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Peter Chattaway reflects<\/a> on a new film in the works, as reported in the Hollywood Reporter:<\/a><\/p>\n

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MGM has acquired North American distribution rights to "Myriam, Mother of the Christ," the biblical story of Mary. The screenplay is written by Benedict Fitzgerald<\/span><\/a>, who penned "The Passion of the Christ<\/span><\/a>."<\/p>\n

The film, slated to bow around Easter 2008, is a dramatic rendering of the key events in Mary’s life leading up to the birth of Jesus and the holy family’s journey from Egypt to Nazareth following the death of King Herod. The story is told from Mary’s point of view as she gradually understands the unfolding of God’s plan and responds to her calling. No director or cast is attached. . . .<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As Peter notes, Fitzgerald is Flannery O’Connor’s godson – his parents were her literary executors,  Sally Fitzgerald (who edited O’Connor’s letters and was working on a biography when she died) and Robert Fitzgerald, poet and translator of epic Greek poetry.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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