Just when you thought a nicolas cage film couldnt get any more bizarre, this comes along to set you straight. The people who disappear are all worthy, not because theyre good people, but because they had faith in a specific religion. Cloud ten will do a remake of the original left behind. Kirk cameron was no longer goofy, lovable mike seaver from growing pains, but some dude who didnt love jesus and had to suffer the consequences. Left behind, the faithbased, actionpacked book and movie series about the end times, is getting a film reboot thanks to some familiar screenwriters paul lalonde, the writer and producer of the. More details emerge on left behind remake charisma news. The movie follows the resolution of a longrunning dispute between cloud ten and lahaye, who was unhappy with the filmmakers releases.
The movie video 2000 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. I do believe it will be awful for the ones left behind. Left behind starring nicolas cage and chad michael murray is available on dvd. If left behind 2014 ends up reversing that rule over left behind 2000, it would be a miracle. Religious drama left behind, starring nicolas cage, has been set for an oct. Left behind is a 2014 american apocalyptic thriller film directed by vic armstrong and written by paul lalonde and john patus. However, lahaye is going to remake them, eventually adapting all of the books into films see second link. A whole generation of children was scared into the church by this horrorsuspense movie about a girl who missed the rapture. Before left behind, there was a thief in the night. Alan orange mar 29, 2014 an airline pilot must weather the storm of the rapture as millions of people disappear from the earth in. Left behind is a series of 16 bestselling religious novels by tim lahaye and jerry b. Aug 15, 2008 a nineyear legal dispute between the producers of the left behind movies and tim lahaye, who coauthored the books, came to an end last week when a settlement was reached between both parties. Oct 31, 2017 the left behind series of end times novels is one of the most successful literary franchises in modern christian publishing.
Left behind film series the left behind film series is based on the left behind bestselling book series by tim lahaye and jerry b. Left behind teaser trailer christian thriller remake. May 08, 2014 hbos the leftovers may doom new remake of left behind. The new left behind movie, starring nicolas cage as rayford steele, is scheduled for release on october 3. Jul 12, 2017 left behind, the muchanticipated film about the beginning of the end of the world, is exactly what you think it is. Cloud ten announced that they were rebooting the left behind film series. Left behind movie remake to star nicolas cage charisma news. In 2002 a second film was released staring bob carlisle, russ lee, bill corcoran, kirk cameron, and in 2005 the series was completed with left behind. The left behind remake is as godawful as the original the. There is so much more that could have been done with the movie based on the original text, but was completely ignored.
Producer plans to continue the rebooted left behind franchise october 27, 2014 by. By jacob sahms cloud ten pictures has agreed to distribute the sequel to the 2014 nic cage vehicle, left behind. Cloud ten pictures plans for bigger, better left behind. Left behind is a terrible movie, bad in almost every way, not even qualifying as sobadit. I did not know this was going to be a movie about people panicking on a plane. The films were produced by cloud ten pictures and directed by vic sarin left behind.
Throughout the movie, it feels as if the writers and director were trying to justify the whole concept of the rapture. With nicolas cage, lea thompson, cassi thomson, chad michael murray. Oldbad left behind remake slideshow animation song. Basically the new movie is based on, you know, 25 pages of the first book, so its really a remake of about three minutes of the first movie. The left behind trilogy kicked off in 2000 with the first movie in the series left behind. Left behind 2014 movie trailer, release date, cast, plot. Left behind movie remake to star nicolas cage charisma.
A remake does the same story over, and is usually never as good as the original. Left behind official trailer 20 nicolas cage, thriller hd. Oct 02, 2014 the original left behind was a hit on home video, spawning two sequels before this remake, and subsequently released in theaters. Left behind is a 2000 canadianamerican religious science fiction thriller film directed by vic sarin and starring kirk cameron, brad johnson, gordon currie, and clarence gilyard. Left behind, the muchanticipated film about the beginning of the end of the world, is exactly what you think it is. Cage was serving a life sentence for his participation in the assault upon the unsuspecting american. The original series of three films are left behind. The movie depicts the rapture the way it will probably be. Four awesome campy 1970s christian movies that hollywood. The film, centered on the wellknown biblicalthemed books by.
