Bible is a Bible based television miniseries. It was produced by Roma Downey and Mark Burnett and broadcast weekly between March 3 and 31, 2013 in the History channel. Since then it has been adapted for release to theaters as feature films (138 minutes), the American Biblical epic drama 2014 Son of God .
Burnett, famous for producing the famous reality show, considers the 10-hour series to be written as the "most important" project he's done. The project was conceived by Burnett and Downey, who married, after watching the 1954 movie Cecil B. DeMille The Ten Commandments for the first time since childhood.
The series is Mark Burnett's first manuscript project. In addition to Burnett and Downey, executive producers include Richard Bedser and History Dirk Hoogstra and Julian P. Hobbs. The first episode of this mini-series was seen by 13.1 million viewers, the largest cable TV audience of 2013 to date. The second installment is continued "to provide blockbuster ratings" for the network, attracting 10.8 million viewers. The third installment on March 17, 2013 is once again the No. 1 show. 1 on all of Sunday night television with 10.9 million total viewers. In addition, the series collected 4.2 million adults 25-54 and 3.5 million adults 18-49. In total, with subsequent broadcasts, 'The Bible' has received over 100 million cumulative views.
The series received three Emmy Award nominations for best miniseries, and sound editing and sound mixing on July 18, 2013.
Parts of the broadcast - including unregulated recordings - have been transformed into a film about Jesus' life entitled God's Child . Series of sequels under the title A.D. Continuing Bible aired on NBC.
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Description
The series covers "Genesis to Revelation" in "one great narrative," composed as a ten-hour episode broadcast in five pairs, with each episode containing two or three biblical stories told through direct action and computer-generated imagery. According to Burnett, it includes "clear" stories like Noah's Ark, the Exodus, and the life of Jesus Christ. Five hours taken from the Old Testament, five from New. The series is based on the New International Version and New New Version of the Bible Version.
Downey and Burnett say their "greatest hope" in making the series is "will influence the new generation of viewers and draw them back to the Bible."
"Part of what we want to accomplish with this series is to show the Bible not only a collection of unrelated stories that are often discussed and analyzed in snippets with chapter and verse numbers," the couple said in a review in The Huffington. Post. "Instead, we want to show how the Old Testament connects seamlessly to the New Testament.How they are one sweeping story with one great message that puts it aside: God loves each one of us as if we were the only people in the whole loving world. "
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Development
In May 2011, The New York Times reported that Downey, Burnett and their production team are selecting a story for the series, with production scheduled to begin in 2012 for the 2013 broadcast. The budget for the series is under $ 22 million. Researchers and theologians were asked to verify accuracy. Academic consultants include Craig A. Evans, Helen Bond, Paula Gooder, Mark Goodacre, and Candida Moss. The shooting took place in Morocco and elsewhere.
Burnett and Downey consulted "various pastors and academics," including their friends Joel Osteen, Joshua Garroway (a rabbi from Hebrew Union College), and a Catholic cardinal. Geoff Tunnicliffe of the World Evangelical Alliance, reading the script of each episode and visiting the set in Morocco: he "wants to make sure that the last edits will continue together as a single thematic message throughout the series" and "not disappointed." Another consultant, Focus on Family President Jim Daly, praised the courage of the couple to make the series: "Let's face it, it takes some moxies to lift the Bible in the midst of Hollywood.Even when they first submit a project they are told to try and tell the story without mentioning Jesus, they refused. "
Other project advisors include:
- Rick Warren (pastor, Saddleback Church)
- Erwin McManus (priest, Mosaic)
- Sam Rodriguez (National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference)
- Paul Eshleman (Campus Crusade for Christ)
- Bobby Gruenewald (YouVersion Bible)
- Brad Lomenick (Catalyst)
- Leith Anderson (president, National Association of Evangelicals)
- Frank Wright (president, National Religious Broadcasters)
- Tom Peterson (Catholic Return)
- Gabe Lyons (founder of Project Fermi)
- Luis Palau (Christian evangelist)
- George Wood (General Superintendent of the General Council of the Assemblies of God in the United States)
- Craig Groeschel (Life Church)
- Denny Rydberg (Youth Life)
- Andrew Benton (president, Pepperdine University)
A few days before the inaugural series, Downey and Burnett wrote an opinion for The Wall Street Journal on the grounds that Bible teaching should be mandatory in US public schools because "(t) it is the basis of knowledge of the ancient world - which informs the understanding about the modern world - comes from the Bible. "
Cast
Episode
Reception
TV ratings
The opening episodes of this series aired to a very high rank. Miniseries were watched by 13.1 million total viewers, according to Nielsen. In Canada, premieres are watched by 1.05 million viewers. The second installment sees a downgrade, but still carries 10.8 million viewers, topping all television at 8-10 pm. time period. The third week installment, meanwhile, garnered 10.9 million total viewers.
