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It’s been almost exactly one year since Columbia Pictures / Screen Gems brought The Pope’s Exorcist (read our review Here), a supernatural thriller starring Russell Crowe, to theatres. Just two weeks after the film was released, our friends at Bloody Disgusting heard that a sequel was in development… but everything has been quiet since then. During a recent interview with The Six O’Clock Show, Crowe confirmed that a sequel is in development – and that The Pope’s Exorcist was actually meant to be chapter one in a trilogy!

As it turns out, things have been quiet on the Pope’s Exorcist front because there was a behind-the-scenes shake-up with the studio executives, but it sounds like Crowe still has hopes that the trilogy is going to happen. He told The Six O’Clock Show (with thanks to MovieWeb for the transcription), “(A sequel) is in discussion at the moment. The...

Brought to the big screen by Sony earlier this year, The Pope’s Exorcist was quietly a box office hit back in April, scaring up $76 million worldwide on a production budget of just $18 million. We’ve heard that a sequel is already in early development, and Sony is surely thrilled to hear that the Russell Crowe film is finding even more of an audience over on Netflix.

The Pope’s Exorcist hit Netflix on August 16 and it’s currently the #1 most popular movie on the streaming service, beating out films including brand new Netflix Originals like The Monkey King and Heart of Stone. It didn’t take long for the film to shoot to the top of Netflix’s charts, no doubt aided by its profile being raised by the theatrical release earlier this year.

There’s nothing remarkable about The Pope’s Exorcist, either good or bad, but a fun performance...

Now available on PVOD and digital services, The Pope's Exorcist will be heading to Blu-ray and DVD on June 13th. In support of the home media release, I had an opportunity to have a spoiler-filled chat with Daniel Zovatto, who told me all about playing Father Esquibel, working with Russell Crowe, and more!

"Inspired by the actual files of Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican (Academy Award®-winner Russell Crowe), The Pope’s Exorcist follows Amorth as he investigates a young boy’s terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden."

Directed by: Julius Avery, Screenplay by: Michael Petroni and Evan Spiliotopoulos, Screen Story by: Michael Petroni and R. Dean McCreary & Chester Hastings, Based on the books “An Exorcist Tells His Story” and “An Exorcist: More Stories” by: Fr. Gabriele Amorth, Produced by: Doug Belgrad, Michael Patrick Kaczmarek, Jeff Katz,...

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced today that this year’s horror hit The Pope’s Exorcist is headed to Digital on May 30, followed by Blu-ray and DVD on June 13.

Inspired by the actual files of Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican, The Pope’s Exorcist follows Amorth as he investigates a young boy’s terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.

Blu-ray, DVD And Digital Special Features Include:

● Introducing Father Amorth

● What Possessed You?

Julius Avery (Overlord) directed The Pope’s Exorcist.

From Sony’s Screen Gems, The Pope’s Exorcist is based on real-life exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth, “the legendary Italian priest who performed over 100,000 exorcisms for the Vatican.”

Evan Spiliotopoulos wrote the current draft with revisions by Chuck MacLean, based on Michael Petroni-revised original drafts by Chester Hastings and R. Dean McCreary.

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Academy Award winner Russell Crowe plays real-life exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth in The Pope’s Exorcist, which is now available to watch on PVOD ($24.99) at home.

Bloody Disgusting has been provided with an exclusive featurette video this afternoon, teasing the film’s at-home release and featuring insights from star Russell Crowe and more.

“It’s very hard to make original exorcism-based material,” producer Jeff Katz notes. So how did the filmmakers go about bringing something different to the exorcism arena?

“There’s definitely levels of intrigue and investigation in the movie which feel different from what you might find in another type of horror film,” Russell Crowe explains in the video.

Julius Avery (Overlord) directed The Pope’s Exorcist.

In The Pope’s Exorcist, “Gabriele Amorth, the Vatican’s leading exorcist, investigates the possession of a child and uncovers a conspiracy the Vatican has tried to keep secret.”

Franco Nero (Django, John Wick:...

This week is all about horror at home, as all of this week’s new releases can be watched from the comfort of your couch. The list includes the home debuts of three of this year’s big theatrical releases. Here’s all the new horror releasing May 2 – May 7, 2023!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

Universal’s brand new horror-comedy Renfield has been playing in theaters since April 14, and the film is now available on at-home VOD ($24.99) beginning today.

