Camilla Belle to Play ‘Mary, Mother of Christ’

Camilla Belle, currently smoking up the screen in ‘Push’, has signed on to play the titular role in ‘Mary, Mother of Christ’.   Aloe Entertainment is putting the New Testament film together also starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the dual roles of Gabriel and Lucifer and Peter O’Toole as Symeon.

Al Pacino and Jessica Lange are in talks to play Herod and Anna the Prophetess.

Argentine filmmaker Alejandro Agresti (‘Valentin’ and ‘The Lake House’) is directing the film, which begins filming in Morocco in May.

MGM plans to release the film wide in 2,000-plus theaters April 2, 2010, which coincides with Good Friday.

Source: Variety