved with The Prince of Eygypt, but hey if it worked once already it could work again!
Also why are we now calling Green Lantern, The Green Lantern?
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Comment by The Dork Knight on November 16, 2011 at 4:54pm -
Whats with great directors making biblical movies lately? lol...not that its a bad thing (unless its one of the boring biblical ones). but between this, and Darren Aronofsky's 'Noah'...I'm interested in seeing how it comes out.
Although once I read 'Green Lantern' in this article I did chuckle.
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Comment by Hogwarts Dropout on November 16, 2011 at 4:48pm -
The director is great. The writers...nah.
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Comment by BigBoiRL on November 16, 2011 at 2:04pm -
I agree with Ha-Ra, I have faith in the capability of Spielberg but the writer's seem a little unqualified. Although, I don't think Spielberg would consider directing a movie with a bad script
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Comment by MDS on November 16, 2011 at 1:22pm -
From the guy that penned episodes of Heroes and The Green Lantern comes a movie about a guy that got lost in the desert for 40 years. Well, combining those two factoids, I'm pretty much expecting this movie to be about absolutely fucking nothing worth watching. After all, that's how episodes of Heroes and Green Lantern went.
Hell, I say Spielberg just needs to hire Tom Hanks again. That way we can get Hanks in that crazy as hell Castaway-beard look again. lol
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