Andrew Garfield or Miles Teller could take on the role of Jesus in Martin Scorsese's next movie
Apr. 18, 2024Scorsese’s adaptation of A Life of Jesus starts filming this year
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Martin Scorsese is looking to cast Andrew Garfield and Miles Teller in his upcoming Jesus movie,Varietyreports.
The movie, which is expected to start filming later this year, will be based on A Life of Jesus, the 1973 novel by Shūsaku Endō. It’s still unclear whether Garfield or Teller will be playing the titular figure. According to Variety, the director is looking to independently finance the movie, bypassing the studio system. “I have responded to the Pope’s appeal to artists in the only way I know how: by imagining and writing a screenplay for a film about Jesus,“Scorsese said at a conference at the Vatican last year.
Scorsese is also planning to film another movie straight afterward: a Frank Sinatra biopic with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence in talks to star as the iconic singer and his second wife, Ava Gardner.
While we wait for Scorsese’s A Life of Jesus adaptation to arrive on our screens, check out our guide to this year’s biggestmovie release dates.
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