Posted on 02/17/2014 3:09:57 PM PST by Rio
“Son of God” producers Mark Burnett and Roma Downey have cast Satan out of their upcoming Biblical epic about Jesus Christ, an individual familiar with the 20th Century Fox project has told TheWrap.
“Son of God” is a reshaped version of last year’s hit History Channel miniseries “The Bible,” which co-starred Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni as Satan. Burnett and Downey came under fire last year because Ouazanni bears a striking resemblance to President Barack Obama, though the producers said at the time that the casting controversy was unintentional and merely coincidental.
“Someone made a comment that the actor who played the devil vaguely resembled our president, and suddenly the media went nuts,” Downey said in a statement Monday. “The next day, when I was sure everyone would only be talking about Jesus, they were talking about Satan instead. For our movie, ‘Son of God,’ I wanted all of the focus to be on Jesus. I want his name to be on the lips of everyone who sees this movie, so we cast Satan out. It gives me great pleasure to tell you that the devil is on the cutting room floor.”
20th Century Fox will release “Son of God” on Feb. 28. The 10-hour miniseries has been pared down to two hours, which meant sacrificing Satan’s scenes to focus on Jesus.
The end of February has proven to be a lucrative time of year for faith-based movies, as “The Passion of the Christ” earned $125 million in its first five days after opening on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2004.
“It gives me great pleasure to tell you that the devil is on the cutting room floor,” said producer Roma Downey
Maybe we should just be happy there was a series on TV explicitly centered around the Bible and that was the only call for editing it that was received. Thanking goodness for life’s small favors and what not.
he didn’t want to wear his horns that day, is all....
So lucrative that they waited 10 years for a follow-up film.
A 10 hr. miniseries cut down to 2 hrs?????
They kept all the action scenes in.
Maybe they could replace those scenes with a Satan that looks like Hillary?
weelllllll... when the shoe fits, and all that, you know....
RE: ‘Bible’ Miniseries ‘Son of God’ Cuts Satan Scenes Featuring Obama Lookalike
But did the actor get paid??
I think that they have it wrong. Satan didn’t look like Obama. Obama looks like Satan.
(In Yodaspeak), “Disappointed I am.”
Will the ninja angels be allowed to stay as long as they’re not harming homosexuals?
The Devil threatened to sue for defamation.
That’s right cut the closet thing to reality in the whole series.
Obama can’t appear in a “Son of God” program, to the Leftist true believes he IS BETTER than God.
Calypso Louis and Jeremiah Wright proll’y told the producers they got it wrong, they should’a had white devils.
Looking forward to the “director’s cut” version.
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