Uhhh, I just don’t know what I think of Ridley Scott‘s Exodus: Gods and Kings project featuring Christian Bale as Moses in a telling of the story of his part in leading the Israelite slaves out of Egypt. Above is a new picture of Bale in his battle garb and it just seems like a rather ridiculous project altogether. Not that I’m overly familiar with the Bible, but this just seems… strange.
Along with Bale the film co-stars Joel Edgerton as the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II, Aaron Paul as Joshua, the leader of the Israelite tribes and John Turturro and Sigourney Weaver as Ramesses’ parents, Seti and Tuya. I’ll let you sort out the issues one may have with that cast on your own.
Of course, the film could always surprise as Scott tells Entertainment Weekly, “What I thought I knew about Moses I didn’t really. Either I wasn’t paying attention in Sunday school or I had forgotten. I was knocked out by who he was and the basics of the story–it has to be one of the greatest adventures and spiritual experiences that could ever have been.”
We’ll see. Exodus hits theaters on December 12. Now here are three more pictures.
