{"id":2777,"date":"2012-10-22T06:22:31","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T10:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=2777"},"modified":"2012-10-22T06:22:31","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T10:22:31","slug":"nicolas-cage-may-star-in-left-behind-remake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2012\/10\/nicolas-cage-may-star-in-left-behind-remake.html","title":{"rendered":"Nicolas Cage may star in &#8220;Left Behind&#8221; remake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But what about Kirk Cameron? <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/heat-vision\/nicolas-cage-star-left-reboot-380823\">From The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>: <em>Nicolas Cage is in talks to star in the reboot of Left Behind, the faith-based, action-packed book and movie series about the End Times. Paul Lalonde, the writer and producer of the original set of movies, and John Patus, who worked on the final entry 2005&#8217;s Left Behind: World at War, have written a screenplay and are hoping to take the movie series in a more mainstream direction and are eyeing a budget in the $15 million range.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Flashback: Trailer for the original film<\/strong><\/p>\n<iframe title=\"Left Behind ~ Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7h2LtAG3Mkw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><strong>Comment:<\/strong>\u00a0 In other news, Cage will also be taking on the role of an adult Mike Seaver in the upcoming big screen take on <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Growing_Pains_%28TV_series%29\"><em>Growing Pains<\/em><\/a>. Okay, I made that up.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"Growing Pains Theme Song - season 5\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/liFmMcmigsQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. But what about Kirk Cameron? From The Hollywood Reporter: Nicolas Cage is in talks to star in the reboot of Left Behind, the faith-based, action-packed book and movie series about the End Times. 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