Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur is a 2016 American epic historical drama action film directed by Timur Bekmambetov and written by Keith Clarke and John Ridley. It is the fifth film adaptation of the 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace following the 1907 silent film, the1925 silent film, the Academy Award-winning 1959 film and the 2003 animated film of the same name. It has been termed a "re-adaptation," "reimagining," and "new interpretation" of the novel.^[4][5] The film stars Jack Huston, Morgan Freeman, Toby Kebbell,Nazanin Boniadi, Haluk Bilginer and Rodrigo Santoro.

Principal photography began on February 2, 2015 in Rome, Italy and lasted for about six months, finishing in August 2015. The film is scheduled to be released on August 19, 2016 in the United States in 2D, 3D, RealD 3D, Digital 3D and IMAX 3D.