“20th Century Fox has made a preemptive acquisition of a pitch to tell the story of Moses in ‘300’ style.”

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“20th Century Fox has made a preemptive acquisition of a pitch to tell the story of Moses in ‘300’ style.”

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:22 pm · October 11th, 2009

The mind reels…

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→ 19 Comments Tags: 20th Century Fox, 300 | Filed in: Daily

19 responses so far

1 10-11-2009 at 7:23 pm

Silencio said...

um.
wtf.
2 10-11-2009 at 7:26 pm

Andrew L. said...

teehee.
3 10-11-2009 at 7:41 pm

AmericanRequiem said...

best picture
4 10-11-2009 at 7:41 pm

Mr. F said...

It’s FOX, so I’m not surprised
5 10-11-2009 at 7:46 pm

Robert Hamer said...

Pharoah – “This is blasphemy, Moses. This is madness!”

Moses – “Madness? THIS. IS. YAWEH!!”
6 10-11-2009 at 7:46 pm

DHE said...

Why not? They’ve already done Hamlet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jxeRI-lpN4
7 10-11-2009 at 7:52 pm

Speaking English said...

The Coens should do it.
8 10-11-2009 at 7:58 pm

david said...

So much for your Redskins theory…they lost, and you didn’t post your usual Sunday column.

What now Kris??
9 10-11-2009 at 7:59 pm

al b. said...

I AM THERE OPENING NIGHT!
10 10-11-2009 at 9:14 pm

Kristopher Tapley said...

david: Cry. A lot.
11 10-11-2009 at 10:08 pm

El Rocho said...

WTF. ……ok then.
12 10-11-2009 at 11:08 pm

Glenn said...

I thought this was a quote from Entourage. :/
13 10-12-2009 at 12:24 am

Will said...

as long as they don’t have the jews going all inglorious basterds on the egyptians im cool with this
14 10-12-2009 at 3:11 am

Ziyad Abul Hawa said...

Will: Comment of the day! Haha
15 10-12-2009 at 3:19 am

Jonathan Spuij said...

No way, crazy shit.
16 10-12-2009 at 7:53 am

Markku said...

I clicked onto the site, saw the headline and burst out laughing. Really loudly. I’m at work and getting curious stares. Damn you, Kris.

Seriously, this is a joke, right?
17 10-12-2009 at 7:55 am

Adam M. said...

Bahahaha.

Amazing. Just the way that is worded. It’s so epic.
18 10-12-2009 at 2:36 pm

Silencio said...

Robert: I giggled.
19 10-12-2009 at 3:17 pm

P-Dawg said...

Tonight we dine in the promised land!

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