McGregor’s crafty, charismatic performance as the fair, blue-eyed Jesus of “Last Days in the Desert” may initially call to mind groovy Ted Neeley in “Jesus Christ Superstar” or painter ...

Garcia said he originally wanted to explore the idea of Jesus fasting and praying in the desert, seeking guidance from his often-silent Heavenly Father and getting ready for a public ministry.

The film is described as being "an imagined chapter from Jesus' 40 days of fasting and praying in the desert. On his way out of the wilderness, Jesus struggles with the Devil over the fate of a ...

Due out in 2015, the film features McGregor as "Jesus – and the Devil – in an imagined chapter from his forty days of fasting and praying in the desert." McGregor is the latest star to take on ...

It's writer-director Rodrigo Garcia's imagining of Jesus meeting a family as he is leaving the wilderness, where he spent 40 days fasting and praying, and wanting to help them.

Publishers discovered a long time ago that Jesus sells magazines, so it should be no surprise that one of the hottest tickets here at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival was the premiere of “Last ...

The gospel to playing Jesus Christ according to actor Ewan McGregor is to downplay the supernatural and focus on the idea of a son struggling to understand his father. Otherwise the Scottish actor … ...

According to the New Testament, Jesus was led into the wilderness to be tempted by Satan for 40 days. During that time of fasting and prayer, Jesus sought the presence of God and sparred with the ...