The Old Testament tale starring Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton took advantage of a slow weekend to dethrone The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1, which has held onto the top spot for the past three weeks.
It was not an overwhelming victory for the heavily promoted Exodus, made for a reported budget of $140 million.
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Christian Bales is Moses in Ridley Scott’s new epic.
Frustration with an all-white main cast in “Exodus: Gods and Kings” was voiced earlier this week in the hashtag campaign, #BoycottExodusMovie.
The Old Testament epic is directed by Ridley Scott and stars Christian Bale as Moses, Aaron Paul as Joshua, John Turturro as Seti, Ben Kingsley as Nun and Sigourney Weaver as Tuya. Earlier this month, Entertainment Weekly released initial photos of the film release, which Twitter users quickly point
The first trailer for Ridley Scott’s forthcoming Old Testament epic, Exodus: Gods and Kings, has been released.
Following in the wake of April’s Noah, the film retells the biblical story of “daring” Moses, played by Christian Bale who, according to the official synopsis, “rises up against Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 600,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues”.
Moments before horses and chariots come blazing in for battle, Joel E
