April Brings a Final Exodus for Ridley Scott’s $268.2 Million Biblical Epic

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Published Mar 15, 2026, 9:21 AM EDT

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For decades, filmmakers have been converting stories from the Bible into on-screen productions. Classics like Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments and William Wyler’s Ben-Hur may immediately come to mind, while more recent epics like Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ reinvigorated the genre at the turn of the millennium. These days, one of the most popular television series, The Chosen, is all about Biblical tales with Christian filmmaker Dallas Jenkins leading the charge on that project and numerous off-shoots, including the upcoming Joseph of Egypt. Seeing space for growth, production companies like Angel Studios have also turned to faith-based programming to cast a net on a larger audience who all have interests rooted in the stories and characters from the Bible.

Next year, Gibson will return to the long ago world that he first touched on in 2004’s The Passion of the Christ, when he follows up the crucifixion with the resurrection in The Resurrection of the Christ, which will come as a two-part film event. But, he won’t be the only one eyeing box office sales around Easter 2027, as Jenkins and the rest of the team behind The Chosen will be coming in hot with the show’s Season 7 premiere, which will cover the story of the resurrection. But, if reruns of The Chosen and rewatches of The Ten Commandments and The Passion of the Christ aren’t doing it for you, and you need something else to hold you over until Jenkins’ small-screen Biblical epic returns later this year for Season 6, a free streamer has you covered.

Beginning on April 1, Tubi will be the new home of one of Ridley Scott’s most overlooked titles when the free streamer welcomes Exodus: Gods and Kings into its collection. Starring Christian Bale as Moses, the film pulls inspiration from the harrowing Biblical story of the Exodus when Moses led the Hebrews out of Egypt and toward the Promised Land. Those biblical scholars out there who are sticklers for the written word might not mesh with the Alien helmer’s delve into the religious texts as they might with Gibson’s, as it frequently strays from the footsteps of the Book of Exodus. However, if you’re in for a big epic with a gargantuan production budget, this one’s for you.

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Who Stars in ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’?

In addition to The Dark Knight star, Scott’s biblical journey also features performances from Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), John Turturro (Severance), Sigourney Weaver (Alien), Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams), Ben Mendelsohn (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), and Ben Kingsley (Shutter Island).