Meagan wrote in her review of Renfield, “It won’t reignite fervor for a new Universal Monsters resurgence, but Renfield makes for an entertaining enough time at the movies.”

Nicolas Cage sinks his teeth into the most iconic bloodsucker of all time in Renfield, playing Count Dracula alongside Nicholas Hoult’s fly-eating henchman, Renfield.

“In this modern monster tale of Dracula’s loyal servant, Nicholas Hoult stars as Renfield,...

Academy Award winner Russell Crowe plays real-life exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth in The Pope’s Exorcist, which will be available to watch at home beginning this week.

The Pope’s Exorcist hits at-home PVOD on Tuesday, May 2, 2023.

You can rent the film for $19.99 or buy it for $24.99 over on Vudu.

Screen Gems may very well have a hit franchise on their hands with The Pope’s Exorcist, as Bloody Disgusting recently learned that a sequel is already in early development.

Julius Avery (Overlord) directed The Pope’s Exorcist.

In The Pope’s Exorcist, “Gabriele Amorth, the Vatican’s leading exorcist, investigates the possession of a child and uncovers a conspiracy the Vatican has tried to keep secret.”

Franco Nero (Django, John Wick: Chapter 2) stars as the titular pope. Laurel Marsden (Ms. Marvel), Cornell S. John (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald), Peter DeSouza-Feighoney, Alex Essoe (Doctor Sleep) and Daniel Zovatto (It Follows) also star. Ralph Ineson (The Witch,...

Academy Award winner Russell Crowe plays real-life exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth in The Pope’s Exorcist, the brand new horror movie from director Julius Avery (Overlord). The Screen Gems horror movie has thus far scared up $52 million worldwide, and Bloody Disgusting can exclusively report that a sequel to The Pope’s Exorcist is now in early development.

Bloody Disgusting’s sources indicate that development is underway on The Pope’s Exorcist 2, but we don’t have any further details at this time. We do expect Crowe to return.

Stay tuned for more as we learn it.

The smart thing about The Pope’s Exorcist is that the production budget was quite low, reportedly just $18 million. This set the horror movie up for success, allowing it to become profitable in theaters after just one week of release. The same can’t be said about Universal’s Renfield, which reportedly cost $65 million and has thus far made just $17.9 million.

The Pope's Exorcist follows Father Gabriele Amorth, the chief exorcist of the Vatican, who has gotten into some trouble with the church, some of whom are skeptical of demonic possession. Father Gabriele is sent to help a young boy who recently lost his father and has been possessed by a powerful demon. In the course of his investigation, Father Gabriele uncovers a massive conspiracy that the Vatican has tried to keep hidden for years.

The Pope's Exorcist is based on Gabriele Amorth's books An Exorcist Tells His Story and An Exorcist: More Stories. The movie is directed by Julius Avery from a script penned by Michael Petroni and Evan Spiliotopoulos, based on a story by R. Dean McCreary, Chester Hastings, and Jeff Katz. The Pope's Exorcist stars Russell Crowe, Daniel Zovatto, Alex Essoe, Franco Nero, Laurel Marsden, and Peter DeSouza-Feighoney.

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It is hard to look at any movie with “Exorcist” in its title and not immediately think of William Friedkin’s eternal 1973 Oscar-winning horror classic that is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Nevertheless there have been dozens of films of various stripes that have tried to conjure their own magic in this sub-genre, but none that have managed to surpass what Friedkin and screenwriter William Peter Blatty did with that brilliant film.

Now though, with a bit of a twist we have a new entry, The Pope’s Exorcist, which is hoping to lure audiences with the promise of the story of an actual exorcist — and not just any run-of-the-mill demon slayer but rather Father Gabriele Amorth, who for 36 years plied his trade at the Vatican, rising to chief exorcist there in 1992 until his death in 2016. Along the way he wrote books, “good ones” as this film notes, An Exorcist...

The return of The Exorcist film franchise isn’t the only exorcism horror on the way here in 2023. Julius Avery, the director of 2018’s Overlord, is back with The Pope’s Exorcist, and Fandango has debuted a clip from the movie today. Additionally, tickets are now on sale.

