Animated Musical ‘Noah’s Ark’ Taps Creative Exec, Co-Director

By JEN YAMATO | Thursday March 21, 2013 @ 1:40pm PDT

Animated Noah's ArkUnified Pictures has added two animation vets to their upcoming take on the Biblical story. Kung Fu Panda director John Stevenson will head creative on and executive produce Noah’s Ark, the animated musical written by Philip LaZebnik (Pocahontas, Mulan, Prince Of Egypt). Pic tells the familiar tale from the point of view of Gilbert, a lovable meerkat who leads a ragtag band of animals to the ark. Animation pro Cameron Hood (Shark Tale, First Flight, How To Train Your Dragon) will co-direct. The CG-animated feature will be produced in-house at Unified, an independent financing, production, and distribution company based in LA. Stevenson is repped by CAA.

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Darren Aronofsky Tweets Photo From ‘Noah’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday July 11, 2012 @ 4:33pm PDT

Director Darren Aronofsky tweeted this picture from the location of Noah “I dreamt about this since I was 13. And now it’s a reality. Genesis 6:14″:

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Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Noah’ Launching Finally With Russell Crowe Set For Biblical Star

By NIKKI FINKE AND MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday March 20, 2012 @ 6:26pm PDT

EXCLUSIVE: We’ve learned the deals are done for this big-ticket New Regency/Paramount co-production Noah which Deadline has been scooping first Russell Crowe Noah Moviefor nearly a year now. A formal announcement should come this next week. The once hoped-for spring start is now July, … Read More »

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Paramount Near Deal To Provide Safe Harbor To Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Noah’

Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount is moving closer to signing on for Noah, the big-ticket re-telling of the Noah’s Ark story that will be the next film from Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky. Deadline told you early this month that CAA was … Read More »

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Darren Aronofsky Shops Noah’s Ark Epic

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday June 7, 2011 @ 9:46pm PDT
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: I’m told that town is tantalized by a package circulating with Darren Aronofsky directing  Noah, an edgy re-telling of the Noah’s Ark story. Aronofsky wrote a script that is getting a rewrite by John Logan. I’ve heard he wants … Read More »

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