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The Ten Commandments Get CGI Makeover

by Jeff Giles | August 24, 2007

Summary

Good news, God-fearing animation fans: You will soon have something besides Veggie Tales to watch, thanks to the efforts of Promenade Pictures. A whole lot more, actually, according to a report published by Variety yesterday. Back to Article

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Bigbrother writes:
on Aug 24 2007 04:42 AM

Charlton Heston is rollin in his grave.

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jacog writes:
on Aug 24 2007 05:04 AM

Charlton Heston is still alive. :)

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Drunken Mastermind writes:
on Aug 24 2007 05:14 AM

Maybe Charlie will get a cameo of some sort,and then blow Ramses head off with a shot gun.

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crudebob writes:
on Aug 24 2007 05:23 AM

In reply to this comment (#1067848)
Heston is alive? Technically speaking you%u2019re right I suppose. Isn%u2019t there a commandment that says such movies and remakes are not to be made? If not then it%u2019s high time God summoned Moses back to the mount for an update.

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Cindy_Lou_Who writes:
on Aug 24 2007 05:28 AM

Hey Crudebob, the people responsible for the RT threads have a problem with the use of apostrophes these days. When you use them, they screw up your text.

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crudebob writes:
on Aug 24 2007 05:31 AM

Okay Cindy. Lets try it again without apostrophes this time.

Heston is alive? Technically speaking you are right I suppose. Isnt there a commandment that says such movies and remakes are not to be made? If not then it high time God summoned Moses back to the mount for an update

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Cindy_Lou_Who writes:
on Aug 24 2007 05:33 AM

Hey again Crudebob, we are here online the same time. Want to go for a coffee?

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crudebob writes:
on Aug 24 2007 05:34 AM

In reply to this comment (#1067867)
Anytime sweetie! Your place or mine? Heh, heh, heh!

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Cindy_Lou_Who writes:
on Aug 24 2007 05:36 AM

In reply to this comment (#1067868)
.... Nevermind ... LOL

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Gimy writes:
on Aug 24 2007 05:36 AM

yaaay! another movie that will make jesus freaks stand outside your local theater to hand out pamphets to seeee thiiiis moooovie, cuz "its what really happened"! christ...

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welease_woger writes:
on Aug 24 2007 05:38 AM

Stwike Crudebob and Cindy_Lou_Who, Centuwion, vewy woughly!

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Bigbrother writes:
on Aug 24 2007 05:54 AM

Yeah I know, you ruined the fun though. It usually takes about 10 posts before someone realizes that something is amiss or you get someone who's not sure and says "Charlton Heston died?" I still contend that even though he's alive he may still be rolling in his grave. It's only slightly less shocking now :)

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Silver Snake writes:
on Aug 24 2007 06:08 AM

Ah, yes. Something else to indoctrinate the kiddies.

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Crenshaw writes:
on Aug 24 2007 06:23 AM

This sounds like a story you'd find in The Onion.

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Ashron writes:
on Aug 24 2007 06:25 AM

In reply to this comment (#1067880)
Hey Bigbrother, did you ever get a chance to watch Night Feeders? You can tell me if you thought it sucked. Wouldn't be the first time we've heard it :-)

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KubrickIsG-d writes:
on Aug 24 2007 07:51 AM

I'm a little confused why it says Christian Slater as Noah at the end of the article when he is playing Moses.

Also, the Charlton Heston version of The Ten Commondments was not that great- it was overblown melodramitic and poorly written-- like all of De Mille's crap. This Animated version could be a welcome change. Maybe they could start playing this one every year at Passover instead of Heston's.

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wiggins writes:
on Aug 24 2007 08:24 AM

This sounds like a fitting voice cast, but I was hoping for Gilbert Gottfried as God, French Stewart as Moses, and Dakota Fanning as Ramses.

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BrianInSD writes:
on Aug 24 2007 09:15 AM

Didn't they already do an animated version of The Ten Commandments and call it The Prince of Egypt? Hopefully this one wont have another crappy Mariah Carrey song for me to suffer through during the Oscar telecast.

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Dionei writes:
on Aug 24 2007 09:17 AM

Well, if Charlton Heston didn't die yet, he certainly has a chance now...

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arendr writes:
on Aug 24 2007 09:59 AM

This would work better as a Woody Allen movie.

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Merlin235 writes:
on Aug 24 2007 10:08 AM

There are plenty of other stories in the Old Testament to choose from, I dont know why they keep re-making the Ten Commandments. And I suppose I shouldnt be suprised that someone named "KubrikisG-d" would say that the Heston version sucked, but that is a pretty crazy assertion.

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Merlin235 writes:
on Aug 24 2007 10:15 AM

Silver Snake - do you know what indoctrinate means? I suppose you are using it negatively, but it just means to teach the fundamentals, or doctrine. It is not a wholly negative term.

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thetruebastard writes:
on Aug 24 2007 10:19 AM

This sickens me.

Besides that, between his over-the-top performances in Planet of the Apes and The Ten Commandments, Heston rules despite other slip-ups.

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Jeff Giles writes:
on Aug 24 2007 10:20 AM

In reply to this comment (#1068004)
Because I need more coffee, Kubrick. Good eye.

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ninjaandy writes:
on Aug 24 2007 10:54 AM

I love how, whenever there's an article even remotely related to religion, Gimy is here to say something insulting.

