The Passion of the Christ is getting the two-hour musical treatment thanks to Fox, Deadline reports.
The network continues with its musical formula, announcing they’ll air live broadcast of the film’s storyline broadcast from New Orleans on March 20, 2016.
Titled “The Passion,”; the performance is set to include a cast of big names and performers who will be joined by narrator and New Orleans native Tyler Perry.
The performance is also set to include a live procession of hundreds of people carrying out a “20-foot illuminated cross from Champion Square outside the Superdome to the live stage at Woldenburg Park on the banks of the Mississippi River.”
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“‘The Passion’ is both wonderfully entertaining and genuinely inspirational,” Fox Entertainment president David Madden said. “Tyler Perry is the perfect host to lead the cast – and viewers – through the streets of New Orleans in this contemporary re-telling of a timeless story.”
“The Passion”; tells the story of Jesus Christ’s final hours. The event is based on a similar project formed in the Netherlands by Eye3Eye Media’s.