GODS BEHAVING BADLY begins filming with Silverstone, Falco, Stone, Turturro, Walken and more

Principal photography is set to begin in mid-July on Gods Behaving Badly, a modern day take on the Greek Gods tale with an all star ensemble cast. The film is produced by Big Beach Films (Little Miss Sunshine, Our Idiot Brother). It was adapted byJosh Goldfaden and director-co-producer Marc Turtletaub from Marie Phillips’ novel. Silverstone and Moss-Bachrach play "a mortal couple who cross paths with the immortals; this threatens not only their budding relationship, but the future of everything else."

According to Thompson on Hollywood, Alicia Silverstone and Ebon Moss-Bachrach play the leads with a supporting cast that includes Nelsan Ellis  (Dionysus), Edie Falco (Artemis), Rosie Perez (Persephone), Oliver Platt (Apollo), Phylicia Rashad (Demeter), Sharon Stone (Aphrodite), Gideon Glick (Eros), John Turturro (Hades), Henry Zebrowski (Hermes) and Christopher Walken (Zeus).

The novel is actually set in London as you can see below in the book synopsis from Publisher's Weekly:

”...finds the Greek gods and goddesses living in a tumbledown house in modern-day London and facing a very serious problem: their powers are waning, and immortality does not seem guaranteed. In between looking for work and keeping house, the ancient family is still up to its oldest pursuit: crossing and double-crossing each other. Apollo, who has been cosmically bored for centuries, has been appearing as a television psychic in a bid for stardom. His aunt Aphrodite, a phone-sex worker, sabotages him by having her son Eros shoot him with an arrow of love, making him fall for a very ordinary mortal-a cleaning woman named Alice, who happens to be in love with Neil, another nice, retiring mortal. When Artemis-the goddess of the moon, chastity and the hunt, who has been working as a dog walker-hires Alice to tidy up, the household is set to combust, and the fate of the world hangs in the balance. Fanciful, humorous and charming, this satire is as sweet as nectar.”

Any film that has Platt and Walken is one that I am interested in seeing. The idea of Walken playing Zues just sounds awesome. What are your thoughts on this news?