Religious biopics are hot again so where the hell is Cecil B. DeMille when you need him? Okay, sorry. Cecil has been dead for over 50 years but he could have made a mint with todays studios finally giving the iconic adventures told in the Bible another shot on the big-screen. While we wait for Ridley Scott’s starstudded EXODUS or BEN-HUR rumoured the be directed by WANTED’s Timur Bekmambetov, we’ll first see Darren Aronofsky guiding Russell Crowe in taking the animals two-by-two for NOAH.
Check out a new set of stills from the film both in front of and behind the camera.
NOAH is a close adaptation of the Biblical story of Noah’s Ark. In a world ravaged by human sin, Noah is given a divine mission: to build an Ark to save creation from the coming flood. The screenplay was written by Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel and revised by Academy Award®-nominated screenwriter John Logan (GLADIATOR, HUGO). Scott Franklin and Aronofsky of Protozoa Pictures, along with Mary Parent of Disruption Entertainment, will produce the film. The film will be executive produced by Ari Handel (BLACK SWAN), Arnon Milchan of New Regency and Chris Brigham (INCEPTION, ARGO).
NOAH co-stars Jennifer Connelly, Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Douglas Booth, Barry Sloane, Kevin Durand, Marton Csokas, Dakota Goyo, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Mark Margolis and Arnar Dan. It will hit cinemas on 28th March 2014
