Darren Aronofsky Talks ‘Noah’ – “I Want To Make A Big Event Film”

After dropping out of ‘The Wolverine’ a couple months back for personal reasons, Darren Aronofsky has been moving towards production on his next project, ‘Noah,’ his epically-scaled retelling of the biblical story of Noah, the Ark and the flood. Speaking to IFC News Aronofsky shed some light on the project revealing,“I don’t think it’s a very religious story,” he added,“I think it’s a great fable that’s part of so many different religions and spiritual practices. I just think it’s a great story that’s never been on film.” Aronofsky sounds like he’s gearing up for big things with this project,“I want to make a big event film,” said Aronofsky, “and I think it can be that.” Regarding the rumours linking Christian Bale to play the lead role the director “grinned and said “no comment.”

‘Noah’ would be Aronofsky’s follow up effort to the Oscar-nominated and hugely profitable ‘Black Swan,’ which grossed $315 million worldwide on a $12 million budget. Fingers crossed we get to see this film soon, the premise has me stoked. Aronofsky is the man behind some of my favourite films of the last twelve years in The Wrestler, The Fountain, Requiem for a Dream, Pi and Black Swan. My hopes are high!