Sony Dates Legendary’s Jeymes Samuel Biblical Time Set Feature ‘The Book Of Clarence’
deadline.comSony has just dated Legendary’s Jeymes Samuel’s Biblical-time set feature The Book of Clarence for Sept. 22 this year. Inspired by classic Hollywood epics set in biblical times, The Book of Clarence tells the tale of “Clarence,” 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 – a journey that leads him on an exploration of the idea of faith and to a highly unexpected path of his own.
We hear the movie isn’t a faith-based one. Sony had a nice adult title in The Woman King which worked last September by opening to $19M and finaled at $67M U.S./Canada and $92.4M WW.
The Book of Clarence is directed, written, produced and composed by multi-hyphenate, BAFTA winner Samuel. He’s also producing the film alongside James Lassiter, Tendo Nagenda and Shawn ‘Jay-Z’ Carter.
Garrett Grant is serving as executive producer. The Legendary Pictures film will re-team Samuel with Academy Award nominee LaKeith Stanfield in the title role as well as Omar Sy, RJ Cyler, BAFTA winner and Oscar® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch, BAFTA winner James McAvoy, Anna Diop, Teyana Taylor, BAFTA nominee David Oyelowo, Oscar and BAFTA nominee Alfre Woodard and Oscar nominee Marianne Jean-Baptiste.
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