I hope by now you have had a chance to watch the movie, "Risen" or that you will while it is still in the Theaters.
During the movie there is reference to Mary of Magdala being a prostitute. I wanted to clear this up - if there is any doubt in your mind.
Luke 8:1-3 tells us, "After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him, and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out; Joanna the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herod's household; Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means."
Scripture tells us that Mary of Magdala did have seven demons AND she was a woman of "means" (money) that she gave to support Jesus and the 12 disciples. We don't know if she came from family money / was a widow or like some other women, had a business of her own. The Lord did not see fit to include that information in His Word. And . . . just as He left this out, no where in Scripture are we told that Mary of Magdala was a prostitute OR that she was the woman caught in Adultery in John 8:1-11 OR that she was the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4 AND she was not Mary of Bethany, Martha's and Lazarus' sister.
Below is an article that further explains that this is not Biblical, but was generated by a sermon created in the 600's. Bottom line - when in doubt - go back to the Scripture and remember "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness" (2 Timothy 3:16)
Mary Magdalene by Kristin Swenson
There are oodles of Marys in the New Testament, and that has led to some confusion. Mary Magdalene is probably the most confused of all—not herself, as far as we can tell, but in popular imagination. The misunderstandings abound. For one thing, Magdalene is not her last name but a reference to her town of origin: Magdala (like Nazareth) was in the region of Galilee. This should immediately distinguish her from Mary of Bethany, since Bethany is in a completely different area (and not far from Jerusalem).
Was Mary Magdalene a prostitute?
Many people are most surprised to learn that nowhere in the Bible is Mary Magdalene described as a prostitute. Her reputation as a reformed prostitute has no explicit biblical support, but it does have church support. Pope Gregory I (d. 604) gave legs to this misinterpretation by delivering a sermon that equated both Mary of Bethany and the anonymous hair-washing sinner woman (Luke 7:36-50) with Mary Magdalene. This portrait also absorbed the story of the unnamed woman caught in adultery (John 7:53-8:11), the combination making the popular image of Mary Magdalene quite different from the biblical depictions.
Indeed, since then, Mary of Magdala has more often than not been represented as a prostitute who gave up her wicked ways to follow the forgiving Jesus—sometimes to powerfully positive effect. For example, the creative and successful Magdalene community, begun in 1997 by Becca Stevens in Nashville, Tennessee, aims to help women recovering from lives of drugs, prostitution, and abuse. Because Mary Magdalene is also depicted this way in the twentieth-century blockbuster films Jesus Christ Superstar, The Last Temptation of Christ, and The Passion of the Christ, it's no wonder that few people know that the Bible doesn't describe her in this way.
Kristin Swenson, "Mary Magdalene", n.p. [cited 13 Mar 2016]. Online:http://www.bibleodyssey.org/en/people/main-articles/mary-of-magdala