In the clip, which you’ll find below, Father Amorth (Russell Crowe) meets with a very curious group of clergy. He explains that he refers the vast majority of cases to secular doctors… but then there are those cases where he comes face-to-face with true evil.

Bloody Disgusting recently reported that Ralph Ineson (The Witch, The Green Knight) has joined Russell Crowe in the film. Ineson has been cast as the voice of the demon.

Franco Nero (Django, John Wick: Chapter 2) recently joined the cast as the titular pope, starring alongside Russell Crowe as real-life exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth. Laurel Marsden (Ms.

Mumbai, Feb 23 (Ians) The trailer of the film ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’, unravels the terrifying possession of a young boy and an intervention by Father Gabriele Amorth played by the Academy Award-winner Russell Crowe.

The terrifying trailer that dropped on Wednesday pushes the viewers on the edge of their seat.

The film is based on the actual files of Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican, and follows Amorth as he investigates a young boy’s possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.

Directed by Julius Avery, the movie has its screenplay written by Michael Petroni and Evan Spiliotopoulos, with a screen story by Michael Petroni and R. Dean McCreary and Chester Hastings.

Produced by Doug Belgrad, Michael Patrick Kaczmarek, and Jeff Katz, ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’ features an ensemble cast featuring Daniel Zovatto, Alex Essoe, and Franco Nero.

The film will...

‘The Pope’s Exorcist’ trailer has just been released, much to the delight of horror fans around the world. The terrifying trailer will leave you on the edge of your seat, which will completely engulf you in the world of horror like never before.

Based on the actual files of Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican (Academy Award®️-winner Russell Crowe), The Pope’s Exorcist follows Amorth as he investigates a young boy’s terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.

Directed by Julius Avery, the movie stars Academy Award®️-winner Russell Crowe as Father Gabriele Amorth. The screenplay is written by Michael Petroni and Evan Spiliotopoulos, with a screen story by Michael Petroni and R Dean McCreary & Chester Hastings.

Produced by Doug Belgrad, Michael Patrick Kaczmarek, and Jeff Katz, “The Pope’s Exorcist” boasts of a talented ensemble cast featuring Daniel Zovatto,...

Julius Avery, the director of 2018’s Overlord, is heading back into the horror genre with The Pope’s Exorcist on April 14, and the first official trailer has arrived this morning.

Watch the official trailer for The Pope’s Exorcist below.

Bloody Disgusting recently reported that Ralph Ineson (The Witch, The Green Knight) has joined Russell Crowe in the film. Ineson has been cast as the voice of the demon.

The Pope’s Exorcist is rated “R” for…

“Violent content, language, sexual references, and some nudity.”

Franco Nero (Django, John Wick: Chapter 2) recently joined the cast as the titular pope, starring alongside Russell Crowe as real-life exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth. Laurel Marsden (Ms. Marvel), Cornell S. John (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald), Peter DeSouza-Feighoney, Alex Essoe (Doctor Sleep) and Daniel Zovatto (It Follows) also star.

From Sony’s Screen Gems, The Pope’s Exorcist is based on real-life exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth, “the...

Julius Avery, the director of 2018’s Overlord, is heading back into the horror genre with The Pope’s Exorcist this coming April, and Fandango has debuted first-look footage today.

Additionally, Fandango has let us know this afternoon that the official trailer for The Pope’s Exorcist will debut tomorrow, February 22. Watch a featurette below while you wait.

Bloody Disgusting recently reported that Ralph Ineson (The Witch, The Green Knight) has joined Russell Crowe in the film. Ineson has been cast as the voice of the demon.

The Pope’s Exorcist is rated “R” for…

“Violent content, language, sexual references, and some nudity.”

Franco Nero (Django, John Wick: Chapter 2) recently joined the cast as the titular pope, starring alongside Russell Crowe as real-life exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth. Laurel Marsden (Ms. Marvel), Cornell S. John (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald), Peter DeSouza-Feighoney, Alex Essoe (Doctor Sleep) and Daniel Zovatto (It Follows) also star.

The return of The Exorcist film franchise isn’t the only exorcism horror on the way here in 2023. Julius Avery, the director of 2018’s Overlord, is heading back into the horror genre with The Pope’s Exorcist later this year, and the film from Screen Gems has now been rated.

