Moses Kicking Ass – Coming To A Theatre Near You

Picture if you will, a landmark film in the history of cinema, The Ten Commandments. No doubt you can already see Charlton Heston in dirty robes, acting all fatherly and holy and what not. Now throw in some Spartans, and Mel Gibson’s William Wallace for good measure – you now have yourselves the latest reimagining of Moses’ classic tale, according to Variety.

Peter Chernin and Twentieth Century Fox are developing a “retelling” of the story of Moses, reeds, slavery, exodus – the lot. And according to their sources, the film will be more “Braveheart” than “Songs of Praise“:

The script will be written by Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, who recently completed a scripted retelling of Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick” for director Timur Bekmambetov at Universal.

“Moby Dick” was pitched as a “300″-like reimagining of the Melville story as a visually stunning action piece, and the story of Moses is conceived similarly.

The goal is to give a “Braveheart” feel to a story most famously captured in Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 film “The Ten Commandments.”

Very little else is known about the ambitious project at present, the biggest question will of course be, who can fill the boots of such a famous religious icon? And just how much of “Braveheart” will be captured in the latest retelling? So far, with the little detail we have, I believe this does have the potential to be a fantastic film. Early and optimistic I know, but we must have faith mustn’t we?

One thing however, I do draw the line at kilts. Just wanted to put that out there.

Tags: Braveheart, Moses, Peter Chernin, The Ten Commandments