Although we never asked for it, in 2016 the adaptation of Ben-Hur, the timeless classic from 1959 that won 11 Oscars and starred Charlton Heston, is coming to the big screen. Timur Bekmambetov (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) took the director's baton this time. Ben-Hur, the biblical story about a betrayed Jewish prince and a wealthy merchant, which initially came to life in the form of a book, experienced two film adaptations, and now there is a third one in the pipeline, in which Morgan Freeman will also star.
