Marc Forster has always been a director who likes to take on projects about diverse subjects. He has directed serious dramas, like "Finding Neverland
," great acting performances (Halle Berry in “Monster’s Ball
") and has also helmed a big-budget action film, "Quantum of Solace
," and now it looks as if he will take on religion for his next film.According to Variety, Forster is being lined up as a potential director for the religious drama "Heretics" for Endgame Entertainment.
Based on an episode of "This American Life," "Heretics" centers on Carlton Pearson, a rising star among evangelicals until he was ostracized by his own church and declared a heretic after he started preaching that there is no Hell. Pearson began to do so after watching a program about conditions in war-torn Rwanda.
Marcus Hinchey ("All Good Things") is writing the screenplay. James D. Stern, Ira Glass, Alissa Shipp, Bradford Simpson and Forster will produce.
Forster is a skilled and adept director, and I think Glass’s “This American Life” is truly a great journalistic program. The combination of that along with the fact that this story is very interesting and controversial should make for a great project.
Looks for filming to begin later this year.
