BOP Daily News
February 11, 2004
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As the release date of Mel Gibson’s controversial epic, The Passion of the Christ, nears, Gibson is making himself more available to both the media and concerned religious leaders to discuss the film. Gibson recently participated in a live satellite chat with more than 3,000 invited guests - all leaders in the California religious community - at a university in a bid to encourage them to support the film. Reaction to the epic amongst many in the religious community has been decidedly mixed, but Gibson is reportedly convinced that his film will be warmly embraced. He also explained he decided to make the film as penance for his own good fortune and high living. There were no reports as to what the audience viewing the film would be doing penance for.
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And in related The Passion of the Christ news, many theatres are already selling advance tickets to the scheduled February 25th opening of the limited release, and most are reporting sellouts for the first few days of its run. Which reminds us all that whatever else can be said about them, nobody does advance publicity like the Catholic Church.
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George Lucas just doesn’t know when to quit. Reports have surfaced that Lucas is delaying the filming of the long-awaited fourth installment in the Indiana Jones franchise because he’s dissatisfied with the script. Lucas, who is exec producing along with director Steven Spielberg, is apparently displeased with the script handed in by Frank Darabont, even though Darabont has a long, and most would say successful, writing history with the series, as well as a string of other high-profile credits. All this means the projected 2005 release date will most likely not be met, and there’s no telling how long Lucas’ tinkering will delay the film. Rumors that one of the problems the Star Wars auteur has with the current version of the script is that it won’t run three-plus hours and would require the cast to actually act could not be confirmed at press time.
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