Cairo's Al-Azhar said it objected to any depictions of God's messengers
Test screen viewers in U.S. complained Noah's depiction was 'too dark'Noah revered by Muslims as well as Christians and has a chapter in Koran
Paramount Pictures admitted the film takes 'artistic license' with ark legendBiblical epic depicting axe-wielding Crowe is due to premiere on March 28
Members of the two religions - at odds for more than a thousand years - are singing with one voice to condemn the £75million film Noah for its take on the Biblical hero.
The blockbuster has already been banned in three Arab countries after religious leaders complained that it depicted the Biblical figure - who is also a prophet in the Koran.
But it appears that America's devout Christians are also annoyed about the portrayal of the antediluvian patriarch, claiming after test screenings that director Darren Aronofsky had made him 'too dark'.
In exchange for his eight-figure budget, the auteur filmmaker was forced to allow backer Paramount to conduct as many as half a dozen test screenings to test the waters while work was still in progress.
A representative of an Australian pentecostal megachurch present for one warned The Hollywood Reporter: 'If you're expecting it to be word for word from the Bible, you're in for a shock.
'There can be an opportunity for Christians to take offence.'
Another viewer at a separate test screening was more blunt, saying it depictued Noah as a 'crazy, irrational, religious nut' who is obsessed with apparently modern day problems like overpopulation
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