Mohammad pic 'Messenger' being remade

October 27, 2008 "The Messenger of Peace" will be a remake of Moustapha Akkad's "The Message," a 1977 Hollywood classic starring Anthony Quinn that is often applauded by Muslims as an example of how commercial Western cinema can respect Islam. Akkad, the Syrian-born executive producer of Hollywood's "Halloween" horror films, was killed in a suicide bomb attack by al-Qaida on a luxury hotel in Jordan's capital Amman in 2005. A spokesman for the producers said in an e-mail to Reuters that details of the funding and production of the planned film would be released "in due course."

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