Left behind remake starring nicolas cage receives two. Aimed at releasing the film in the summer of 2016, cloud ten will be pushing an indiegogo campaign to raise funds. An article on wednesday, april 15, 2015, about the left behind sequel, reported that cloud ten pictures had reached out to. It lays out the dominant evangelical eschatology i. I cant in good faith tell you to see it, but id be. Riddleblog the latest post left behind, the remake. Hbos the leftovers may doom new remake of left behind. The original left behind movie was released in 2000, as an independent christian film. May 30, 2014 before left behind, there was a thief in the night.
With more than 65 million copies of the novels sold, the series fans. Left behind sequel could feature the return of nicolas cage. Left behind is essentially a bad disaster movie, but i swear to god ive seen worse movies this year, and worse nicolas cage movies at that. Cloud ten pictures recently announced that they have reacquired the rights to the left behind movie franchise. Mar 28, 2014 religious drama left behind, starring nicolas cage, has been set for an oct. Nicolas cage to star in left behind movie remake posted by les ellison be the first to comment more than 10 years since the first round of films based on the endtimes themed left behind novels, movie makers cloud ten pictures are set to bring big names and a big budget to their big screen action remake. The series has been adapted into four films to date. Producer plans to continue the rebooted left behind franchise. The upcoming movie series will be written by cloud ten pictures and lalonde, who says hes always had a desire to remake the entire series in film format. The project is being developed by cloud ten pictures, which released the first film adaptation of the book in 2000, following it with two other installments from the successful series of novels by tim lahaye and jerry b. The new version of left behind is looking wonderfully terrible. Nicolas cage, ashley tisdale and chad michael murray have reportedly signed on to redo the action thriller based on biblical events surrounding the sudden disappearance via rapture of millions of christian believers from the earth at christs second coming.
On one of his final days in office, president barack obama has issued a full presidential pardon to nicolas cage for his involvement in the 2014 remake of the left behind movie, sources at the white house confirmed wednesday. A small group of survivors are left behind after millions of people suddenly vanish and the world is plunged into chaos and destruction. The original trilogy that starred kirk cameron is also available for purchase wherever movies are sold. Actor nicolas cage starred in the remake of the wildly popular left behind movie last year and with a sequel recently announced, he may or may not return to reprise his role as pilot rayford steele. Jenkins, left behind, is coming again to the big screen october 3, 2014. Alan orange mar 29, 2014 an airline pilot must weather the storm of the rapture as. Heres the very first trailer for cages upcoming airplane thriller left behind, which is a moderatetolow budget remake of the 2001 christian film. While the movie targets faithbased audiences, the plot has a broader appeal, according to paul lalonde, the films writer and producer of left behind and ceo of cloud ten pictures. Left behind sequel announced, bible apocalypse movie to. Left behind film writer bringing series back cbn news. Now, the word is that cloud ten wont be making any more left behind movies. Thriller, science fiction, adaptation, remake director. At one point, they had plans for a fourth movie, but ended up scrapping them, so cloud ten is done with the left behind movies.
The film rights reverted to lahaye and jenkins in 2008 as part of a settlement, but were returned to cloud ten as of october 2010, the company said. President obama pardons nicolas cage for left behind remake. Cloud ten pictures plans on remaking the left behind movie series into a bigbudget, wide theatrical release after years of dispute over the rights of the movies, tim lahaye and jerry jenkins, authors of the popular books, have finally allowed cloud ten pictures a christian film company based in ontario and new york to make a hollywood version of the new york times bestseller. According to cloud ten pictures, left behind the movie. Oct 03, 2014 critics have taken a holy crap on this remake of a 2000 movie starring kirk cameron. The movie was remade from the original movies starring kirk cameron and brad johnson. Star power has been added to the remake of the christianthemed movieleft behind. Left behind official trailer 20 nicolas cage, thriller. A reboot starring nicolas cage, entitled simply left behind, was released in 2014 through cloud ten pictures. We know that there will be a rapture of the christian born again believers.
