RJ Cyler, Benedict Cumberbatch, James McAvoy, Anna Diop, David Oyelowo, Alfre Woodard and Marianne Jean-Baptiste are all set to join LaKeith Stanfield and Omar Sy in “The Book of Clarence” at Legendary Pictures.
The project marks filmmaker Jeymes Samuel’s follow-up to his debut feature with last year’s western film “The Harder They Fall”. The new film began production Monday in Italy and will also star Caleb McLaughlin, Teyana Taylor, Babs Olusanmokun, Eric Kofi, Nicholas Pinnock, Micheal Ward, Chase Dillon, Tom Glynn-Carney and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor.
The story is said to be inspired by classic Hollywood epics set in Biblical times and follows Clarence (Stanfield), a down-on-his-luck denizen of Jerusalem embarking on a misguided attempt to capitalize on the rise of celebrity and influence of the Messiah for his own personal gain.
It is a journey that leads him on an exploration of the idea of faith and to a highly unexpected path of his own. Stanfield is playing Clarence.
Samuel helms from an original screenplay he wrote and is producing alongside James Lassiter, Tendo Nagenda and Shawn ‘Jay-Z’ Carter. Samuel is also composing the score.
Source: THR