The Pope’s Exorcist is rated “R” for…

“Violent content, language, sexual references, and some nudity.”

Bloody Disgusting recently reported that Ralph Ineson (The Witch, The Green Knight) has joined Russell Crowe in the film. Ineson has been cast as the voice of the demon.

Franco Nero (Django, John Wick: Chapter 2) recently joined the cast as the titular pope, starring alongside Russell Crowe as real-life exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth. Laurel Marsden (Ms. Marvel), Cornell S. John (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald), Peter DeSouza-Feighoney, Alex Essoe (Doctor Sleep) and Daniel Zovatto (It Follows) also star.

From Sony’s Screen Gems,...

Julius Avery, the director of 2018’s Overlord, is heading back into the horror genre with The Pope’s Exorcist, and Bloody Disgusting has learned that Ralph Ineson has joined Russell Crowe in the film. Ineson has been cast as the voice of the demon.

Ralph Ineson is an accomplished screen actor, delivering magnetic performances across film and TV. Ralph’s impressive film credits include The Northman, The Green Knight, True Love, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, The Witch, Ready Player One, and Catherine Called Birdy. Ineson recently finished filming with Phantom Four Films on The First Omen.

Ineson’s television credits include HBO’s Emmy award-winning ‘Chernobyl’ and ‘Game of Thrones’. He is perhaps best known in the UK for playing series regular Chris Finch in cult classic ‘The Office’, and will next be seen on the small screen in ‘The Gallows Pole’.

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Julius Avery, the director of 2018’s Overlord, is heading back into the horror genre with The Pope’s Exorcist, and Deadline brings us the latest casting news this afternoon.

For starters, Franco Nero has joined the cast as the titular pope, starring alongside Russell Crowe as real-life exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth.

Additionally, Laurel Marsden (Ms. Marvel), Cornell S. John (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald), and Peter DeSouza-Feighoney have also joined the horror movie’s cast.

From Sony’s Screen Gems, The Pope’s Exorcist is based on real-life exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth, “the legendary Italian priest who performed over 100,000 exorcisms for the Vatican.”

Alex Essoe (Doctor Sleep) and Daniel Zovatto (It Follows) will also star.

Evan Spiliotopoulos wrote the current draft with revisions by Chuck MacLean, based on Michael Petroni-revised original drafts by Chester Hastings and R. Dean McCreary.

Ángel Gómez (Voices) had previously been attached to direct the movie for Screen Gems,...

Russell Crowe is set to star in Screen Gems’ “The Pope’s Exorcist,” based on Father Gabriele Amorth, the legendary Italian priest who performed over 100,000 exorcisms for the Vatican, according to an individual with knowledge of the project.

Juluis Avery, who directed 2018 horror movie “Overlord,” is set to helm the project.

Screen Gems had previously acquired the life rights to Chief Exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth from Michael Patrick Kaczmarek and media company Loyola. Part of the deal includes rights to Father Amorth’s two international bestselling memoirs “An Exorcist Tells His Story” and “An Exorcist: More Stories.”

Father Amorth, who died in 2016, left behind a trove of detailed accounts of his exploits driving the devil out of people all over the world.

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Spanish director Ángel Gómez (“Voices”) has been attached to Screen Gems’ project “The Pope’s Exorcist,” based on Father Gabriele Amorth, the lItalian priest who performed over 100,000 exorcisms for the Vatican.

Chester Hastings and R. Dean McCreary wrote the screenplay. Michael Patrick Kaczmarek, Jeff Katz of Worldwide Katz and Loyola Productions President Eddie Siebert, S.J. are producing.

Screen Gems had previously acquired the life rights to Amorth from Kaczmarek and Loyola, including the rights to his memoirs “An Exorcist Tells His Story” and “An Exorcist: More Stories.” Amorth, who died in 2016, was the subject of William Friedkin’s documentary “The Devil and Father Amorth.” The news was first reported by Deadline Hollywood.

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Exclusive: Ángel Gómez has been set by Screen Gems to direct The Pope’s Exorcist, a genre film that is based on the exploits of Father Gabriele Amorth. He is the legendary Italian priest who was the Chief Exorcist of the Vatican, and performed over 100,000 exorcisms for the Church.

Chester Hastings and R. Dean McCreary wrote the screenplay.

