Timur Bekmambetov Stages A Chariot Race In New Trailer For Ben-Hur Remake

 

Director Timur Bekmambetov will be steering his new rendition of Ben-Hur into theaters on August 19. In anticipation of the retooled sword and sandals epic, which will once again draw from Lew Wallace’s seminal 1880 novel of the same name, Paramount has rolled out a new trailer and featurette for the summer blockbuster. Designed to chronicle the brotherhood shared between Judah Ben-Hur and Messala, it isn’t long before the latter thrusts a wedge between the two, stripping Huston’s respected prince of his title. One gruelling spell in slavery later and Ben-Hur remerges, this time seeking redemption.

Also on board for Paramout’s big-budget tentpole are Morgan Freeman, Rodrigo Santoro, Nazanin Boniadi, Ayelet Zorer, Sofia Black-D’Elia and Pilou Asbæk as Judean emperor Pontius Pilate.

Ben-Hur is expected to race into theaters on August 19.