Darren Aronofsky Adds Anthony Hopkins To The Cast Of ‘Noah’

Aronofsky has already put together a fairly impressive cast for ‘Noah’ with Russell Crowe, Saoirse Ronan, Douglas Booth, Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, and Ray Winstone already on board. Now the director has tweeted another addition to this cast.

Hopkins will play Methuselah, the world’s oldest living man who dies at the age of 969, seven days before the beginning of the Great Flood.

NOAH is a close adaptation of the Biblical story of Noah’s Ark. In a world ravaged by human sin, Noah is given a divine mission: to build an Ark to save creation from the coming flood. The screenplay was written by Aronofsky and Ari Handel and revised by Academy Award®-nominated screenwriter John Logan (Gladiator, Hugo).

Scott Franklin and Aronofsky of Protozoa Pictures, along with Mary Parent of Disruption Entertainment, will produce the film. The film will be executive produced by Ari Handel (Black Swan), Arnon Milchan of New Regency and Chris Brigham (Inception, Argo).

‘Noah’ sails into theaters March 28th, 2014