The Dutch director Paul Verhoeven has found funding to be able to carry out his next project «Jesus of Nazareth«, Adaptation of the eponymous book that he wrote himself and which was published in 2010.
Chris hanleyWhoever produced the big screen adaptation of the controversial book "American Psycho" at the time, will be the producer who risks investing in a film that will not be without controversy.
The history of Paul Verhoeven, shows Jesus as a man of great wisdom who instilled some principles with which Christianity began, and not as the son of God. He also explains in his book that Jesus was gestated after the rape of Mary by a Roman soldier and that it was not Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.
The filmmaker has not only obtained funding to be able to shoot the adaptation of his book, but he also already has the scriptwriter who will adapt it, it is about Roger avary, who became famous for collaborating with Quentin Tarantino on the text of Pulpo Fiction.
Verhoeven will return to directing after six years without filming any films, his last work was "The Black Book", and before this one has to go back to the year 2000 to be able to see one of his films. Now he is back with strength and there are three projects he is preparing to shoot shortly, in addition to "Jesus of Nazareth", he has "Hidden Force" and "The Last Express" underway.
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