Netflix & City of God Director's The Pope Casts Jonathan Pryce

The Netflix original filmThe Popehas now mould Jonathan Pryce as the Argentinian Pope Francis . Netflix has release a number of much talked - about original pic this yr alone and has even more arriving , over the remaining month of 2017 . The tilt of approaching Netflix original movies this year is wide-ranging in music genre and include the heist thrillerWheelman , the Jim Crow - geological era historical dramaMudbound , the Stephen King horror / thriller adaptationGerald ’s Gameand David Ayer ’s fantasy pig / law-breaking thrillerBright .

conduct byChildren of God ’s Fernando Meirelles , The Popewill be publish by Anthony McCarten ( the screenwriter ofThe Theory of Everythingand this November’sDarkest Hour).The Popewill explore Jorge Mario Bergoglio life history as he train to follow in the footstep of Pope Benedict . As a Jesuit and the first non - EuropeanPope in one C , Bergoglio ’s journeying to becoming Pope Francis could make for an intriguing tale , with the rights actors involved .

Deadlineis report that Pryce has been cast as Pope Francis inThe Pope , with Anthony Hopkins in talk to costar as Pope Benedict in the film . Pryce is perhaps best know nowadays for encounter the High Sparrow inGame of Thrones , so he ’ll certainly be intimate with the idea of preside over a religious ordering . Johns Hopkins , meanwhile , will rejoin to the big screen to reprise his Marvel Cinematic Universe role as Odin in this fall’sThor : Ragnarok .

Though Pryce ’s career has n’t been without argument , he ’s wide regarded as a brawny and respected performing artist . His recent turn as the High Sparrow inGame of Thronesshould also give fans an approximation of how he ’ll come on the likewise god-fearing Pope Francis . Hopkins , meanwhile , is no stranger to play a powerful leader . Though it ’s strange how muchThe Popewill focus on Pope Benedict , the role player will likely light up each scene he ’s in .

While Netflix has been turning out critically acclaim television for years , it ’s still comparatively Modern to the movie plot . So far , its rails record with films has been scattershot . Okjawon them praise , whileDeath Notehasn’t been able to take away the smirch of gloss over from it . With a slew of films arriving over the next few months , however , it will be easygoing to get a sense of Netflix as a moving-picture show studio apartment and call howThe Popemight be pick up .