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Left Behind Trailer – God doesn’t like Nicolas Cage enough to Rapture him

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Many were surprised when a bigger budget remake of Left Behind was announced. While Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye’s novel series and the early 2000s films adaptations have a following, it’s mainly amongst a particular section of the American religious right who are big into ‘The Rapture’.

Nevertheless they signed up the likes of Nicolas Cage, Chad Michael Murray and Lea Thompson for the movie, and now the trailer has arrive.

The story follows a group trying to survive in the aftermath of the Rapture, which has seen all the true Christians being spirited up to heaven, leaving everyone else behind to deal with the end of days. Cage is plays Ray Steele, a neglectful dad and pilot who finds God too late and so forms the Tribulation Force to cope with the coming carnage.=

Paul Lalonde, who wrote the original Left Behind in 2001, and John Patus, who wrote the last instalment of the earlier film series, Left Behind: World at War, came up with the screenplay. Stun legend Vic Armstrong directs.

From the trailer is seems the overly pious tone of the earlier movies has been toned down for this version, instead trying to sell it as more of a mainstream action movie with a religion bent. [Read more…]

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Ashley Tisdale Will Get Left Behind With Nic Cage and Chad Michael Murray

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ashley-tisdale-1The early 2000s adaptations of Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye’s novel series Left Behind could only muster religious zealot (and former Growing Pains star) Kirk Cameron as its lead, but a planned new version already has Nic Cage and Chad Michael Murray, and now Deadline reports that High School Musical’s Ashley Tisdale is in talks to join them.

The story follows a group trying to survive in the aftermath of the Rapture, which has seen all the true Christians being spirited up to heaven, leaving everyone else behind to deal with the end of days. Cage is set to play Ray Steele, a neglectful dad and pilot who finds God too late and so forms the Tribulation Force to cope with the coming carnage. Tisdale will play his daughter Chloe, who has also been left behind and is a founding member of the Force.

Paul Lalonde, who wrote the original Left Behind in 2001, and John Patus, who wrote the last installment of the earlier film series, Left Behind: World at War, are writing the screenplay. There’s no news on whether the overly pious tone of the earlier movies will be changed for this slightly bigger budget remake.

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Chad Michael Murray Will Get Left Behind With Nicolas Cage

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chad-michael-murrayMany were surprised when it was announced a couple of months ago that Nicolas Cage had signed up to star in a remake of the evangelical Christian based movies, Left Behind. Now One Tree Hill star Chad Michael Murray is in talks for the movie.

There is a little confusion, as in October it was suggested that Cage would play journalist Cameron “Buck” Williams, although now Deadline says Chad Michael Murray will play the reporter. There’s no indication that Cage has exited the production, so presumably he’ll be playing a different character.

The film, based on the novels by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye (which became a film series in the early 2000s), follows a group trying to survive in the aftermath of the Rapture, which has seen all the true Christians being spirited up to heaven, leaving everyone else behind to deal with the end of days. Paul Lalonde, who wrote the original Left Behind in 2001, and John Patus, who wrote the last installment of the earlier film series, Left Behind: World at War, are writing the screenplay.

Vic Armstrong is directing for Family Screen Pictures, with a budget set at $15 million. The original novels have sold over 65 million copies worldwide.

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Nicolas Cage In Talks For Biblical Rapture Left Behind Reboot

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Hollywood has shown a lot of interest in biblical/religion based movies recently, in the hope of raking in some cash from US Christians. Now it appears they’re looking at rebooting the Left Behind series, based on Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins novels, which were made into a successful (low budget) series of films in the early 2000s starring Kirk Cameron.

Now THR reports that Nicolas Cage is eyeing the lead role of Cameron ‘Buck’ Williams in a big screen do-over of the end of the world thriller. This will be the first theatrical feature from faith-oriented production company Stoney Lake Entertainment. The story follows a group of survivors who are left behind after the biblical rapture takes all the faithful to heaven, and they’re left to deal with the end of days.. The original trilogy became the highest grossing Christian-themed franchise ever produced.

Let’s hope the presence of some a-list talent will ensure this doesn’t delve too far into the Christian right’s hatred of gays (Kirk Cameron has become one of the poster boys of the anti-gay movement, and likes to paint himself as a martyr because people argue back against his patronising, odious views).

With a projected budget of $15 million, this reboot will shoot in early spring with a projected release date of Fall 2013.

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