Tag: Messiah
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‘Deliver Us’ Directors on How to Make Your Low Budget Film Look Hypnotic and Gorgeous — Horror Film School
Horror Film School is a new feature in which talent in front of and behind the camera share the ins and outs of creating the biggest onscreen scares.Creative duo Lee Roy Kunz and Cru Ennis wrote and directed the religious indie horror film “Deliver Us,” which was just released in select theaters and VOD. The…
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Why Dune Director Denis Villeneuve Wants To Adapt Dune: Messiah
Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” is one of the best big-budget sci-fi movies of the past few years, a fantastic adaptation that captures the epic scope of Frank Herbert’s magnum opus, its politics, vast world-building, and most importantly, its cautionary tale about messiahs. While we wait for the delayed “Dune: Part Two” to bring the second part of…
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Mubi appoints former Netflix exec as head of global marketing (exclusive)
Trafalgar Releasing’s Ollie Charles also joining as senior communications manager.Global distributor, producer and streamer Mubi has appointed former Netflix manager Ibtisam Omer as director of marketing, global.The newly-created role is based in Berlin and Omer will report into Lilly Riber, global vice president of marketing, to lead Mubi’s worldwide marketing strategy, with a particular focus…
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‘Messiah’ Creator Michael Petroni and Star Mehdi Dehbi on Their Provocative Netflix Series
Created by Michael Petroni, the Netflix original series Messiah follows CIA officer Eva Geller (Michelle Monaghan), as she uncovers information about a man (Mehdi Dehbi) who’s gaining attention all over the world because some believe him to be the Messiah. As Eva digs deeper into the origins of Al-Masih and her sole focus becomes determining…
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‘Messiah’ Trailer: Michelle Monaghan Investigates a Modern-Day Christ Figure (Or Is He a Con Artist?)
How would the world react if a modern-day Jesus figure emerged in the era of social media? That’s the basic gist of Messiah, a new Netflix series that stars Michelle Monaghan (Eagle Eye) as a CIA officer investigating the rise of a controversial figure (Mehdi Dehbi) who may be scamming thousands into following him –…