It's almost like he's on a mission from . . . uh . . . Carl Sagan? Joseph Stalin? Richard Dawkins? Himself? I'm at a loss here.

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sharpless writes:
on Aug 24 2007 11:07 AM

Darn. Now I'm going to want to slap Moses whenever he talks. Sad.

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Bob* writes:
on Aug 24 2007 05:56 PM

Okely-dokely-do.

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n_cruz69 writes:
on Aug 24 2007 09:46 PM

christian slater?

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Thundaar writes:
on Aug 24 2007 10:43 PM

Hmmm. Typical. Target practice on Heston and religion.

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Bigbrother writes:
on Aug 25 2007 01:04 AM

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I did actually, and honestly if it was a big budget feature it would have sucked, but with the obviously low budget you guys were working with you did some very clever things with it. It was fun to watch a movie with some of the old style special effects instead of the overblown CGI monstrocities we sometimes get today. There were definately some Raimi-esque elements in there.

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Vampire_Hunter_D writes:
on Aug 25 2007 04:35 AM

Gimy: I'm one of those people who stand in line to see movies based on Bible stories.
I watched The Passion of the Christ, as well as The Nativity. However, I am not a freak---not even if I do believe that the Bible is historically accurate (which a good deal of it is)---and I feel very sorry for you if you really think that I am. In fact, I pity you, and everyone like you who jumps at any chance they have to crack a joke about Christians. Do you even know any Christians? Probably not, but I'm sure you could tell me all sorts of bull**** stories about how you've encountered hypocrisy in the church, etc.

No, I'm just a normal guy who watches a lot of movies, just like I'm sure you do.
So please don't hate...one day it might come back around and bite you in the ***.
Maybe not. But is that really how you want to be seen, even in the safe anonymity of the internet? Do you just....I dunno, *want* to be an ***? If you do, then I'll certainly defend your right to be one, sir.

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Scarborough Fair writes:
on Aug 25 2007 10:44 AM

"But who will play Moses? We've got no one."
"Um, not no one. We've got a Mr. Slater that's up for the part."
"Who is he."
"Former Jack Nicholson impersonator, somehow got famous in the 90's."
"What's his first name?"
"Christian."
"Sold."

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Callpacas writes:
on Aug 25 2007 11:47 AM

if they do a " 13" version, i'll watch it. Hypocrisy in the church---> of course...especially envy. "your neighbor's got a better car than yours...just let it be ,as it is all in God's hand. If you try to attain a closer relationship with HIM, you would see that your possessions would be grander than his in time."

Try comforting a child that having his mother's brain splattered all over the ceiling by stray bullet of a gang shoot-out is all God's plan. No wonder people say that HE's a sadistic bastard. "Suffer for me, show your worth, and i shall reward you in time...." " these hardships are only trails testing your faith in me"

How did Bush becoming the president God's plan....

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Vampire_Hunter_D writes:
on Aug 25 2007 12:19 PM

Callpacas: What gave you such a distorted view of God? I would never tell a child that his mother's death was part of God's plan....you can't find any scripture to back it up, since the Bible is the single biggest source of info on the (Judeo-Christian) God, you'd have to show me somewhere in the Bible where it says God is in the business of killing people for kicks for me to believe it. Vengeance? In the Old Testament, yeah. Killing for the hell of it? No.

"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end."
Jeremiah 29:11

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Ashron writes:
on Aug 25 2007 01:00 PM

In reply to this comment (#1071237)
Yeah, our budget was less than the cost of a fully loaded SUV. The fisherman killed at the very beginnning. The bald one. That's me. Just thought you might be interested.

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Dark neo_wolf writes:
on Aug 25 2007 02:43 PM

Wanna cyber?

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Exode writes:
on Aug 25 2007 04:08 PM

M. Night Shyamalan should do it, he could change the entire story to incorporate a crappy twist. God gives the Ten Commandments to Moses, but "Dramatic Music" in Japanese.

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Bigbrother writes:
on Aug 26 2007 02:15 AM

In reply to this comment (#1072038)
That's still an awesome conversation piece though.

"You look familiar to me, where have I seen you before?"

"I was bald fisherman #1 in Nightfeeders"

"Bingo!!! You was the bomb in Nightfeeders Yo" :)

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Lizard Brain writes:
on Aug 26 2007 02:45 PM

In reply to this comment (#1068108)
Yes, that's the cast I'd want...

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dsence writes:
on Aug 26 2007 03:30 PM

I farted

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Film Cricket writes:
on Aug 27 2007 02:42 AM

Every attempt to make another "updated" version of this story has failed: The Prince of Egypt, the recent mini-series, etc. Whether you like it or not, you have to accept that DeMille's 1956 version is the standard. It's grossly inaccurate and cartoonish, but you can't teach the bible accurately to children without being grossly inaccurate and cartoonish. The bible is full of genocide and brutish intolerance, much like American history, and if you get mad at what I just said, you obviously haven't read the bible or American history. I'd rather let my daughter watch Bugs Bunny than the child abuse that constitutes religious "family programming."

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Bad_Animation_Man writes:
on Aug 27 2007 05:19 AM

Gilbert Gottfried playing the voice of god?! HAHAHAHA, that would be rich!

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