Ben-Hur is being remade. Let's take a moment and let that sink in.
Arguably one of the greatest films ever made, the original Ben-Hur held the record for the most Oscars won for a single film before James Cameron's Titanic matched it in 1998. Ben-Hur held that record, unbroken, for 39 years. Thirty-nine years.
And they're going to remake it. Let's look at the trailer.
Not really much to say, is there? Who honestly thought this was a good idea? It's like trying to remake The Sound of Music, Citizen Kane, The Godfather - it's untouchable. You just don't do it.
How can you improve on it, like? You're just going to be compared to the original no matter what you do, so why would you even attempt it? It must take a huge amount of self-belief to think you could actually improve upon it and make something more than what came before.
No. No, no. No. No.
