Hollywood star unrecognisable as King Herod in Massacre of the Innocents trailer | Films | Entertainment
The age of the Biblical epic is making a comeback as another has been announced following Netflix’s Mary last year.
Originally titled Bethlehem, Zero AD is set to adapt the Massacre of the Innocents, when the tyrannical King Herod ordered the execution of all male babies under two in the city’s vicinity
This was to ensure that the newborn Jewish Messiah, who the Magi had told the monarch about, didn’t grow up to challenge his rule.
Nevertheless, according to the Gospels, Mary and Joseph…