{"id":28177,"date":"2015-03-09T13:44:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T20:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=28177"},"modified":"2015-03-10T01:57:47","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T08:57:47","slug":"casting-news-the-shack-of-kings-and-prophets-ben-hur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2015\/03\/casting-news-the-shack-of-kings-and-prophets-ben-hur.html","title":{"rendered":"Casting news: The Shack<\/i>, Of Kings and Prophets<\/i>, Ben-Hur<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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1. Big news regarding Stuart Hazeldine\u2019s adaptation of The Shack<\/a><\/i><\/b>: Octavia Spencer, who won an Oscar for The Help<\/i>, has been cast as God<\/a> \u2014 or at least as one of the manifestations of God. (In the book, God appears as a black woman, a Middle Eastern carpenter, and an Asian woman.) Back when Forest Whitaker was going to direct the film, it was widely buzzed<\/a> that his The Butler<\/i> co-star Oprah Winfrey might get this part, but Spencer is probably a better choice: more versatile, less baggage.<\/p>\n

2. Maisie Richardson-Sellers is going to play King Saul\u2019s daughter Michal in Of Kings and Prophets<\/a><\/i><\/b>. In the Bible, Michal falls in love with David and marries him, but then her father gives her to a new husband when David becomes an outlaw. Deadline<\/a> specifies that Michal is Saul\u2019s \u201cyoungest child\u201d, though as far as I can tell the Bible says only that she was the younger of Saul\u2019s two daughters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

3. Ben-Hur<\/a><\/b><\/i> has a new cast member: Bulgarian actor Julian Kostov is going to play \u201ca Roman citizen named Lucius<\/a>\u201d. There is no one of that name in the book<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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