Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. From Sony’s AFFIRM FILMS division,  Risen tells the epic story of Clavius (Joseph Fiennes), a non-believing Roman Military official assigned to find Jesus’ missing body following the Resurrection. Maria Botto plays Mary Magdalene. The film was screened at the Vatican last week and in…

Francis the First. In a cinematic first, Pope Francis will become the first pontiff to act in a scripted movie. In AMBI Pictures’ Beyond the Sun, Pope Francis portrays himself in an inspirational story based on Gospel parables. The concept for the feature film is said to have emanated from Francis himself who asked the…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Roman Couture. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment have partnered with PASSAGES presented by the Museum of the Bible in Santa Clarita, California to bring the Mark Burnett and Roma Downey’s A.D. The Bible Continues to life with an exclusive Costume and…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. A.D. on DVD (and Blu-ray). A.D. The Bible Continues told the epic story of The Book of Acts last season on NBC. Now that the 10-hour event series is available for the home-vid market, producers Mark Burnett and Roma Downey have sent a video…

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