New Regency Acquires ‘The Church Of Living Dangerously’ For Christian Bale To Play Preacher On Hellish Drug Smuggling Road; Charles Randolph Scripting

Exclusive: New Regency has acquired film rights to David Kushner’s Vanity Fair article “The Church of the Living Dangerously,” with Christian Bale attached star and produce. Script will be written by Charles Randolph, who shared an Oscar with Adam McKay for scripting the Bale-starrer The Big Short, as well as the Jay Roach-directed Fox News Roger Ailes sexual harassment drama Bombshell.
The film will be produced by New Regency and Bale, along with Ellen Goldsmith Vein and Eric Robinson of The Gotham Group. Randolph and Kushner will serve as executive producers, together with Margaret Riley. Bale just wrapped starring in the untitled David O Russell-directed film at New Regency. In The Church of Living Dangerously, he has a potential starring role with meat on the bone.
John Lee Bishop emerged from a rough and tumble childhood to become pastor of The Living Hope Church, which became so big...
The film will be produced by New Regency and Bale, along with Ellen Goldsmith Vein and Eric Robinson of The Gotham Group. Randolph and Kushner will serve as executive producers, together with Margaret Riley. Bale just wrapped starring in the untitled David O Russell-directed film at New Regency. In The Church of Living Dangerously, he has a potential starring role with meat on the bone.
John Lee Bishop emerged from a rough and tumble childhood to become pastor of The Living Hope Church, which became so big...
- 8/23/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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