You’ve got to give UP Network credit for a sense of humor, sending along rubber duckies to promote its premiere movie, “Noah’s Ark,” airing Sunday, March 22.
Here’s a description from UP:
The UP Premiere Movie “Noah’s Ark,” written by Tony Jordan (“Hustle,” “The Nativity”), is a retelling of the biblical story of Noah and The Ark. Noah, a farmer and family man, is instructed by an angel to build an ark in the middle of a desert in order to save both his family and the faithful from a devastating flood. A seemingly impossible task, especially when his sons refuse to believe him and help, Noah risks ridicule and humiliation from the degenerate townsfolk as well as his loving but exasperated family, in his quest to carry out his God-given task. Co-produced with the BBC, “Noah’s Ark” is a timeless tale; a story of family and faith; about one man’s belief and fixation with building the ark which will ultimately save his family and mankind. It is an obsession which leads to the fragmentation of his family, a test of their faith in their father and their father’s faith in God and everything he believes in. A stellar cast is headed up by David Threlfall (“Tommy Cooper,” “Shameless,” “What Remains”) as Noah, Joanne Whalley (“The Borgias,” “Jamaica Inn”) as his steadfast wife Emmie, and Nico Mirallegro (“The Village”).
As quoted in the original BBC press release, Threllfall says:
The story jumped off the page at me from the first reading. It’s not just a family saga but the first family saga. It takes its inspiration from many faiths and speaks of values which should be shared across all cultures. It was something I immediately wanted to be part of.
“Noah’s Ark” filmed in Morocco, which has become the go-to location for Biblical epics, from “The Bible” and “A.D.: The Bible Continues” (premiering Sunday, April 5 on NBC), and National Geographic’s “Killing Jesus” (premiering Sunday, March 29).
Said Belinda Campbell, executive producer for Red Planet Pictures:
[Noah’s Ark] is a timeless tale which will touch those who are both familiar with the story from the Bible, as well as those who are seeing it for the first time. Warm and humorous, it tells the tale of the impact on a family when an ordinary man undertakes to do an extraordinary thing.
Here’s a peek:
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