Michael Patrick Kaczmarek, Jeff Katz of Worldwide Katz and Loyola Productions President Eddie Siebert, Sj are producing. Eric Paquette, Michael Bitar and Giselle Johnson will oversee for Screen Gems.

Gómez made his directing debut on Voices and has become a leading voice of Spanish horror. The film was well received in its theatrical run in Spain and it premieres next month on Netflix. Gomez cut his teeth directing award-winning shorts including Affection and Behind. He is developing the latter as a feature at Lionsgate with Ghost House and Ground Control.

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Now that we’ve all ogled Zoe Saldana’s goodies in the exploitation schlockfest Colombiana, the actress can step off of the publicity circuit and start work on something new. What’s that going to be? I’m glad you asked. According to THR Saldana is moving on a project called Dominion that’s something of a supernatural thriller. It’s about a creature that is a hybrid of an angel and a human, and Saldana seems to be perfect for the role because, well, she’s really pretty. Some might say angelic. It’s coming from a pitch by Dean McCreary and Chester Hastings, a relatively new-on-the-scene writing team who have credits in two upcoming films, one a familiar sounding thriller called You’re My Angel, and the other a film about a video store clerk who worships Sam Raimi called Fanboy. In a first for Saldana, this job will force her to rely on a...

Between her starring turns in "Avatar" and "Columbiana," Zoe Saldana is finally on the cusp of total "Dominion."

Saldana is set for the lead role in "Dominion," a supernatural thriller in which she'll play a half-human, half-angel hybrid, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The movie, set up at Paramount, is based on a pitch from writers Dean McReary and Chester Hastings. Saldana will also produce the project.

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Your suspicions were right! Zoe Saldana may actually be an angel. The Columbiana, Avatar, and Star Trek star is taking on a new supernatural thriller project with Paramount Pictures, entitled Dominion, where she plays a character whose heritage is both human and angelic.

THR reports that Dean McCreary and Chester Hastings are pitching the project to Paramount and Saldana will not only be starring in the picture, but also serve as a producer with Robbie Brenner (Machine Gun Preacher).

McCreary and Hastings have also written You’re My Angel which is in development with 4 Horsemen Films and a short film called Fanboy about “a video store employee who is the world’s biggest Sam Raimi fan.”

No hard details about the plot have been reveals as of yet, but keep it right here on SciFi Mafia for the latest news!

Zoe Saldana is to produce and star in a new supernatural thriller called Dominion.

The Paramount project, scripted by Dean McCreary and Chester Hastings, centres on a woman who is half human and half angel, according to The Hollywood Reporter. No further details have been disclosed.

The Avatar and Star Trek actress will next be seen on screen as an assassin avenging her parents' deaths in action movie Colombiana, which opens in the UK on September 9.

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Fresh off the heels of her new film Colombiana, actress Zoe Saldana is set to be in the supernatural thriller Dominion, according to The Hollywood Reporter. 

Watch: Zoe Saldana kicks butt in Colombiana

The script will be penned by Dean McCreary and Chester Hastings, with Robbie Brenner set to produce. Saldana will also serve as producer on the project. No director has been named yet. 

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She’s just shot her way into Us cinemas with revenge thriller Colombiana (we get to see it over here on September 9), but Zoe Saldana is already looking to a future role. The actress is slipping on a producer’s hat for the firs time, setting up supernatural film Dominion at Paramount. Dean McCreary and Chester Hastings have written the script pitch, about which very little is known. The Hollywood Reporter was able to dig up the fact that Saldana’s lead character is a half-human, half-angel type who, we assume, manages to kick plenty of butt.Angels rarely seem to go out of fashion at the cinema and there are several movies about seraphs and others on the way, most notably Alex Proyas’ Paradise Lost, which is based on John Milton’s epic poem about the fall of Lucifer.Saldana, meanwhile, will next crop up in plagiarism drama The Words...

Zoe Saldana has reportedly signed on to star in a new supernatural thriller for Paramount Pictures. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Saldana will also produce the project, titled Dominion. Although few plot details have been released so far, Dominion allegedly centres on a half-human half-angel woman, who will be played by Saldana. The film is being scripted by writing duo Chester Hastings (more)...

