Nicolas Cage to Star in Action-Thriller LEFT BEHIND

Movie Nicolas Cage by Joey Paur

Another day, another piece of Nicholas Cage casting news! This guy is signed on to star in so many film projects that I'm starting to think that he's got a Cage clone out there helping him out. He's currently in talks to star in a faith based action thriller called Left Behind. The movie is based on a series of books written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, dealing with the End Times. It features a Christian eschatological viewpoint of the end of the world.

Apparently, this will also be a reboot of a film series already made that starred Kirk Cameron. I've never seen the original films or read the books, but from the research I've done on it it sounds like it will make for an interesting film series. It's easy to see Cage take on a project like this.

The writer and producer of the original set of films, Paul Lalonde, has written a screenplay with John Patus, who worked on the final entry 2005's Left Behind: World at War. According to THR "they are hoping to take the movie series in a more mainstream direction and are eyeing a budget in the $15 million range."

Have you read any of the books in the series or watched any of the previous films? Do you think this could be a successful movie franchise?

Here's a description of the book series:

Based on dispensationalist interpretation of prophecies in the Biblical books of RevelationDanielIsaiah and EzekielLeft Behind tells the story of the end times (set in the contemporary era), in which true believers in Christ have been "raptured", (i.e. taken instantly to heaven) leaving the world shattered and chaotic. As people scramble for answers, a relatively unknown, Romanian politician named Nicolae Jetty Carpathia rises to become secretary-general of the United Nations, promising to restore peace and stability to all nations. What most of the world does not realize is that Carpathia is actually the Antichrist foretold from the Bible. Coming to grips with the truth and becoming born-again Christians, Rayford Steele, his daughter Chloe, their pastor Bruce Barnes, and young journalist Cameron "Buck" Williams begin their quest as the Tribulation Force to help save the lost and prepare for the coming Tribulation, in which God will rain down judgment on the world for seven years.

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