Just a couple quick news links.
1. The Hollywood Reporter notes that the Toronto International Film Festival‘s recently announced line-up includes a couple of films that may be pertinent to those covering the religion beat — or those covering the Matthew Modine beat, whichever:
Another slot has been reserved for Cinema Seven’s “Opa!,” the romantic comedy from British director Udayan Prasad about an American archeologist (Matthew Modine) in Greece to uncover a lost Biblical artifact that his late father had searched for in vain. As he digs, the archeologist falls in love with a tavern owner, played by Agni Scott.
Modine will also be in Toronto to tout “Mary,” in which he plays an independent director casting himself as Jesus Christ in his film. Abel Ferrara directs the drama that includes Juliette Binoche as an actress playing Mary Magdalene. The drama will first bow in Venice before having its North American premiere in Toronto.
2. The Hollywood Reporter says Jon Voight and Lolita Davidovich are currently shooting a film called September Dawn in Alberta:
“Dawn” is a love story set against the 19th century massacre of a wagon train of settlers in Utah at the hands of a renegade Mormon group. Voight plays the leader of the renegade Mormon faction, while Davidovich is a member of the wagon train who stands up to Voight’s threats.
The story isn’t clear on whether the wagon train is, itself, Mormon.
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