Darren Aronofsky Talks About His Biblical Epic ‘Noah’s Ark’

Even though he is slated to direct the Micky Ward biopic, “The Fighter,” in 2009 and has been named as the director for new and improved “Robocop” film, Aronofsky is still planning on making time for a side project of his own, a biblical epic which would follow Noah, but would expose a darker side of his character, such as his struggle to cope with the tragedy of the great flood. He shared his thoughts on the project in an interview with /Film.

“I wrote it. Me and Ari Handel, the guy who worked on “The Fountain.” It’s a great script and its HUGE. And we are starting to feel out talent. And then we’ll probably try and set it up…the budget is big. I mean, look…It’s the end of the world and its the second most famous ship after the Titanic. So I’m not sure why any studio won’t want to make it. It’s a really cool project and I think it’s really timely because it’s about environmental apocalypse which is the biggest theme, for me, right now for what’s going on on this planet.”

We hope his assumptions concerning studio backing are correct, and that he has less trouble with this film than with “The Fountain,” (and all those dormant years in between) but considering the how controversial this project could possibly be, we are still skeptical about the probability of a studio sinking loads of money into it. Here’s to hoping though.

Meanwhile, his film, “The Fighter,” starring Mark Wahlberg sounds like it’s on a bit of the backburner, according to the /Film interview.