BEN-HUR Featurette and More Promotional Videos Don’t miss the new BEN-HUR featurette and more promotional videos! The film, directed by Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter), stars Jack Huston, Rodrigo Santoro, Toby Kebbell, and Morgan Freeman. BEN-HUR will be released in theaters on August 12. A falsely accused Jewish nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his Roman best friend, who betrayed him.