Robert Redford May Play Oral Roberts in 'Come Sunday'
by Breitbart News 22 May 2014,
1:43 PM PDT
Robert Redford is
known for his unabashed progressive streak, not any religious affiliation.
That makes the following casting
news intriguing given Redford's penchant for
politically charged projects.
The veteran actor and Sundance Film Festival founder is
considering the role of Oral Roberts in the upcoming film Come Sunday.
The film, which will be financed
and produced by Endgame Entertainment (Looper), chronicles the true story of
Carlton Pearson, a renowned evangelical minister in Tulsa, Okla., who stirs up
controversy with his revelation that there is no hell. He loses everything and
must rebuild his church and his family and find his own personal faith. Jeffrey
Wright (Quantum of Solace) is in talks to take on the starring role of Pearson.
Roberts, an early pioneer of TV
evangelism who reached millions of followers worldwide over more than six
decades, served as Pearson's mentor.
Redford earned draves for his
singular performance in last year's All Is Lost, and he flexed his superhero
savvy with a smaller role in the recent Captain America: The Winter Soldier. His
more politically charged films of late, however, have made little noise at the
box office. Both The Company You Keep and The Conspirator failed to draw a
crowd.
Roberts, who died in 2009, was
born into poverty and became one of the most prominent televangelists of the
20th century. He made headlines in 1986 when he asked his followers to donate a
total of $8 million or he God would call him home.
Robert Redford
Robert
Redford is a trustee at the Natural
Resources Defense Council, the founder & president for the Sundance Institute, and an honorary board
member for Green Cross International.
Note: Leonardo DiCaprio
is a trustee at the Natural Resources
Defense Council, and a board member for Global Green USA.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Sundance Institute, and the Human
Rights Watch.
George Soros
was a benefactor at the Human Rights
Watch, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Sundance
Institute is a sponsor for the Sundance
Film Festival.
Patricia E.
Mitchell was a director at Human
Rights Watch, is the vice chair for the Sundance Institute, and a board member for Global Green USA.
Global Green USA
is a US
affiliate for Green Cross International.
Robert Redford - Sourcewatch
Robert Redford is an honorary board
member for Green Cross
International.
Mikhail Gorbachev
is the founder of Green Cross
International, the general secretary for
the Communist Party of the Soviet Union,
and the president of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics (USSR).
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