JoBlo Movie Trivia Quiz: Historical Epics

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Welcome to JoBlo’s Epic Movie Trivia Quizzes! Bringing together great actors, impressive production values, and a cast of thousands, historical epics have traditionally offered up some of the most incredible movies ever to be seen on the big-screen. Sure, they...

Ben-Hur (1959) – Movie in a Nutshell

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With the remake racing into theaters this week, we take a look back at the 1959 original epic Ben-Hur, starring Charlton Heston, which finds a Jewish prince betrayed and sent into slavery by his longtime Roman friend, only to return...

We interview Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Mark Burnett and more for Ben-Hur!

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It's a pretty huge task to take on the 1959 classic BEN-HUR starring Chalton Heston, directed by the legendary William Wyler. Yet producers Mark Burnett and Roma Downey are bringing us a massive reteling – one that is based heavily...

It’s brother versus brother in the latest Ben-Hur trailer

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It won't be long before another BEN-HUR is in the marketplace – the fourth such adaptation of Lew Wallace's 1880 novel but the first projected in 3-D. Timur Bekmambetov is in the director's chair this time, marking his first feature...

Brand new 360 photo from Ben-Hur throws you right into the races

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I can honestly say I was shocked when I heard they would be making another big-budget version of BEN-HUR. Sure, it’s a biblical tale and those, for some reason, are becoming quite popular in the mainstream marketplace as of late....

New character posters introduce the cast of Ben-Hur

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It's going to be a little hard to top Charlton Heston's BEN-HUR, but Timur Bekmambetov seems game to give it a try. The upcoming epic from Paramount/MGM tells the story of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a prince falsely accused of...

Go behind the epic with this new featurette for Ben-Hur

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BEN-HUR is the epic story of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother Messala (Toby Kebbell), an officer in the Roman army. Stripped of his title, separated from his family and the woman...

Timur Bekmambetov brings the epic in the first trailer for Ben-Hur

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Director Timur Bekmambetov (ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, WANTED) brings to life the classic tale of a falsely accused nobleman who survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betrayed him. That's right! We're talking maritime battles,...

Jack Huston takes the reins in first look at Timur Bekmambetov’s Ben-Hur

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It's not everyday that one of the biggest biblical epics of all time gets remade, but we're just a few short months away from Timur Bekmambetov's adaptation of Lew Wallace's 1880 novel "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ". This will...

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