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Supernatural Tale of ‘The Pharaoh’ and Ark of the Covenant
We’re being told that Jon Avnet – director 88 Minutes, Righteous Kill and some episodes of “Justified” – has been attached to direct a bizarre supernatural thriller that will uncover the “truth” behind Babylon circa 586 B.C.
Erica Miner adapts The Lost Pharaoh, Valerio Manfredi’s Italian novel that follows modern Egyptologist who stumble across of terrifying discovery: what actually happened in Babylon circa 586 B.C. when the prophet Jeremiah hid the sacred Ark of the Covenant as the Babylonians invaded.
Steve Guttenberg will open up a Dybbuk box in the upcoming movie The Dybbuk, with Beth Grant (No Country For Old Men) and Craig Bierko (Cinderella Man) also starring.
Deadline reports, “The contemporary adaptation of S. Ansky’s play comes from writer-director Lee Amir-Cohen and writer-producer Ashley Bua. Filming has recently wrapped in LA.”
Steven Guttenberg plays Rabbi Azrael in the upcoming Jewish folklore-based horror movie. The character is described as “a spiritual leader and mystic, forced to perform a dangerous exorcism when the spirit of a dead man possesses a young woman in his congregation.”
“Tony-nominee Craig Bierko plays Sender, the young woman’s father, while Beth Grant plays Frayda, her grandmother,” Deadline notes in their exclusive report this morning.
Lee Amir-Cohen makes his feature directorial debut with The Dybbuk.