When I heard about director Darren Aronofsky’s controversial new film Noah, I couldn’t believe it. I was talking to PR firm Grace Hill Media at the time, which had just signed the contract to cover the film before production was even complete.
It was true: the stunningly visual and vividly dark director of movies such as Requiem for a Dream (2000) and Black Swan (2010) was going to tackle one of the most popular biblical stories from Genesis. And Russell Crowe, of Gladiator (2000) and A Beautiful Mind (2001) fame, would take the leading role as a brooding, warrior-like Noah. (read the rest of the article)