The cameras are about to start rolling on Exam director Stuart Hazeldine’s latest, the adaptation of William Paul Young’s 2007 novel The Shack. He’s just added some new actors to the cast, including Radha Mitchell, Graham Greene and Aviv Alush.
Adapted by John Fusco from Young’s book, the story follows a man (Sam Worthington) whose youngest daughter is kidnapped during a family holiday. Evidence turns up in an abandoned shack to suggest she was murdered, which stymies the case. But then, four years later, he receives a note, apparently from God, inviting him to go back to the ruined building. He accepts, against his better judgment, and what he finds there changes his life forever.
As it turns out, he might be in luck twice over, as Greene is on to play Male Papa, a calm and serene representation of the deity, with Spencer playing the female take. Mitchell, meanwhile, is Worthington’s devout wife. And Alush? The Israeli actor will be none other than Jesus. Additionally, Hazeldine announced on Facebook that Tim McGraw, Alice Braga, Megan Charpentier, Amelie Eve and Gage Munroe are also all in the cast.
The Shack doesn’t yet have a release date, but we’d expect that to be announced before too long.