A film about the Prophet Mohammad backed by the producer of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Matrix" is under discussion, a Qatar media firm said on Sunday, aiming to create an English-language blockbuster for the world's 1.5 billion Muslims.
Filming of the $150 million movie
budget: actors $5, production $10M, bribes to imans and mullahs $50M, security $85M
is set to start in 2011, with Barrie Osborne as its producer, Alnoor Holdings said.
Alnoor said the film - in which the Prophet would not be depicted, in accordance with Islamic strictures - was in development and talks were being held with studios, talent agencies and distributors in the United States and Britain.
| No doubt the romantic stories of how he acquired his various wives will be lovingly dwelt upon: six year old Aisha, whom he didn't touch in a husbandly way until she had reached the ripe old age of nine; his first wife, the rich widow merchant for whom he worked as a camel driver; whatsername, the Jewish war captive, taken from one of his captains... Then there are the peace treaties so conveniently broken... By sticking strictly to Koran and Sunnah an absolutely fascinating epic could be constructed. |
| Cecile B. DeMille once said, "give me any two pages of the Bible and I'll give you a movie." Wonder if that's true for the Koran? |
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