The cast for the upcoming Machine Gun Preacher has been confirmed: Michael Shannon (Jonah Hex), Michelle Monaghan (Eagle Eye, Source Code), Madeline Carroll (the upcoming Rob Reiner joint Flipped), Kathy Baker (Revolutionary Road) and Souleymane Sy Savane (Solo in the incredible Goodbye Solo) will all star alongside Gerard Butler in the Marc Forster-directed adaptation of the much-talked about Jason Keller screenplay.
The film tells the “based on a true” story of Sam Childers, “a once violent drug-dealing biker who went on to spend time in the most dangerous parts of Sudan and Uganda rescuing the youngest victims of war.” [Variety]
Shooting will start on July 5th, in Detroit then South Africa.
That title is something, eh? One can imagine a world in which Keller went into a pitch meeting with the title alone, and sold the thing. Hopefully it’s not this world, but hey, hope’s cheap these day. Or sold it as “Blood Diamond meets Sons of Anarchy meets Hotel Rwanda.”
Forster needs something solid. It’s been a while since Finding Neverland.
Do you like Butler as a leading man? Does this project interest you?