So Bible movies are a thing again we guess. Next spring, Darren Aronofsky goes to the cinematic pulpit with "Noah," and it seems to have kickstarted a frenzy for studios to bring God to big screen, because before the year is out, Ridley Scott will go all Old Testament with "Exodus." With shooting slated to begin soon he's beginning to put the pieces together with his cast. This past spring, Christian Bale was courted and it seems he's still on board, and now he's got a co-star. Joel Edgerton is now adding Ridley Scott to the list of acclaimed directors he's worked with — John Hillcoat, Baz Luhrmann, Kathryn Bigelow — coming on board "Exodus" to play the ancient Pharoah Ramses. It's not clear how big the scope of the film— penned by Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, with a rewrite from Steve Zaillian — will be, but it's clear that the Moses/Ramses relationship is a key one for the director. "What's interesting to me about Moses isn't the big stuff that everybody knows....
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