Zoe Saldana is determined to be the action heroine of our age.  I'm not sure anyone is fighting that, but just in case, she's producing the next one at Paramount. A girl has to look out for herself, after all, or she gets stuck filming drippy romantic comedies.  According to The Hollywood Reporter, Saldana is set to star and produce "Dominion" alongside Robbie Brenner.  It was written and pitched by Dean McCreary and Chester Hastings.  All involved remain tight-lipped on the plot, but Saldana will be playing a woman who is half human and half angel.   I may be making a leap into assuming it's a thriller of some kind, but past films have led me to believe that heavenly powers are rarely called upon for comedy, romance, or drama.  "Dominion" doesn't exactly have a friendly ring to it either.  I don't think we'll be seeing Saldana romance a mortal,...

Oh, Zoe, with your beauty and on-screen presence, you never cease to impress us. You come across as a person who can do it all. Which is why we're not in the least bit surprised to hear you were going to produce as well as star in the upcoming project Dominion.

With her new film Colombiana hitting theaters this weekend, it's been announced that Saldana will team with Robbie Brenner (currently producing Machine Gun Preacher with Gerard Butler) to co-produce a supernatural thriller entitled Dominion, in which she will star as a half-human, half-angel. And looking at Zoe, we're sure this one will come easy to her.

Dominion was pitched by Dean McCreary and Chester Hastings, who recently wrote a thriller entitled You're My Angel, currently in production by 4 Horsemen Films, as well as a short entitled Fanboy, which features cameos by Sam Raimi and Jk Simmons.

More as it comes.

Alex Proyas’ Paradise Lost may not be the only film about warring angels. The Hollywood Reporter states that Zoe Saldana has joined Dean McCreary and Chester Hastings’ Dominion. Paramount Pictures will be distributing. There are not enough details about the plot, but THR confirms that Saldana will be playing a character who is half-human, half angel.

Saldana, who appears in the widely-panned Columbiana, may need to spread her wings (pun intended, of course) to other projects that she may be more accustomed to. So far her sci-fi roles have put her on the map, but her more grounded roles have been missing their mark.

Zoe Saldana is ditching the guns and ammo to play a "half-human, half-angel" in her next film Dominion, THR reported earlier.  The lovely actress has also signed on to produce the project, which came from a pitch by Dean McCreary and Chester Hastings, who wrote an early draft of Machine Gun Preacher that didn't make the cut.  Hastings also co-wrote another script for a religious-esque film currently in development called You're My Angel.

Zoe Saldana’s bad-ass action vehicle Colombiana is released in the U.S. this weekend (an incredibly rare female led guns & bullets thriller) but the actress is already setting up what could be a future leading role in a supernatural thriller at Paramount.

The Hollywood Reporter says Saldana will star and produce Dominion where she will play a half-human, half-angel! Absolutely no plot details have been granted so let your imagination run wild on this one.

Dominion was birthed as an idea from fairly rookie scribes Dean McCreary and Chester Hastings who wrote the in-production indie thriller You’re My Angel (yeah… they are obsessed) and also took an early shot at a draft for Gerard Butler’s actioner Machine Gun Preacher. In fact it was on that movie that McCreary and Hastings met this film’s producer Robbie Brenner and the film was officially pitched.

With such scant details...

Sure she’s an A-list movie star, but what Zoe Saldana really wants to do is produce. The “Star Trek” and “Avatar” star will get her chance with “Dominion”, a horror movie that Saldana has attached herself to as star and producer over at Paramount. Currently “Dominion” is just a pitch from Dean McCreary and Chester Hastings, but it will star Saldana as a woman who happens to be half-human, half-angel. “Dominion” is being described as a “supernatural thriller”, so basically, a horror movie with action scenes. Probably something along the lines of “Legion”, and probably with the same type of end-of-the-world scenario since, well, if you’re already going to have angels and other supernatural creatures in your movie, mind as well put the fate of mankind at stake, am I right? Zoe Saldana, meanwhile, is currently shooting bad guys in “Colombiana”, which just opened wide today...

Zoe Saldana is bblowing up the theater this weekend with her new film Colombiana, but she has already found her next project. THR reports that she is set to produce and star in the supernatural thriller Dominion for Paramount. Not many plot details are known at this time, but the story centers "on a woman (Saldana) who is half-human, half-angel." The concept was pitched by Dean McCreary and Chester Hastings. Saldana will produce alongside Robbie Brenner (Machine Gun Preacher).

