Twenty-six years ago, DreamWorks released the starry animated musical “The Prince of Egypt,” which chronicles the life of biblical figure Moses, to both critical and commercial success. The film, featuring music by eventual “Wicked” composer Stephen Schwartz and the voices of Val Kilmer and Ralph Fiennes, is widely regarded as a masterpiece — yet the biblical animated film genre was seemingly abandoned after the turn of the millennium.
Enter “The King of Kings,” Angel Studios’ effort to revive the faith-based children’s movie in theaters. The film, which stars Oscar Isaac as Jesus, Pierce Brosnan as Pontius Pilate, Mark Hamill as King Herod, Forest Whitaker as Peter and Ben Kingsley as High Priest Caiaphas, is cleverly framed as famed author Charles Dickens (Kenneth Branagh) and his wife Catherine (Uma Thurman) seek to teach their King Arthur-obsessed son…
