Bekmambetov will remove Hollywood classics

22.08.2013

Timur Bekmambetov is in talks with the studio on the new MGM film adaptation of Lew Wallace's work, "Ben-Hur: The Story of Christ." The action of the book takes place in the first century AD and tells of the prosperous Roman, as a result of the conflict with the authorities has become a slave. Against the background of the story the author tells the story of Jesus Christ. The book has been filmed several times: the most famous is the film version of "Ben-Hur" William Wyler filmed in 1959 and received a 11 "Oscars".