

Messala reunites with Ben-Hur and attempts to convince his adoptive brother to serve as an informant. Ben-Hur treats and shelters a young Zealot youth named Dismas. His return coincides with a rising insurrection by the Zealots, Jews who are opposed to the oppressive nature of Roman rule. Three years later, Messala returns as a decorated Roman officer. But when her father Simonides seeks to marry her off to a Roman, Ben-Hur declares his love for her and takes her as his wife. Ben-Hur also develops feelings for the family slave Esther although their different station in life compels him not to pursue her. Messala enlists in the Roman army and fights in the Roman Empire's wars in Germany. Paramount PicturesĪ Jewish nobleman, Judah Ben-Hur, and his adopted Roman brother Messala are best friends despite their different origins.

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It received generally negative reviews and was a box office failure, grossing $94 million worldwide against its $100 million production budget plus a large amount spent on marketing and distribution. Ben-Hur premiered on August 9, 2016, in Mexico City and was theatrically released by Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on August 19, 2016, in the United States in 2D, 3D, RealD 3D, Digital 3D, and IMAX 3D. Principal photography began on February 2, 2015, in Matera, Italy and lasted about five months, finishing in June 2015. The film stars Jack Huston, Morgan Freeman, Toby Kebbell, Nazanin Boniadi, Haluk Bilginer, and Rodrigo Santoro. It has been termed a "re-adaptation", "reimagining", and "new interpretation" of the novel. It is the third version of Ben-Hur released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is the fifth film adaptation of the 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace following the 1907 silent short film, the 1925 silent film, the Academy Award-winning 1959 film and the 2003 animated film of the same name. Ben-Hur is a 2016 American epic historical drama film directed by Timur Bekmambetov and written by Keith Clarke and John Ridley.
