Rueben's Ramblings

The three-hour TV event Killing Jesus will debut on National Geographic on March 29 at 8 PM.

Kelsey Grammer (Frasier) stars as King Herod the Great, the unrelenting and ambitious Roman-appointed King of Judea, who notoriously ordered the murder of all baby boys in Bethlehem.

Among the cast are Stephen Moyer (True Blood) as Pontius Pilate; Haaz Sleiman (The Visitor) as Jesus, Rufus Sewell (Hercules) as Caiaphas; Emmanuelle Chriqui (Entourage) as Herodia; Eoin Macken (The Night Shift) as Antipas; John Rhys Davies (Lord of the Rings franchise) as Annas; Stephanie Leonidas (Defiance) as Salome; Aneurin Barnard (The White Queen) as James and Tamsin Egerton (The Look of Love) as Claudia [among others].

Here is a behind-the-scenes look at Killing Jesus.