{"id":46963,"date":"2016-06-04T16:15:17","date_gmt":"2016-06-04T23:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=46963"},"modified":"2016-06-04T16:15:17","modified_gmt":"2016-06-04T23:15:17","slug":"sam-worthington-walks-with-god-in-the-poster-for-the-shack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/06\/sam-worthington-walks-with-god-in-the-poster-for-the-shack.html","title":{"rendered":"Sam Worthington walks with God in the poster for The Shack<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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A couple days late to this, but better late than never. Lionsgate has released a poster for The Shack<\/a><\/i>, Stuart Hazeldine\u2019s upcoming adaptation of the best-selling novel about a grieving father who is visited by the three Persons of the Trinity.<\/p>\n

The poster shows the father, played by Sam Worthington, standing outside the titular shack with \u201cPoppa\u201d, a manifestation of God the Father played by Octavia Spencer.<\/p>\n

The film also co-stars Israeli actor Avraham Aviv Alush as Jesus (i.e. God the Son) and Japanese pop star Sumire as \u201cSarayu\u201d, a manifestation of God the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n

The film comes out next March. Here is the poster:<\/p>\n

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And, just for comparison, here is the cover of the best-selling book:<\/p>\n

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