It seems Darren Aronofsky knows the that there is one sure-fire way of adding a bit of gravitas to your movie, and that's stick Sir Anthony Hopkins in it..
So Hopkins will play Methuselah, the world's oldest living man who dies at the age of 969, seven days before the beginning of the Great Flood.
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 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 is set to sail into theaters March 28th, 2014 and stars Russell Crowe, Saoirse Ronan, Douglas Booth, Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins. The film is directed by Darren Aronofsky.
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