After what seemed like an eternity between films, with “A Hidden Life” crawling to completion, all signs are pointing to filmmaker Terrence Malick working incredibly fast on his latest film, the mysterious “The Last Planet.” Well, after months of teasing, it appears that we not only know the main cast of his upcoming Jesus Christ film, but we know some of the roles that the actors will be playing, including a few of the good guys and the biggest villain of them all.
According to Deadline, actor Aidan Turner, probably best known for his roles in the ‘Hobbit’ franchise and the recent British TV series, “Poldark,” is the latest to join the pretty incredible cast that Malick has put together for his new film, “The Last Planet.” The film is said to follow Jesus Christ’s life through a series of parables, with Turner portraying the Apostle Andrew.
The report also confirms the rest of the actors that have been rumored to be joining the latest production. Joseph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Douglas Booth, Tawfeek Barhom, Martin McCann, Ori Pfeffer, Shadi Mar’i, Makram Khoury, Numan Acar, Emilio De Marchi, Bjorn Thors, Alfonso Postiglione, and Lorenzo Gioielli are now all confirmed to be in the project, with their specific roles unclear.
However, a few of the previously announced names have not only been confirmed but we know who they’ll be portraying. Oscar-winning actor Mark Rylance is set to play Satan in the film (which he seemingly confirmed a little while ago), Matthias Schoenaerts is going to portray the Apostle Peter, and Geza Rohrig is the man who will play Jesus Christ in the film.
Another name that has been confirmed is cinematographer Jörg Widmer, who worked with Malick on the aforementioned “A Hidden Life.”
No word on the release date for the film, as we can only hope that we don’t have to wait years for this one to finish post-production. Obviously, when it’s ready, “The Last Planet” will likely do the festival circuit and land a distributor then. We will have to wait and see. At least we know that Malick isn’t wasting any time before beginning a new production.