Shucks, I was looking forward to the new movie on Noah. Heres latest report pre release. hollywoodreporter/news/rough-seas-noah-darren-aronofsky-679315 Moore says Aronofskys Noah is not in the more literal vein of the blockbuster Bible series produced for the History channel by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey. Theyve been very effective in terms of communicating to and being embraced by a Christian audience, says Moore. This movie has a lot more creativity to it. And therefore, if you want to put it on the spectrum, it probably is more accurate to say this movie is inspired by the story of Noah. At the same time, he says the film reflects the key themes of the Noah story in Genesis -- of faith and hope and Gods promise to mankind. The studio is aware that a vocal segment of Christian viewers might reject the film over accuracy........ In January, Pastors Brian and Bobbie Houston of Hillsong, a Pentecostal megachurch based in Australia and with outposts around the world, were invited to a screening on the studio lot. Ben Field, the churchs head of film and television, who was there, says the pastors will support the movie. If youre expecting it to be word for word from the Bible, youre in for a shock, he says. There can be an opportunity for Christians to take offense. [But] we were pretty excited that a studio like Paramount would invest in a Bible-themed movie. On Feb. 4, Pastor Brian, at the churchs Heart and Soul night in Sydney, spoke before a few thousand congregants and joked, Youll enjoy the film -- if youre not too religious.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 05:15:06 +0000