TOBY KEBBELL SE INCORPORA AL ELENCO DE «BEN HUR«

Timur Bekmambetov‘s Ben-Hur is moving along at chariot-race speed. Earlier this week we learned Jack Huston had been cast in the title role, and now comes news Toby Kebbell is about to join him as Ben-Hur’s BFF-turned-nemesis Messala. Morgan Freeman also boarded the cast last week.

Hit the jump for all the details on the Ben-Hur Toby Kebbell casting.

Variety reports Kebbell is in early talks for the role. The character was played by Stephen Boyd in the 1959 movie. Like that film and the 1925 silent film before it, Bekmambetov’s Ben-Hur is based on Lew Wallace‘s 1880 novel. Keith Clarke  wrote the script, and John Ridley  did a rewrite.

Ben-Hur lands in theaters February 26, 2016. Shooting begins early next year in Europe.

Via:Slash Film