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Spinoff talks about the latest Anne Rice novel-to-movie adaptation:

Variety reports that Chris Columbus’ 1492 Pictures and CJ Entertainment have resurrected* plans for an adaptation of Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt, the 2005 novel penned by Rice during her brief return to Catholicism. Producer David Kirkpatrick abandoned a previous attempt at a film over creative differences.

The first book in Rice’s Life of Christ series, Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt tells the story of the 7-year-old Jesus, who leaves Egypt with his family to return to Nazareth, where he discovers the truth about his birth and his purpose in life.

Christ the Lord—plot: Smallville, starring Jesus!—was one of my very first book reviews for The Stranger. (Spoiler alert: I hated it.) As I recall—this was six years ago, now, so forgive me if I'm spacing on the details—it was an incredibly boring book, and if they film directly from Rice's novel, the movie will be like a talk-heavy prequel to The Passion of the Christ, without all the torture porn.

* Hallelujia!