He'll join Morgan Freeman in the latest version of the epic taleThough it looked for a while as though Tom Hiddleston would be the new Ben-Hur, he’s in fact headed in a different direction as was revealed yesterday. Nope, the man looking to fill a role once assayed by Charlton Heston is Jack Huston.Taken once again from Lew Wallace’s 1880 novel, the new version aims to follow more of the younger days of Judah Ben-Hur and Messala, best friends growing up in Jerusalem before the Roman Empire takes over.