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BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE Featurette

BEN-HUR Being Remade. Release Date Announced February 26, 2016

MARK BURNETT AND ROMA DOWNEY TO JOIN METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER PICTURES AND PARAMOUNT PICTURES FOR BEN-HUR . Mark Burnett and Roma Downey ( Son of God ) have joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Paramount Pictures’ Ben-Hur, it was announced today by Gary Barber, MGM’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Paramount Pictures. The studios will co-produce the film, which is set for release on February 26, 2016. Burnett joins producers Sean Daniel (The Mummy Franchise) and Joni Levin (The Way Back), while Downey joins as an executive producer. Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) will direct the film. The screenplay, originally written by Keith Clarke (The Way Back), with revisions by Academy Award®-winner John Ridley (12 Years A Slave), is based on Lew Wallace’s 1880 epic novel Ben-Hur: A Tale Of The Christ. Downey (The Bible) and John Ridley will serve as executive producers along with Keith Clarke and Jason F. Brown. Film To Release February 26, 2016 The film returns to the heart ...