Critical reception
Reviews on the Bible have been mixed. It has had a "mixed or average rating" rating in Metacritic, has a score of 44 out of 100 based on 13 critical reviews.
Distribution
On March 19, 2013, Roma Downey and Mark Burnett made comments on viewers and anticipated diffusion. He said: "We have realized, in the journey across the country to churches and in all places, many people can not buy cable TV And those people need to look at this Bible series, so we rushed DVD out April 2, immediately with Spanish subtitles.This is very important.And this is only for America and Canada.Now we will start all over the world.This will be in every country of the world.More people will see this series than anything we've ever done together Together, combined.Black people will see this series.
Differences from the Bible
There are claims about the resemblance of actors in the role of Satan (Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni) to US President Barack Obama. The first resemblance was shown primarily by Glenn Beck ahead of the premiere episode.
It leads the Channel History to announce,
The history of [C] hannel has the highest respect for President Obama. The Bible series is produced with international and diverse players from respected actors. It is unfortunate that anyone made this fake connection. The history of "The Bible" is meant to enlighten people on rich stories and deep history. "
Burnett and Downey responded in a joint statement,
This is totally nonsense. The actor who plays Satan, Mehdi Ouazanni, is a highly acclaimed Moroccan actor. He has previously played a part in several Biblical epics - including demon characters long before Barack Obama was elected as our President.
Downey added separately,
"Both Mark and I have nothing but respect and love for our president, who is a fellow Christian, such false statements are only designed as a foolish diversion to try and discredit the beauty of the biblical story.
Awards and nominations
Bible was nominated for three Emmy Primetime Awards; Extraordinary Miniseries or Movies, Extraordinary Sound Editing for Mini, Movie or Special Serial, and Exceptional Sound Mixing for Mini or Movie Series. The 44th GMA Dove award honors the miniseries in October 2013. In 2014, The Bible won the Best Miniseries award in Home Media Magazine or Disc TV Movies for the year.
Other media
International broadcast
DVD release
The series became the best-selling miniseries on DVD in its first week of release, and largest on Blu-ray and Digital HD of all time. In the first week on home video, the series 'The Bible' sold 525,000 copies. This is the best-selling television show on DVD since 2008. Blu-ray version is also available through 20th Century Fox.
Novel
Roma Downey and Mark Burnett have also released this miniseries novelization, titled A Story of God and All of Us: A Novel Based on Epic TV Miniseries "The Bible." It debuted at No. 27 in the New York Times Best-Seller List.
Soundtrack
The CD was released on March 12, 2013 with a Christian music singer featuring songs inspired by miniseries:
Score
Cinema release
Mark Burnett announced in April 2013 that a three-hour version is being prepared for a global theatrical release. He claims that he does not yet have a distribution arrangement, although he may be able to release it himself. In June 2013, Burnett explained that the film, which has been edited, will focus exclusively on Jesus' life, and will run two hours and fifteen minutes. In September 2013, it was announced that 20th Century Fox would partner with Burnett in a theatrical distribution, currently titled Son of God . In October 2013, it was announced that the Son of God will be released on February 28, 2014.
Sequel - AD
On December 17, 2013, it was announced that there will be an advanced miniseries by 2015, titled A.D. The Bible Continues , also produced by Burnett, Downey, and Bedser. The limited series began airing on NBC on Easter Sunday, April 5th. It aired in twelve weekly one-hour episodes. The story occurs immediately after the The Bible event, beginning with the Crucifixion and Resurrection, and continues with the first ten chapters of Acts. On July 3, 2015, NBC canceled A.D. The Bible Continues after a season. However, producers Burnett and Downey plan future Bible production on their OTT digital channels.
See also
- The depiction of Jesus
- The Bible in the movie
References
External links
- Official website
- The Bible - History Channel (official History Channel website)
- Bible in IMDb
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