Saldana is bet known for starring in Avatar and Star Trek, recently wrapped production on The Words, a drama with Bradley Cooper. She also is attached to star opposite Mark Ruffalo in Infinitely Polar Bear, an indie drama that is being produced by J.J. Abrams.

This sounds like an interesting concept. Saldana is good in action films so she will be fine in this thriller. What are your thoughts on this casting news?...

Briefly: Not a lot of details on this one just yet, but it looks like Alex Proyas isn't the only one getting into the 'action movie with angels' game. Zoe Saldana has closed a deal to produce and star in a film called Dominion. It's a Paramount picture, based on a pitch by Dean McCreary and Chester Hastings. We don't know the plot outright, but in announcing the film THR [1] says Saldana will play a woman "who is half-human, half-angel." It's a good move for Salanda on the eve of the opening of action movie Colombiana, which is getting pans across the board. Since her mid-sized Star Trek appearance and much larger Avatar role, she's been able to do better material, but there are still a good few shrug-worthy films on her recent resume. Will Dominion be different? At this point it is impossible to tell, but stepping in as...

Obviously well-timed with the release of her new action movie Colombiana this weekend, THR is reporting that Paramount has set up a supernatural thriller called Dominion starring badass-hottie Zoe Saldana. There is no director yet, but the pitch is from writers Dean McCreary & Chester Hastings. It apparently has something to do with a woman, to be played by Saldana, who is half-human, half-angel. Not much more is known beyond that, but the project is being produced by Saldana, as well as Robbie Brenner, of A Perfect Getaway and Machine Gun Preacher. This seems like a rather interesting project to watch out for. Read on! R. Dean McCreary and Chester Hastings, the two writers behind Dominion, which is an intriguing title in and of itself (in relation to the half-angel story), are also credited for the script on a thriller called You're My Angel, currently in the works at 4 Horsemen ...

This week Zoe Saldana is hitting theaters in Luc Besson written/produced Colombiana. While Saldana isn't a novice in the action film genre - both Avatar and The Losers had the actress doing some pretty sweet moves, her newest does a pretty substantial job raising her career body count. Now, according to THR, she's signed on to a project called Dominion, but judging by her character description she probably won't be killing anybody. While story details about the project are slim, Saldana will be playing a character that is "half-human, half-angel" (we can only pray that its better than the cinematic abortion known as Passion Play, in which Megan Fox played someone with a similar description). Saldana has also signed on to produce the project. The movie is based on a pitch by Dean McCreary and Chester Hastings, who seem to have a thing for partially-religious stories as the pair...

Zoe Saldana will soon be spreading her wings.

Somewhat literally, actually, as the "Avatar" star will be playing a half-human, half-angel in the supernatural thriller, "Dominion," according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Paramount bought the "Dominion" pitch from screenwriters Dean McCreary and Chester Hastings, who are somewhat familiar with the whole "angel" theme, having written "You're My Angel," another thriller that's currently in development.

The writing duo also penned "Fanboy," a short film about a video store clerk who's the self-proclaimed biggest Sam Raimi fan on the planet. J.K. Simmons, who played J. Jonah Jameson in Raimi's "Spider-Man" movies, and Raimi himself make appearances.

Um... and where can we see this short film?

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Zoe Saldana will also be co-producing "Dominion," which is probably still a ways off from an official start date, pending the actual writing of the script.

The past two years or so have seen Zoe Saldana vault to the top of female action stars list. With Star Trek, Avatar, The Losers, and this week’s Colombiana, she not only seems to have a proclivity for the genre, but it’s also helping her career really take off. She’ll be going outside of that territory for a moment, however, as THR informs us that she’s starring in and producing a new thriller, titled Dominion.

Based on an idea pitched by Dean McCreary and Chester Hastings, the plot is said to follow “a woman (Saldana) who is half-human, half-angel”; other than that, not much else is known. The duo co-wrote a similar thriller, titled You’re My Angel, but I doubt that this will be too similar. (At least, I hope they don’t take such an easy route.) Producing will be Robbie Brenner, one of...

