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An unexpectedly sophisticated and (mostly) accurate depiction of God’s Word
"the bible" series Daniel T. Gomes
Ever since The Passion of the Christ, the vast majority of films and TV series on biblical stories have failed to make an impact on mainstream audiences. Usually directed by small, independent companies with scarce resources and cast options, these projects have next to no chance of competing with Hollywood’s blockbusters and all their star power and enormous budgets. For years, it seemed that religious entertainment was confined to a niche market, that epic feature films and series belonged
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in the past, as mere antiquities in the history of motion picture. And then The Bible series came out. Rumors first began to appear in 2011 that a large-scale production centered on biblical stories was to take place in the following year. This production, spearheaded by reality show producer Mark Burnett and his wife, actress and producer Roma Downey, would be a 10-hour miniseries broadcast on the History Channel. Back then, this was already huge
