A new Hollywood film in the works that some are already calling blasphemous will portray Jesus as the product of His mother Mary being raped by a Roman soldier, and show that miracles mentioned in the New Testament were not real.

Paul Verhoeven, who directed previous hits including "Robocop," "Total Recall" and "Basic Instinct," is basing the movie on his 2008 book, "Jesus of Nazareth."

According to Deadline.com, Verhoeven's take on the life of Jesus discounts all the miracles mentioned in Scripture, including the virgin birth and the resurrection, as Verhoeven doesn't believe any of them actually took place.

Perhaps the most controversial of Verhoeven's notions is that "Jesus might have been the product of his mother being raped by a Roman soldier, which Verhoeven said was commonplace at the time, and that Jesus was a radical prophet who performed exorcisms and was convinced he would find the kingdom of heaven on earth, and did not know he would be sentenced to die on the cross by Pontius Pilate," Deadline reported.

"He is treading on territory that Christians universally would label as blasphemous," says Mike Fleming of Deadline. "The film seems to have landed in the appropriate place, as a gritty and controversial independent film."

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WND reader Dale Ulmer is among those already outraged, saying, "Anyone involved in the production of this film will face the wrath of God. I will NOT watch this film and I would personally like to write to these people and tell them they are treading in waters with no life preserver unless they cancel this film because God's judgment will be harsh if they choose to mock him. They have no real proof of what they are suggesting, however the Bible has never failed in its record of historical events. Archaeologists and scientists are discovering proof of biblical accounts, just as it was written."

In a previous interview with Fleming, Verhoeven spoke of Jesus in these terms:

"If you look at the man, it's clear you have a person who was completely innovative in the field of ethics. My own passion for Jesus came when I started to realize that. It's not about miracles, it's about a new set of ethics, an openness towards the world, which was anathema in a Roman-dominated world. I believe he was crucified because they felt that politically, he was a dangerous person whose following was getting bigger and bigger. Jesus' ideals are about the utopia of human behavior, about how we should treat each other, how we should step into the shoes of our enemy."

Muse Productions will reportedly be producing the new film, and Roger Avary, who won an Oscar for co-writing 1994's "Pulp Fiction," is on board to adapt the book into a screenplay.

No date has been mentioned yet for when the film is targeted for release.