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Newsbites: Resurrection! Chosen! Way of the Wind! Ruth & Boaz! David!
The sequel to The Passion of the Christ announces its lead actors; The Chosen goes back to "the creation of the universe"; Terrence Malick's Jesus movie…
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Peter T Chattaway
Box office: Demon Slayer, The Conjuring set new records while most of the week's new films underperform
Him had the lowest opening of any Jordan Peele-produced horror film, and A Big Bold Beautiful Journey outright flopped, but Noah Live! was the first…
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Peter T Chattaway
Box office: Demon Slayer shatters anime record, gives September a second surprise boost
Also: Downton Abbey 3 and The Long Walk had so-so openings, Spinal Tap 2 flopped, and *three* of the week's top ten movies were (re-)releases of films…
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Box office: The Conjuring: Last Rites scores the 3rd-best horror movie opening ever
Meanwhile, Hamilton finally got a theatrical release and landed at #2, making this the third week in a row that one of the Top 2 movies was already…
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Peter T Chattaway
Watch: John the disciple-to-be meets John the baptizer in Light of the World
The animated film is now playing in theatres across North America.
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Peter T Chattaway
Watch: Matthew joins the followers of Jesus in a new clip from Light of the World
The film comes to theatres September 5.
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Peter T Chattaway
Newsbites: Judas' Gospel reviewed! Light of the World! The King of Kings! Noah!
Also: a possible update on the release date for The Carpenter's Son.
Newsbites: David! The King of Kings! Ruth & Boaz! Zero A.D.! Light of the World!
The makers of The Chosen partner with the makers of an animated Bible movie; Zero A.D. gets new character posters; and more.
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Peter T Chattaway
Newsbites: The King of Kings! Judas' Gospel! Light of the World!
Jang Seong-ho's animated Jesus movie rises up the charts in its native South Korea; an Italian filmmaker asks if Judas had free will; and another…
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Peter T Chattaway
Newsbites: The Faithful! Judas' Gospel! Light of the World!
Minnie Driver returns to the book of Genesis; a movie about Judas gets a trailer before its world premiere at Locarno next month; and the next major…
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Peter T Chattaway
Watch: The disciples meet in a new clip from Light of the World
Right from the start, they're competing for status.
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Peter T Chattaway
Newsbites: The Chosen! Light of the World! The Resurrection of the Christ!
The Chosen announces new theatrical and streaming dates; Light of the World gets a music video; and Mel Gibson is already prepping The Resurrection of…
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