Coming closer to Easter a new Bible mini series

Coming closer to Easter several television channels start bringing some series about the bible and about the suffering and dead of Christ.

An epic 10-hour mini-series shall be presented on History Channel. Producer, Mark Burnett (The Voice, Survivor, The Apprentice), and his wife, Roma Downey (Touched by An Angel) are bringing the most widely-read book of all time to life on the screen, with breathtaking beauty and the use of dramatic live action and cutting-edge CGI technology.

Roma Downey & Mark Burnett (Photo credit: Sharon Graphics)

Downey has made a number of made-for-TV movies since Touched by an Angel wrapped in 2003, and Burnett is an executive producer whose credits include Survivor, Celebrity Apprentice and The Voice. That success has allowed the two to take on The Bible project as a personal passion.

“We feel this is the most important project we have ever undertaken,” said Mark and Roma. “Regardless of one’s belief system, no book has impacted humankind more than the Bible. Its influence on politics, culture, literature, art, music, philanthropy and education is unequalled.”

Roma and Mark where taken by watching again Cecil B DeMille’s Ten Commandments. They did want a project spanning the whole Bible from Genesis to Revelation telling two to three stories a night.Numbers and Deuteronomy do not suit a photographic picture and are not taken into the story. Logically Jesus his life is only told once.

The producers of this miniseries consulted a wide range of people pastors, academics, a major evangelical leader, a rabbi and a Catholic cardinal for ideas as to how to make the story work as The Bible just gives a rough outline for many of the stories.

“We wanted to create something that was visually fresh and exciting and compelling, that your grandmother would enjoy but that your kids would enjoy," says Downey, who plays Mary, Jesus' mother, in several episodes. "We wanted it to be the Bible for this generation, that it didn't have that donkeys-and-sandals feel of Bible movies from our own childhood."

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Enjoy these clips from the series with insight from the producers (Mark and Roma) and commentaries from Rick Warren, Max Lucado and Scripture Union USA's EVP Jess Stainbrook.

THE BIBLE mini series - a special project from Roma Downey (Touched by an Angel) and Mark Burnett (Survivor) from Scripture Union USA on Vimeo.

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Please do read also:

1. The series about the Last days of Christ and reasons why to remember the 14th of Nisan, starting with:14 Nisan a day to remember #1 Inception
2. Observance of a day to Remember
3. Day of remembrance coming near
4. Peter Cottontail and a Bunny laying Eastereggs

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Bible Mini-Series by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey

Former Touched By an Angel star Roma Downey, Burnett’s wife and fellow executive producer, heads a large international cast in the role of Mother Mary. From what I could see from the trailer she nor the annoying music can tempt me to watch epic miniseries scheduled to air next year on the History Channel.

Overdone Americanised drama no wonder they can fill 10-hours in a sort of five-part docudrama, which premieres March 3 on the History Channel. They perhaps used more the scissors and could bring it more dynamic and less overacted.

The idea to bring the story of the the Bible from Genesis to Revelation is laudable. It shall present some of its best-known stories, including Noah’s Ark, the Exodus, Daniel in the lions’ den and the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus

A project close to Television producer Mark Burnett's heart. Mark Burnett made his name as the power behind such reality-television hits as "Survivor" and, more recently, "The Voice."  In the past couple of years the 52-year-old former paratrooper says he has become deeply religious, a transition he credits to Roma Downey, his wife since 2007. “It wasn’t until I met Roma that I truly understood my faith and it’s been a dynamic shift for me,” Mr. Burnett said.

 “To us, as a family, we love the Bible. This is not a TV show to us. It’s images and sound and sacred text that people will still watch, way after our grandchildren are old people.”

 In recent years Mr. Burnett and Ms. Downey have become friends with celebrity televangelist Joel Osteen, who preaches at a church in Houston that is home to the largest congregation in the U.S. Mr. Osteen is advising Mr. Burnett on the show.

“He’s been to [our church] several times and we come over to their house for dinner and things like that,” Mr. Osteen said.

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The Nativity clip from the upcoming The Bible Mini-Series

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