Guess this is the week of movie news bliss for my mom, as there’s not one but TWO Russell Crowe related stories that have popped up over the last few days. Previously I wrote about Crowe in talks to join the ambitious adaptation of The Dark Tower. A few days ago brought us some more Crowe news, as USA Today got an exclusive pic of the scruffy looking actor on the set of Darren Aronofsky’s Noah, in which Russ-russ (that’s what I call him) plays the ark-builder himself.
Noah is poised to be Aronofsky’s first genuine blockbuster. At $130 million the film has a budget more than four times that of The Fountain, formerly the director’s most expensive project. The Fountain ended up making a paltry $15 million (combining domestic and worldwide grosses) at the box office, an obvious disappointment for both Aronofsky and studio Warner Brothers.
Of course, the director went on to make The Wrestler and Black Swan, both critical and commercial smashes (Black Swan especially, as it went on to make, worldwide, 25 times the amount of its $13 million budget).
The story Aronofsky’s Noah tells has already been told in graphic novel form, and there’s little word on how closely the movie will hew to the original Biblical tale, although since the director has said this is a disaster film first and foremost, I wouldn’t hold my breath for a close adaptation.
For more updates on the film, follow Mr. Aronofsky on Twitter.
Noah opens in March of 2014.
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