Ben-Hur | 8/19/16 | 7 minutes of Jack Reacher will play before the movie

[Krissykins]

This looks abysmal.

[jb007]

Why even bother? 

 

Leave the classics alone. 

[Ozymandias]

I seriously might watch this one day just to try and figure out the reasoning for putting Morgan Freeman in this as a Jamaican ganja dealer.

[Lordmandeep]

No point remaking this.

 

You cant make a good sword and sandal epic, you need like 300 million and it be just a CGI fest. 

[BadAtGender]

On 3/16/2016 at 9:41 AM, CJohn said:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1782568/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_4

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3877844/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_2

 

So in other words, yes.

 

He produced The Darkest Hour and 9.

 

9 might be the only movie I refuse to ever see because of the music in the trailer.

[Blankments]

First predicts:

 

OW: 21M

DOM: 48M

[kowhite]

If Jesus took a shit on reboot filmmaking...

 

This movie would've happened.

 

Apparently you don't need Jesus for that.

[DAJK]

1 hour ago, Blankie Cochran said:

First predicts:

 

OW: 21M

DOM: 48M

Pompeii #'s IMO

[grim22]

Moves one week to August 19

 

http://deadline.com/2016/04/paramount-cinemacon-florence-foster-jenkins-ben-hur-1201735876/

 

Quote

At Paramount’s CinemaCom panel tonight, the studio announced that Stephen Frears’ Meryl Streep-Hugh Grant period piece Florence Foster Jenkins will be coming out on Aug. 12. As a result,   Ben Hur, which was previously on that date, goes  to Aug. 19.

 

A late August release is pretty much sealing its fate by the looks of it. It is ceding the "Last blockbuster of summer" spot to Suicide Squad fully.

[The Futurist]

Yep, this is getting dumped.

 

[Belakor]

this movie happened?

 

[DAJK]

1 hour ago, Belakor said:

this movie happened?

 

I mean, it hasn't exactly "happened" yet.

[filmlover]

1 hour ago, The Futurist said:

Yep, this is getting dumped.

 

Pretty much. It's opening in the same slot as the bomb Conan the Barbarian remake did to the day. Won't be surprised if it puts up similar numbers.

[The Futurist]

The famous movie of the fifties couldn't be shot today, can you find out why ?

[kayumanggi]

SUICIDE SQUAD's victim. lol

[Lordmandeep]

Lol I wonder if this will have homo erotic overtones like the 1959 film.

[WrathOfHan]

Better date, still going to be a gigantic flop.

[shayhiri]

Do not hate period movies.

[MattW]

 

Dat music doe

[Fancyarcher]

Pretty obvious they're trying to sell this to a Christian faith-based audience now. That terrible modern-faith military romance music seals it for me.