Russell Crowe Set to Star in Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Noah’; Production Begins in July
Darren Aronofsky has officially locked up his leading man for his Biblical epic Noah after a lengthy search that saw the Black Swan director court Christian Bale, Michael Fassbender among others. Paramount Pictures has announced that Russell Crowe has signed on to play the titular character in this adaptation of Noah’s Ark story.
In the book of Genesis, God wants to punish mankind for its wickedness but chooses one man, Noah to build an ark and preserve his creation. When Noah completes the ark and is safe and sound on board along with his family and the world’s animals, God sends the Great Flood that wipes out the rest of humanity.
“I rejoice that Russell Crowe will be by my side on this adventure. It’s his immense talent that helps me to sleep at night. I look forward to being wowed by him every day,” Aronofsky said in a statement.
This is great news since I’m a big fan of the Russ and his teaming-up with Aronofsky is supremely exciting. The news isn’t all that surprising given that rumors of his involvement were leaked out several weeks ago but it’s nice to get an official confirmation.
Aronofsky and Ari Handel wrote the screenplay with John Logan (Gladiator, Hugo) coming in for a rewrite. Production is set to begin this July in New York and Iceland for a release date on March 28th, 2014.
Crowe was recently seen shooting the film adaptation of the musical Les Misérables in the UK. The actor plays the sinister Inspector Javert opposite Hugh Jackman’s Jean Valjean. He is also reportedly set for roles in Winter’s Tale and Broken City.
What do you think?
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Honestly, I think Crowe fits the image far better than Bale, and I’m deeply curious to see how he fares with Aronofsky at the helm. But frankly? Aronofsky could have cast any number of actors here and I’d be on board.
Yea Aronofsky and Crowe certainly two awesome names to topline a movie. Maybe this will revive Crowe’s leading man career which has been a bit on the decline as of late.
I think this could be Russell Crowe’s come back. Dude needs a great role as I think he needs someone to challenge him like a Aronofsky.
Well said, let’s have him go back to ancient times, that will do him good as with Gladiator
A Crowe and Aronofsky combo? HMMMMMMM…? This might be too much for me to pass up on.
Might even be too much awesomeness for one sitting…
That is gonna be one badass Noah.
That project looks pretty weird for Aronofsky to be doing it…Crowe doesn’t really make it any more appealing for me.
Well let’s face it, everything Aronofsky does seems pretty weird at the outset
Aronofsky doing a Noah flick. Interesting a religious movie made by one of the most interesting directors today. Hopefully, CGIs won’t get in the way…
Personally Crowe or anyone else can be great along with Aronofsky. It only needs a capable director to make a great film and the actors aren’t the reason why I’ll pay for the film anyway.
Yea certainly in this case, the overriding factor is the director’s take on the subject matter. Looking forward to see Aronofsky’s vision on the story.
Yeah, Crowe is the right age, has a good look for it, is a great actor.
Aronofsky has thrown nothing but strikes so far, so let’s see what he can do here. Could be flat out awesome.
I look forward to pretty much anything Aronofsky does
Love it. Crowe/Aronofsky is a great pairing indeed.
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