ROTTEN TOMATOES: The Ten Commandments Get CGI Makeover

The Ten Commandments Get CGI Makeover

Sadly, Kirk Cameron does not appear to have a role.

by Jeff Giles | August 24, 2007

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.

Promenade's got tons o' scriptural fun in store for moviegoers, in the form of a twelve-part, CGI-animated series titled Epic Stories of the Bible -- and the party starts on October 26, when the first installment in the series, The Ten Commandments, is slated to open. As you might have guessed, this isn't a terribly big-budget affair, at least not initially; Commandments is opening in a limited number of theaters (Variety puts the number between 500-800). But what a cast. From the article:

"The Ten Commandments" is narrated by Ben Kingsley, with Elliott Gould voicing God, Christian Slater as Moses and Alfred Molina as Ramses.

Personally, we always sort of assumed God looked like Barry Gibb and sounded like Patrick Stewart, but hey, Elliott Gould is cool too. And Christian Slater as Moses? Stroke of genius.

Source: Variety

Related Items

Celeb:	Elliott Gould
	Ben Kingsley
	Alfred Molina
	Christian Slater

(1-20 of 42 posts) | Reply

bigbrother writes:
on Aug 24 2007 04:42 AM

Charlton Heston is rollin in his grave.

(Reply to this)

jacog writes:
on Aug 24 2007 05:04 AM

Charlton Heston is still alive. :)

(Reply to this)

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.

(Reply to this)

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.

(Reply to this)

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.

(Reply to this)

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

(Reply to this)

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?

(Reply to this)

crudebob writes:
on Aug 24 2007 05:34 AM

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

(Reply to this)

Cindy_Lou_Who writes:
on Aug 24 2007 05:36 AM

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

(Reply to this)

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...

(Reply to this)

welease_woger writes:
on Aug 24 2007 05:38 AM

Stwike Crudebob and Cindy_Lou_Who, Centuwion, vewy woughly!

(Reply to this)

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 :)

(Reply to this)

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

Ah, yes. Something else to indoctrinate the kiddies.

(Reply to this)

Crenshaw writes:
on Aug 24 2007 06:23 AM

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

(Reply to this)

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 :-)

(Reply to this)

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.

(Reply to this)

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.

(Reply to this)

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.

(Reply to this)

Dionei writes:
on Aug 24 2007 09:17 AM

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

(Reply to this)

arendr writes:
on Aug 24 2007 09:59 AM

This would work better as a Woody Allen movie.

(Reply to this)