Chiwetel Ejiofor is in negotiations to join the Netflix film “Come Sunday,” a true story based on a 2005 episode of “This American Life.”
“Come Sunday”
tells the story of Carlton Pearson (Ejiofor), the renowned evangelical
minister in Tulsa, Okla., who stirred up controversy with his revelation
that hell does not exist. He loses everything and must rebuild his
church and his family and find his own personal faith.
Ejiofor would star opposite Robert Redford as Oral Roberts.
Marcus Hinchey (“All Good Things”) wrote the screenplay, and Joshua Marston (“Maria Full of Grace”) is directing.
Via The Hollywood Reporter:
The
project, formerly titled “Heretics,” was originally set up at Endgame
Entertainment in 2010 as a directing vehicle for Marc Forster, who will
be involved as an executive producer.
Jeffrey
Wright had previously been in talks to take on the starring role of
Pearson, and Jonathan Demme also flirted with the long-gestating
project.
Endgame’s James D. Stern is producing “Come Sunday”
alongside “This American Life’s” Ira Glass and Alissa Shipp. Color
Force’s Brad Simpson, who was involved in the project when Forster was
developing it, is executive producing.
Ejiofor, who co-starred in last year’s “The Martian,” will next appear as Baron Karl Mordo in “Doctor Strange.”
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