PhotoOne year ago, Harvey Weinstein was waging what may have been his final Oscar campaign. Ms. Mara portrays the woman depicted in the New Testament as a loyal follower of Jesus (played by Joaquin Phoenix, who worked with the actress in the 2013 movie “Her”). The new trailer promises the film will reveal “the untold story” of Mary Magdalene and Jesus Christ, who tells her that before she posed the question, “no one ever asked me how it feels” to be the son of God. Previous Bible-based movies like “The Last Temptation of Christ” and “The Passion of the Christ” have generated controversy. It remains to be seen if that will be the case with “Mary Magdalene,” which hits American theaters on March 30, 2018, two days before Easter.

Source: New York Times November 29, 2017 22:18 UTC