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Is Zoe Saldana going to be one of those talented actresses who gets roles that are below her level until her once budding career is wasted away in one genre film after another? These may seem like harsh words, but after Saldana's great turn in 'Avatar,' we were looking for her to get much more challenging roles. Instead, she's been under-used in 'The Losers,' 'Takers' and this weekend's 'Colombiana' ('Colombiana' has been drubbed by the critics -- getting a 33 percent rating at Rotten Tomatoes, but the reviewers love the actress).

So pardon us if we don't applaud the news (via The Hollywood Reporter) that Saldana has set up the supernatural thriller 'Dominion' -- about a woman (Saldana) who is half-human, half-angel -- at Paramount. Saldana will also produce. Right now the project is in pitch form from Dean McCreary...

Actress Zoe Saldana, whose new action movie Colombiana opens in theaters today, is attached to the supernatural project Dominion for Paramount Pictures.

Dean McCreary and Chester Hastings will write the screenplay for this thriller, which centers on a woman (Zoe Saldana) who is half-human and half-angel.

Robbie Brenner will produce Dominion. The project will reunite the producer with Dean McCreary and Chester Hastings who collaborated on the upcoming Machine Gun Preacher. Zoe Saldana is also attached as a producer.

It isn't known when production will begin on Dominion at this time.

We'll say this about Zoe Saldana--she is just not getting the kinds of pictures she deserves. She's the rare breed of actress who can more than handle her own in genre fare and she's been underserved for the most part, with thankless roles in "The Losers," "Takers" and this weekend's "Colombiana." But she continues to push forward, but man, we wish we could be more excited about this project. Saldana will put on her producer hat and star in "Dominion," a supernatural thriller which centers on a woman who is half-human, half-angel. Sigh. Dean McCreary and Chester Hastings came up…...

Zoe Saldana set out to prove she’s capable of opening an action movie with today’s release of her film Colombiana. Meanwhile, Variety reported today that Saldana continued her headliner ways by joining the supernatural thriller Dominion as both its lead and its producer. Dean McCreary and Chester Hastings pitched Paramount on the story of a woman who’s half-human and half-angel. McCreary and Hastings co-wrote with John Yelvington co-wrote the thriller You’re My Angel, about a man fighting dark forces to save his true love. McCreary and Hastings also co-wrote the short film Fanboy, about a video store employee who’s a huge Sam Raimi fan.

Zoe Saldana set out to prove she’s capable of opening an action movie with today’s release of her film Colombiana. Meanwhile, Variety reported today that Saldana continued her headliner ways by joining the supernatural thriller Dominion as both its lead and its producer. Dean McCreary and Chester Hastings pitched Paramount on the story of a woman who’s half-human and half-angel. McCreary and Hastings co-wrote with John Yelvington co-wrote the thriller You’re My Angel, about a man fighting dark forces to save his true love. McCreary and Hastings also co-wrote the short film Fanboy, about a video store employee who’s a huge Sam Raimi fan.

The upcoming supernatural thriller currently being developed at Paramount Pictures will have the Star Trek and Avatar actress playing double duty as star and producer. Details about Dominion are sparse, though it is already known that the film is unter the tutelage of Dean McCreary and Chester Hastings and centers on a woman (Saldana) who is half-human, half-angel. Robbie Brenner, who is currently working on Relativity Media's Machine Gun Preacher, will be producing alongside Saldana. The in-demand actress made a name for herself as Neytiri in the James Cameron's billion-dollar sci-fi adventure Avatar and Uhura in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek relaunch. Saldana can next be seen in theaters in the action-thriller Colombiana, and will begin working on Dominion later this year.

Zoe Saldana has signed a deal to produce and star in Paramount Pictures' supernatural thriller Dominion , says a story at The Hollywood Reporter . Little is known about the plot specifics, but the pitch arrives from relative newcomers Chester Hastings and Dean McCreary and concerns a half-human, half-angel. The project bears no relation to the unproduced DreamWorks project, Dominion or the recently announced Barry Sonnenfeld/Grant Morrison project, Dominion: Dinosaurs Versus Aliens . Saldana headlines this week's Colombiana (you can watch ComingSoon.net's interview with her by clicking here ) and is soon expected to return for two major sci-fi sequels, Star Trek 2 and Avatar 2 . (Photo Credit: Jln Photography / WENN.com)...

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