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Old 11-02-2009, 18:30   #1
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I hope someone has good life insurance

This has all the makings of a very unhappy ending. I can't figure out if Osborne is stupid or brave for deciding to make a biopic of Muhammad's life. If he gets it "wrong" he is a dead man walking.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/...uhammad-biopic

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Matrix producer plans Muhammad biopic

Barrie Osborne, part of the Oscar-winning team behind the Lord of the Rings films, says the new production 'will educate people about the true meaning of Islam'

Producer Barrie Osborne cast Keanu Reeves as the messiah in The Matrix and helped defeat the dark lord Sauron in his record-breaking Lord of the Rings trilogy. Now the Oscar-winning American film-maker is set to embark on his most perilous quest to date: making a big-screen biopic of the prophet Muhammad.

Budgeted at around $150m (£91.5m), the film will chart Muhammad's life and examine his teachings. Osborne told Reuters that he envisages it as "an international epic production aimed at bridging cultures. The film will educate people about the true meaning of Islam".

Osborne's production will reportedly feature English-speaking Muslim actors. It is backed by the Qatar-based production company Alnoor Holdings, who have installed the Muslim scholar Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi to oversee all aspects of the shoot. In accordance with Islamic law, the prophet will not actually be depicted on screen.

"The film will shed light on the Prophet's life since before his birth to his death," Ahmed Abdullah Al-Mustafa, Alnoor's chairman, told al-Jazeera. "It will highlight the humanity of Prophet Muhammad."

The as-yet-untitled picture is due to go before the cameras in 2011. It remains to be seen, however, whether it will be beaten to cinemas by another Muhammad-themed drama. Late last year, producer Oscar Zoghbi announced plans to remake The Message, his controversial 1976 drama that sparked a fatal siege by protesters in Washington DC. The new version, entitled The Messenger of Peace, is currently still in development.
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Old 11-02-2009, 19:13   #2
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Sounds like a puff piece.

I seriously doubt that it will portray Islam or Muhammed in anything other than glowing terms.

The good news is that the idiots involved will soon discover that the followers of the Religion of Peace, are all too frequently, intolerant, misogynist, Luddites, racist haters, and terrorist enablers who, if any minor detail reflects in any way negatively upon the Prophet, are now focusing their hatred on them.

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Old 11-03-2009, 09:25   #3
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Sounds like a puff piece.

I seriously doubt that it will portray Islam or Muhammed in anything other than glowing terms.

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Agree. Especially with Al-Qaradhawi "overseeing" production.


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Old 11-03-2009, 18:28   #4
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I doubt this dork has any idea who he has just crawled in bed with.
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