Veteran film producer Robert Halmi is remaking The Ten Commandments for ABC Television. The two-part film will be broadcast over the upcoming Easter weekend. ABC will not break with tradition by cancelling its traditional broadcast of the original version of the film (produced in 1956) which starred, of course, Charlton Heston.
ABC President Stephen McPherson said, "Do viewers come in to watch the old one and then get enticed to watch a new one?" he said. "Or is that too much of one thing and viewers say, 'Eh, why do I want to watch a new one?' We'll see ... what works in better with our schedule."
The film will star Dougray Scott as Moses, Omar Sharif will take on the role of Jethro and the Rameses role made famous by Yul Brynner will be played by Paul Rhys. In case you are wondering, Dougray Scott is heterosexual (see! He's got two kids a wife).
IMDB has more details of the casting and the few other details available at this time.
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1. Pressed
January 23, 2006
12:39 PM
This will be interesting. I’ll probably have to watch it out of pure curiosity.
2. Sam
January 23, 2006
4:01 PM
Why did you add the part about his sexual orientation? Should that matter in our world of relatives? Aren’t we all related?
Is there a term for those of us that like movies in their original format from when it was released originally?
Is long as there isn’t too much creative license, I will watch it.
3. david
January 23, 2006
9:06 PM
4. David
January 24, 2006
8:40 AM
I just hope it doesn’t turn out like Jon Voight’s Noah’s Ark.
5. holmegm
January 24, 2006
7:28 PM
>I just hope it doesn’t turn out like Jon Voight’s Noah’s Ark.
Is that the crazy one that fused Noah and Abraham?
6. David
January 25, 2006
12:10 PM
That’s the one. Pirates attack the Ark and Noah’s wife turns to salt.
7. Vicki Davis
January 25, 2006
8:45 PM
The original was one of my favorite movies of all time. It just came out on DVD. It is so very moving.
Of course I’ll watch it so I can talk about it with my non Christian friends (you never know when God will give you a chance to share the Truth) but it would take a lot of budget and strong acting to ever come close to the original.
I’m looking for a copy of The Robe — one of my other favorites. Thanks for the heads up.
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