Ben-Hur Is About To Get Modernized With A New Trailer

<p>Timur Bekmambetov &lpar;Wanted&comma; Abraham Lincoln&colon; Vampire Hunter&rpar; is here to show you what happens when you mix a Charlton Heston classic&comma; a riff on Gladiator &lpar;which was already a rip-off of the original Ben-Hur&rpar;&comma; and Morgan Freeman with dreads&period; This trailer is sure to get some blood boiling from the fans of the original classic&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bekmambetov has gathered a hell of a cast&comma; led by the breakout Boardwalk Empire actor&comma; Jack Huston&comma; along with Toby Kebbell&comma; Rodrigo Santoro&comma; and a wonderfully dreadlocked Morgan Freeman&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you weren&&num;8217&semi;t already thinking this movie wasn&&num;8217&semi;t important&comma; Huston went to talk to <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;usatoday&period;com&sol;story&sol;life&sol;movies&sol;2016&sol;03&sol;14&sol;ben-hur-movie-sneak-peek&sol;81731732&sol;">USA Today<&sol;a> about the film&comma; saying &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There’s something really beautiful about it&comma; especially in the current climate of the world&comma; about different religions and people being at odds against each other&period; How do we find our way out of this&comma; how do we forgive&comma; how do we forget&comma; how do we move on&comma; how should we treat our fellow human&quest;” Color me intrigued&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"gLJdzky63BA" title&equals;"BEN-HUR Trailer &lpar;2016&rpar; - Paramount Pictures"><a placeholder href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;gLJdzky63BA"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;gLJdzky63BA&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"BEN-HUR Trailer &lpar;2016&rpar; - Paramount Pictures"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ben-Hur storms into theatres August 12th 2016&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;