If you caught Superman Returns this past weekend, you may have seen not one, but two Christ figures on the screen—only one of them was the real deal. A teaser trailer for Catherine Hardwicke's The Nativity Story preceded the blockbuster superhero film—making the comparisons between Jesus and Supes all the more inevitable.

If you missed the trailer in the theater, don't sweat it; it's also showing at the new official website for the New Line Cinema project. The site also includes behind-the-scenes photos and a making-of featurette, including an interview with screenwriter Mike Rich, an evangelical who also wrote such films as Radio, The Rookie, and Finding Forrester. The site also includes glimpses at some of the sets and locations, plus a synopsis of the movie.

The Nativity Story releases in theatres worldwide on December 1. Christianity Today Movies visited the movie set in Italy in May, reporting on it here.

In other movie news:

Free tickets to global warming movie (CreationCare.org)
Christians urged to attend An Inconvenient Truth

Gospel According to John in the works (official site)
Bruce Marchiano, IBS partner to adapt story for film

Anne Rice signs deal for Jesus film (UPI)
Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt coming to big screen

An inside look at Evan Almighty (USA Today)
Steve Carell stars in 2007 sequel to Bruce Almighty

An Evil portrait of a pedophile priest (Hollywood Reporter)
Deliver Us from Evil the true story of Oliver O'Grady

The Golden Compass on track (New Line Cinema)
Controversial story to begin filming in September

Historians challenge Apocalypto (USA Today)
Mel Gibson's latest, due Dec. 8, roundly criticized

Indian actress to play Wonder Woman? (Slice of Sci-Fi)
Actress rumored to be Joss Whedon's pick

Napoleon, Nacho creator a real family guy (Washington Post)
BYU grad Hess has no plans for a Dynamite sequel

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