Christian Bale Won’t Be Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Noah;’ Michael Fassbender Next In Line?
By Russ Fischer/Nov. 30, 2011 2:00 pm EST
With Bale set to do two Malick films in 2012, however, he’s well out of the running for Noah. There is a very good second choice on the horizon, however: Michael Fassbender, who despite being one of the most wanted actors around right now, has a relatively open schedule for 2012.
Deadline was first up with the news that Bale wouldn’t be able to do Noah, but Variety brings a lot more info to the table, including the possible casting of Fassbender.
So: Fassbender could end up going from Magneto to NC-17 sex addict to classic Biblical character, all within the span of a couple years. Aren’t the movies wonderful?
Noah was without a backer for some time, but New Regency agreed to finance it in part, and then Paramount signed on to complete the financing and distribution package. The studio likes Noah because it is both a tentpole and a film with global story recognition. Even though I suspect that what Darren Aronofsky will deliver is a version of Noah’s story that won’t be quite what some people are used to.
Aronofsky said of the film earlier this year,
You can get a look at some designs for the movie via pages from the graphic novel treatment of the script, which has already been published in Europe.
“I don’t think it’s a very religious story… I think it’s a great fable that’s part of so many different religions and spiritual practices. I just think it’s a great story that’s never been on film.” … “He’s a dark, complicated character. The tragedies we perform on each other are so well reported. Quite clearly, the planet is dying, and we are dying on it.”
