Diogo Morgado

Son of God actor Diogo Morgado or, as he’s come to be known in online circles, “Hot Jesus” obviously doesn’t want to get typecast. In a strange, but oddly poetic twist, the next role on his roster will be on CW’s upcoming show The Messengers, as The Devil. Pardon, “a Devil-like character” because the network didn’t want to offend the devoutly religious, who might be turned off from seeing Son of God because of Morgado’s new on-screen allegiances.

Morgado will do away with the beard and sandals for his next role.

TMZ broke the news, but up to this point, there has been no comment from either Morgado or reps for CW. It makes sense that they would want to keep the news of the actor’s new… direction on the DL until all the good god-fearing folk have finished buying tickets to see Son of God.

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In the wake of last week's Catching Fire fever, new releases this week are a little more low key. Thanksgiving audiences in America will be choosing between Disney's acclaimed new animated film Frozen and Spike Lee's much more adult remake of the 2003 Korean thriller Oldboy. 

Meanwhile in the UK moviegoers will get a taste of Thanksgiving in the wacky animated romp Free Birds, plus a chance to savour the awards-buzz on Saving Mr Banks, about Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) trying to coerce PL Travers (Emma Thompson) into signing over the rights to her book Mary Poppins. Read our Saving Mr. Banks review here.

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After the rather surprising success of NBC's miniseries The Bible this year, the television adaptation of the story of Jesus Christ will be turned into a feature-length movie, rendering Christopher Spencer's biblical movie more accessible to viewers around the world.

Diogo Morgado Is The Son Of God In 'Son Of God.'

Son of God will feature the original scenes shown in The Bible miniseries, with some deleted scenes that were not originally featured in the telecast, reports Variety. Producers Mark Burnett and Roma Downey reportedly struck a deal with 20th Century Fox to distribute their feature film which will be edited down from the original 10 hour series to 2 hours and 15 minutes.

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Mark Burnett's miniseries The Bible will have a sequel. A.D. Beyond The Bible will be set in the days following Jesus' death.

The Bible aired over Easter on the History Channel and attracted around 13.1 million viewers for its premiere. The finale on Easter Sunday attracted 11.7 million. It has gone on to become, on DVD, the top selling miniseries of all time, according to The Hollywood Reporter. 

Mark Burnett at The Kaleidoscope Ball, L.A. in April 2013.

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