The new movie stars nicolas cage and chad michael murray. A muslim passenger on the plane, who actually is nice, is left behind. The movie stars nicolas cage, chad michael murray and jordin sparks in a story about the biblical endtimes prophecy in revelation. The primary conflict of the series is the members of the tribulation force, an underground network of converts, against the nwoesque organization. Actor nicolas cage will reportedly star in what producers hope will be a new new, improved movie version of the bestselling, endtimes thriller left behind. A remake of the first book in the bestselling book series by tim lahaye and jerry b. May 30, 2014 a small group of survivors are left behind after millions of people suddenly vanish and the world is plunged into chaos and destruction. The official movie poster for left behind starring nicolas cage. The left behind series of end times novels is one of the most successful literary franchises in modern christian publishing. Critics have taken a holy crap on this remake of a 2000 movie starring kirk cameron.
On october 1, 2010, cloud ten again reacquired rights to the film. Picking up where the remake of left behind the movie concluded, the film is based on the original stories by tim lahaye and jerry jenkins. Big loves cassi thomson replaces ashley tisdale in the. Left behind rapture movie remake church in toronto. Based on the novel of the same name written by tim lahaye and jerry b.
Nicolas cage, chad michael murray, cassi thompson, nicky whelan, quinton aaron, lea thompson, jordin sparks running time. A nineyear legal dispute between the producers of the left behind movies and tim lahaye, who coauthored the books, came to an end last week when a. Oct 19, 2014 it has been many months since my last post. There are already three left behind movies, but now cloud ten pictures wants to remake the movies on a bigger budget. Countless media sources including both christian and secular publications completely bomb on the film, its acting, and cinematography. Jenkins, and starring nicolas cage, chad michael murray, cassi thomson, nicky whelan, and jordin sparks, the film was released to theaters on.
Faithbased left behind books returning to big screen. The film spotlights a group of people who are left. Yes, cages howlinducing remake of the wicker man from 2006 actually feels like a legitimately good time compared to this dull groaner about the end times. Left behind sequel could feature the return of nicolas. The original left behind was a hit on home video, spawning two sequels before this remake, and subsequently released in theaters. The left behind 2014 remake was originally based on the christian 16book series written by christian ministers tim lahaye and jerry b. Oct 24, 2012 the second screen version of left behind. Almost two years after the last film was released, cloud ten pictures cofounder paul lalonde has broken the silence about the future of the.
Left behind remake starring nicolas cage gets october release b. Theres good news for fans of the left behind series. The left behind remake is as godawful as the original. This is a onetime post on the movie remake of left behind. If you would have told me that the studio remake of left behind would only see one minor problem by the time it began its production, i would have at first been skeptical, and then assumed it had. Jun 01, 2014 the left behind 2014 remake was originally based on the christian 16book series written by christian ministers tim lahaye and jerry b. It was in the news that they planned on making the remake of the bigbudgeted theatrically released film series based on the novel left behind.
Jenkins, dealing with christian dispensationalist end times. The remake of left behind hit theaters today and the film already has a bad reputation. And if more christians quit allowing speculative enjoyments only in the field of it could really happen. Actor nicolas cage will reportedly star in what producers hope will be a new, improved movie version of the bestselling, endtimes thriller left behind the project is being developed by cloud ten pictures, which released the first film adaptation of the book in 2000, following it with two other installments from the successful series of novels by tim lahaye and jerry b. Stoney lake entertainment the producers behind 2014s left behind remake have announced that there will be a sequel to the bible apocalypse movie, with the story picking up after the rapture.
Release date set for left behind remake movieguide. The film was based on the bestselling christian eschatological endtimes novel of the same name written by tim lahaye and jerry b. Understanding that this is a complete remake and would delve from the original in a lot of points. In fact, it was so successful that it became a film franchise as well.
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