Forest Whitaker to play Archbishop Desmond Tutu in new film

Forest Whitaker and Vince Vaughn will both feature in a post-apartheid drama ‘The Archbishop and the Antichrist’. Shooting is due to begin next year. The film is based on a book by the same name, written by Michael Ashton. It follows a fictionalized account of Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s meetings with Piet Blomfield, a murderer who […]

Forest Whitaker and Vince Vaughn will both feature in a post-apartheid drama ‘The Archbishop and the Antichrist’. Shooting is due to begin next year. The film is based on a book by the same name, written by Michael Ashton.
It follows a fictionalized account of Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s meetings with Piet Blomfield, a murderer who seeks redemption for the atrocities he has committed while he serves a life sentence in prison in post-apartheid South Africa.
Roland Joffe, who worked on films such as “The Killing Fields” and “The Scarlet Letter”, is producing the new movie which has been in development for a number of years.
“Forest Whitaker brings a great sense of depth and power to all his performances and he is the perfect match for Tutu’s complex character,” said Tannaz Anisi, president of 13 Films.
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