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I Kick Ass For The Lord: Unholy Night Gets Picked Up

By TK | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (4)

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Oh, this one’s likely to get the Tea Party shmoes up in arms. Hollywood producers can’t stop with their alternate history flicks, and right now the go-to guy is Seth Grahame-Smith, whose Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer and Pride And Prejudice And Zombies are already in the works. Now, Warner Brothers is moving to adapt Unholy Night.

According to Dark Horizons, Unholy Night “reimagines the birth of Jesus as an adventure story centered on the three kings from the Nativity who travel to Bethlehem to witness his birth. In this version, the three kings are thieves on the run who are forced to help Mary and Jesus escape to Egypt, battling magical biblical creatures and encountering famous figures like Pontius Pilate and John the Baptist.”

Riiiight. Should be interesting to see how the fundamentalist crowd views this — as a fun Christian entertainment piece? Or as a mockery of their faith? I dunno. It sounds pretty silly, but who knows. From what I can tell, Grahame-Smith is big on ideas, but rather weak on execution — he’s got some fun visions, but he’s not much of a writer. Maybe cinematic adaptations are the best thing for him. Of course, the best possible line for a project like this was already used by Peter Jackson:

What say you, people? Fun idea? Abomination in the eyes of God?

ps - yes, I know the header pic doesn’t have much to do with the story, but I Googled “Badass Jesus” and then couldn’t resist.









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Comments

I couldn't finish Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. It wasn't worth slogging through the tea and crumpets shit just to get to a half-baked zombie scene. Also, I kind of want to punch Seth in his dumb face.

Posted by: Shep Beardsley at December 5, 2011 12:05 PM

Can't be any worse than Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter. Seriously, it literally can not be worse than that. Nothing is or ever will be.

Posted by: RobP at December 5, 2011 12:07 PM

Ooh, look. Somebody drew a picture of Tig from Sons of Anarchy with a halo behind his head. Is this a spoiler? Is he going to die?

Posted by: PaddyDog at December 5, 2011 12:38 PM

I say this as a non-Christian believer in the divinity of Immanuel: that synopsis looks like silly fun, and I can't wait to see it. I'm not familiar with the writer, though. It would have to be executed well. I think this would be perfect for Tarsem Singh to direct instead of his current Snow White film (which I'm not feeling too much anymore).

Posted by: Rest In Peace at December 5, 2011 2:26 PM