Growing up in our family – even though not religious at all – we all loved catching a good biblical classic on a Sunday afternoon. Earlier cinema give us epics like THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD and QUO VADIS. The genre made superstars of the likes of Cecil B. Demille, Charlton Heston and Max Von Sydow, before Scorsese’s THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST controversy consigned the genre, as a sticky subject matter in modern movie making. Mel Gibson’s bloodbath THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST made bucket loads of cash, yet also divided many.
This brings us to the recent announcement of Darren Aronofsky’s NOAH, which for Paramount studios handling production, will be hoping for a hit and hopefully breathe new life into biblical genre. Last week we finally received confirmation that Russell Crowe, will be the man to build a boat when the floods come. Joining him in counting the animals two-by-two, will be Jennifer Connelly and Soairse Ronan, who are expected his portray the wife and daughter.
Paramount President Adam Goodman, also gave a few details about the production:-
It will be a big, robust production and will have tremendous scale. It’s the perfect combination of casting [Russell Crowe, Saoirse Ronan and Jennifer Connelly] and a remarkable adventure. This isn’t what you think of when you think of Darren, but it will be very true to him as a filmmaker. It will be PG-13 and will likely cost around $125 million.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
