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The 31-year-old British actor confirmed he will be playing Ben-Hur in an upcoming adaptation of the biblical tale, while at the Zurich Film Festival.The part was made famous by Charlton...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eJack Huston has landed the role of a lifetime. \u003cbr/\u003eThe 31-year-old British actor confirmed he will be playing Ben-Hur in an upcoming adaptation of the biblical tale, while at the Zurich Film Festival.\u003cbr/\u003eThe part was made famous by Charlton Heston in the Oscar-winning 1959 movie, however Huston stresses that the new film is no remake.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's very much gone back to the novel. Which is quite different to its predecessor - which you don't really want to touch and step on its toes and do a remake of, you want to do something that is separate but obviously has the same story at its core,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think what we're going to do with it is going to be very different and very relevant right now. I'm so excited to be a part of it and very honored to be taking on such an important role,\" he added.\u003cbr/\u003eHe may be making a different movie, but Huston - who is the nephew of actors Anjelica and Danny Huston - said he will be watching Heston's version to prepare for the role.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Initially I was thinking, 'do I watch the (original) movie?' And then my uncle Danny said a very important thing, he was like 'of course you watch it because it's a great film.' And even if there might be, in the movie we are making right now, a little homage to it, a little wink, or do something that might pay respects to it, because the last thing you want to say is 'we want to better that movie,' because you can't better that movie. I mean Jesus, it won 11 out of 12 Oscars, it was an epic,\" Huston noted.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I heard stories about the making of this movie and it was the first of its kind on that scale and what we have to try and do is be respectful of the original.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe new \"Ben-Hur\" will be directed by Timur Bekmambetov (\"Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter\") and the screenplay has been written by John Ridley (\"12 Years A Slave\") and Keith R. Clarke (\"The Way Back\"). \u003cbr/\u003eIt's set for release in 2016 and Huston hopes that, due to the current political climate, the story will resonate with audiences.\u003cbr/\u003e\"With the conflict that is going on in the world, it is a movie about forgiveness and about acceptance. When everything is against you how we fight to build ourselves back up - and with all the conflicts going on in the world with different religions and different sects and stuff like that I feel this is a movie about coming together. Hopefully maybe that rubs off and it can help a little bit,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eIn addition to \"Ben-Hur,\" Huston will be working on another movie that's based on a novel and has already had screen adaptations.\u003cbr/\u003eHe'll be starring at Mr. Wickham in a reworking of Jane Austen's \"Pride and Prejudice.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe movie, called \"Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,\" will be released next year and, as the title suggests, it adds zombies to the classic love story.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I tell you what, there have been a lot of 'Pride and Prejudice' and some brilliant versions of 'Pride and Prejudice,' no one really wants to see another 'Pride and Prejudice,' but what this has done is it has brought in a third dimension,\" explained Huston.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's just brought in this whole new contingent to all the characters. It's just added this extra dimension to them and it's very truthful to the way they were written and yet it has just added something extra. It's just brilliant, it's really fun. I think it is going to be a great movie. I hope so.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSpecific release dates for \"Ben-Hur\" and \"Pride and Prejudice and Zombies\" have yet to be announced.\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment \u003cbr/\u003eZurich, Switzerland, 5 October 2014\u003cbr/\u003e1. Car drives onto green carpet at Zurich Film Festival, actor Jack Huston gets out of car, signs autographs for fans\u003cbr/\u003e2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jack Huston, on playing Ben-Hur in the upcoming new movie:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We're so happy because it all comes down to the script initially, and how the script is and they've just done a fantastic job on this script. John (Ridley) just did a pass on, it was a great script anyway, but it has elevated it to another level and it's very much gone back to the novel. Which is quite different to its predecessor - which you don't really want to touch and step on its toes and do a remake of, you want to do something that is separate but obviously has the same story at its core. I think what we're going to do with it is going to be very different and very relevant right now. I'm so excited to be a part of it and very honored to be taking on such an important role.\"\u003cbr/\u003e3. Medium of Huston posing for photo with fan, zoom in on Huston signing autographs\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jack Huston, actor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Initially I was thinking, 'do I watch the (original) movie?' And then my uncle Danny said a very important thing, he was like 'of course you watch it because it's a great film.' And even if there might be, in the movie we are making right now, a little homage to it, a little wink, or do something that might pay respects to it, because the last thing you want to say is 'we want to better that movie,' because you can't better that movie. I mean Jesus, it won 11 out of 12 Oscars, it was an epic. I heard stories about the making of this movie and it was the first of its kind on that scale and what we have to try and do is be respectful of the original. When I say original, there was on done in, I think, 1925, a silent film as well of Ben-Hur, which is rather amazing. So this will be the third bringing to the screen. In that way there was a predecessor of the previous one. I feel that, more than anything, it is the story that when I read it I thought I am happy to tell this story right now, because it doesn't feel like we are remaking the movie, which would be horrible. It feels like we are making an original film based on a similar subject.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. Close of Huston signing autographs, tilt down\u003cbr/\u003e6. Medium of Huston posing for photo, zoom in\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE (English) Jack Huston, actor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"With the conflict that is going on in the world, it is a movie about forgiveness and about acceptance. When everything is against you how we fight to build ourselves back up - and with all the conflicts going on in the world with different religions and different sects and stuff like that I feel this is a movie about coming together. Hopefully maybe that rubs off and it can help a little bit.\"\u003cbr/\u003e8. Close of Huston signing, pull out\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (English) Jack Huston, actor - on his film \"Pride and Prejudice and Zombies\":\u003cbr/\u003e\"I tell you what, there have been a lot of 'Pride and Prejudice' and some brilliant versions of 'Pride and Prejudice,' no one really wants to see another 'Pride and Prejudice,' but what this has done is it has brought in a third dimension. It's brought in this whole new, whilst staying very true to Jane Austen's novel, it's just brought in this whole new contingent to all the characters. It's just added this extra dimension to them and it's very truthful to the way they were written and yet it has just added something extra. It's just brilliant, it's really fun. I think it is going to be a great movie. I hope so.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. 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