![]() ![]() This movie included speakers from Answers in Genesis as well as other institutions, and will undoubtedly be a fixture in the YEC segment of Evangelical Christianity for quite a while. I spent $15 (the most I have ever spent for a movie) and sat in the upper corner of the theater where there was a little light that enabled me to scribble some notes. But, both Deadpool and Logan have shown that you don’t need a massive budget to tell those kinds of stories, so it’s possible (though incredibly unlikely) that the studio could reconsider at some point.On two nights this past week (Nov 13 and 16, 2017), the young-Earth creationist (YEC) documentary Genesis: Paradise Lost was shown in select movie theaters across America. The project has been dead for a few years and Fox seems intent on keeping it that way. I think it’s safe to say we’ll never see Paradise Lost at this point. That film is infamous for going so over-budget that it actually bankrupt the studio. ![]() Everything about the massive, ever-expanding budget makes it sound like this could have been-somewhat appropriately-a situation similar to Heaven’s Gate. But from a studio standpoint, they were probably right to pull the plug. A visually stunning epic with a deeply emotional core and sympathetic protagonist/antagonist. Had this actually worked out, it could have been mesmerizing if done right. The studio couldn’t figure out a way to cost-effectively pull off any of the huge visual FX sequences or complex air battles between the angels. At that point, they were already projecting it 10 to 15% over its staggering $120 million budget.Īpparently, they never did figure out a way for the budget to come down to a respectable size, because filming never began. No start of production, no word until the studio announced that the film would be temporarily put on hold while they figured out a way to bring down the movie’s already monstrous budget. Rounding out the cast would have been Diego Boneta and Camilla Belle as Adam and Eve.įilming was set to begin in January 2012 in Australia, and then… nothing. ![]() Djimon Hounsou was cast as Abdiel, Rufus Sewell was cast as Sammael, Casey Affleck was cast as Gabriel, Callan McAuliffe was cast as Uriel and Dominic Purcell was cast as Moloch. Bradley Cooper and Ben Walker were cast as Lucifer and Michael, respectively. Once he came aboard, it began to gain traction once again. There was also talk for some time that Paradise Lost would be shot for a 3D theatrical release, but it’s hard to determine where these talks began or ended.Īfter Derrickson left the project, the studio brought in The Crow director Alex Proyas. Speaking about the project in 2008, Derrickson said, “You have to respect that Milton created the first anti-hero with that poem, and certainly this was preserved in the script… At what point does love turn to jealousy, jealousy turn into hate and hate into evil?” From the look of it, every character other than Adam and Eve would have been an elaborate CGI creation, but the design work is impressive and definitely shows the Biblical Lord of the Rings that this could have been. In 2016, he took to Twitter to share artwork of the phases of Lucifer’s transformation over the course of the film. In 2008, Scott Derrickson was attached to the project for a time.
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