How that insane chariot race in the new 'Ben-Hur' was shot with almost no CGI. ... “You really feel you’re in that chariot driving it,” Bekmambetov said of the “Ben-Hur” scene.

Film review: ‘Ben-Hur’ remake has a chariot scene but fails to race past the original Timur Bekmambetov’s version of Lew Wallace’s 1880 novel stars Jack Huston and Tony Kebbell as brothers ...

The scene in "Ben-Hur" was shot by camera over 32 days. Both Huston and Kebbell underwent 12 weeks of intense chariot training to prepare. They did, however, draw on modern day chariots of their ...

In 1911, Ben-Hur took Fort Worth by storm – not just the literary character but the spectacular stage production of the novel, “Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.” Many Fort Worthers were ...

But trying to live up to the past was "one of the hard bits," says Steve Dent, stunt coordinator and horse master on the new Ben-Hur. "I hope we’ve done the ’59 version justice." ...

Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston) is ... under the Romans and attempts to get revenge by challenging Messala to a grand chariot race. ... pabulum spackled into the cracks between the action scenes, ...

The chariot race scene from the 1959 Oscar winner, Ben-Hur, is one of the most iconic moments in modern cinematic history, so when producers Mark Burnett and Roma Downey decided to re-imagine the ...

It’s the chariot that awaits, of course, but the anticipated contest, coming after Ben-Hur’s racing tutelage under an African sheik (a dignity-lending, dreadlocked Morgan Freeman, who also ...

Ben-Hur is a remake of a remake: the Roman epic has been adapted for the big screen twice before, in 1925 and 1959. Yet director Timur Bekmambetov says his version goes way back to the source ...

The actor, who stars in the role made famous by Charlton Heston, saw an early cut of the summer flick and said he liked what he saw.

‘Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ’ first came to Fort Worth at Byers Opera House in 1911 and tapped interest with religious and patriotic themes. ... Live horses in chariot scene.

In March, Paramount released the first trailer for its summer blockbuster, “Ben-Hur,” a remake of the Charlton Heston Oscar-winning classic, which follows the journey of a Jewish prince, named ...