Hey folks, Harry here with a tidbit of knowledge that you might not have known about everyone's fave filmic Dutchman... Paul Verhoeven. Now it seems a lot of talk backers had a lot of... fun... with the concept of Verhoeven making this type of film, but... well... the man does have the background and passion for the story. Strangely enough, many filmmakers that work in the Horror/Sci-Fi/Fantasy realms actually have quite a bit of religious backgrounds. For example... Guillermo Del Toro often credits catholicism as being the birthplace of much of his love of horror... something about those tortured saits and emaciated visages of Jesus dying on a cross. A lot of people like to laugh at these filmmakers when they take steps to making serious films with serious subject matters, but personally... I'd welcome Verhoeven's vision... Here's John with the Verhoeven biography info...
Harry,
Just a small tidbit, and something not many people are aware of: Paul Verhoeven is a PhD. in New Testament Studies as well as being a director. He was even a member of the Jesus Seminar in the 1980's, which was an attempt to reconstruct (using any and all available sources, no preference given to the Four Canon Gospels) the historical Jesus. So, with his background and apparent passion for the topic, he could really make a great film.
John
