The Circus Maximus, Rome’s ancient chariot racing stadium that is not far from the Colosseum, will not make room for Ben-Hur. The remake, starring Jack Huston in the lead role and Morgan Freeman ...

Rodrigo Santoro, who plays Jesus Christ in the upcoming Ben Hur film, received a blessing from Pope Francis in Rome on Wednesday. During a break from production in Italy, Santoro attended the ...

The remains of an ancient Roman villa linked to one of the principal characters in the legend of Ben-Hur could be obliterated by a modern housing development.

“Ben-Hur” is so chariot-branded a property, the sequence is even revived for the ludicrously conceived end credits, with names charging around the circus, kicking up digital dust.

The new movie version of Ben-Hur that’s about to land in theaters, featuring Morgan Freeman, isn’t just a reimagining of one classic movie. The hit 1880 Lew Wallace novel of that name has been ...

Filmmakers behind the remake of Oscar-winning Ben Hur have seen plans to shoot at Circus Maximus, Rome’s ancient chariot racing grounds, scuppered, according to Italian media reports.

A Ben-Hur remake? Fine, sure. Why not? I like Rome. Swordplay, coliseums, crucifixions, bacchanals… I’ll take two, and with extra incest, please. I still remember my most intense college film ...

“Ben-Hur” struggles to find an identity and never really gets there. The well-intentioned efforts to achieve moving, faith-based awakenings are undercut by the casually violent, PG-13 action ...

It turns out like, much like its hero, Ben-Hur overcame the odds stacked against it. Here are five things you probably don’t know about this chariot-tastic classic.

A set at an historic film studio in Italy where classics such as Ben-Hur were shot has been destroyed in a fire. Three teams of firefighters fought a blaze at Cinecitta Studios in Rome on Monday, 1 ...

Filmmakers behind the remake of Oscar-winning Ben Hur have seen plans to shoot at Circus Maximus, Rome’s ancient chariot racing grounds, scuppered, according to Italian media reports.