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An upcoming film based on Verhoeven’s 2010 book ‘Jesus of Nazareth’ which discounts the events commonly attributed to the life of Christ has sparked accusations that the filmmaker is attacking Christianity. Paul Verhoeven, who worked on the 1992 film Basic Instinct, will direct the film, which will suggest that Jesus was not the son of God as is generally believed and instead he was conceived after his mother Mary was raped by a Roman soldier. Academy Award-winning Pulp Fiction co-writer Roger Avary will reportedly be adapting the book into a screenplay. Following in the footsteps of religious movies such as ‘The Passion Of Christ’ and Ridley Scott's rumored upcoming Moses adaptation, the news of this adaptation has sparked accusations that the filmmaker is launching an attack on Christianity. “ Hollywood isn’t anti-Christian, we are constantly told,” RadarOnline quoted Dan Gainor of the Culture and Media Institute as saying. “Yet the evidence keeps piling up that it is precisely that way. “This isn’t accidental. Christians and Christian faith have been under decades of attack by hedonist Hollywood that is desperate to rationalize a culture of immorality,” claimed Gainor. The project has only been announced this month and the cast has not been revealed so a representative for Verhoeven said that any reaction is premature. “There is as yet no script on the subject, and until there is, there’s nothing to discuss,” the representative said. “It will be at least six months before we have a script,’ the director’s spokesperson added.

Christian outrage over film that portrays Jesus as child of rape