BEN-HUR - THE EPIC RELIVE

There is nothing like bringing back the 1929 and 1959 titan classic movie, Ben Hur, an updated 2016 version of the American historical epic action film directed by Timur Bekmambetov and written by Keith Clarke and John Ridley. It is based on the 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace and has been termed a "re-adaptation", "reimagining" and "new interpretation" of the novel. The film stars Jack Huston, Morgan Freeman, Toby Kebbell, Nazanin Boniadi and Rodrigo Santoro. Principal photography began on February 2, 2015 in Rome, Italy and lasted for about 6 months finishing in August 2015.

The film is scheduled to be released on August 19, 2016 in North America in 2D, 3D, RealD 3D and Digital 3D. A nobleman, Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), is falsely accused of an assassination attempt by his childhood friend and adoptive brother Messala (Toby Kebbell). He survives years of slavery under the Romans and attempts to get revenge by challenging his adoptive brother in a grand chariot race while being forever changed after a series of encounters with Jesus of Nazareth. This sounds pretty close to what we saw in  Gladiator. We just have to wait and see the new Ben Hur and hopefully not something similar like Pompeii.

Huston said he felt "incredibly honored to be stepping into Charlton Heston's sandals. He was initially offered the role of Messala, but director Bekmambetov decided instead he had the sympathetic manner and grit to play the title role. Bekmambetov found Huston to be an actor who not only was a "well-built, experienced horseman" but one who "felt like he was born in that era." He said, "I wouldn't be surprised if some of Jack's many famous ancestors took part in an actual fight between Romans and Judaeans we depict in our film."

Well, one thing for sure the final chariot race looks impressive from the new trailers released or just go back and watch the Blu-ray version of the original before we all dive in the new re-imagine version. Be sure to check that out below: