For the week thats in it particularly with The Cork Film Festival in full swing and supporting all things local, here’s another local feature. The trailer premiered at The Cork Film Festival earlier in the week and arrives in February 2012.
Synopsis:
Jesus The Remake is a feature film about the story of Jesus Christ but in a modern day setting. The greatest story ever retold.
Jesus is a musician who uses his songs to get his message out to the world. Jesus along with his girlfriend Maggie form a band with some of the apostles and begin touring around the local circuit. His songs are his sermons, the gospels are blogs. Social networks like Facebook and Youtube gain the band a cult following.
Jesus gains unwanted attention from two dogmatic priests who are threatened by his claims of divinity. As his popularity grows so does the threat from the church who are prepared to stop him at all costs.