Official website: http://www.theyoungmessiah.com
List of international release dates: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1002563/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt
Also stars Adam Greaves-Neal as Jesus, and David Bradley.
Screenplay based
on the fictional book Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt, by Anne Rice.
Tells the story of Jesus Christ at age seven as he and his family depart
Egypt to return home to Nazareth. Told from his childhood perspective,
it follows young Jesus Bar-Joseph as he grows into his religious identity.
Within
this story, Sean plays a new non-book character developed by him & the film's creators (Cyrus Nowrasteh & Betsy Giffen), a Roman centurion named Severus who serves the current King of Judah, Herod's son, in his cruel rule of the Jews on behalf of the Roman conquerors.
IMDb page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1002563
Extended look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5dm4lHFNJs
Behind the Scenes clips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jgOi37wY-k
Sean Bean and director Cyrus Nowrasteh |