Phylicia Rashad, Rosie Perez, and True Blood’s Nelsan Ellis added to Gods Behaving Badlyby Wilson Morales
July 6, 2011
Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad, Rosie Perez, and True Blood’s Nelsan Ellis will co-star in the film adaptation of Marie Phillips’ 2007 novel ‘Gods Behaving Badly.’
Phillips’ bestselling comic novel centers on a world where fallen gods are forced to live and work like regular people – as phone sex operators, dog walkers, and busy-bodies nosing into each other’s affairs.
Big Beach Films stated that the film, adapted by Josh Goldfaden and Marc Turtletaub, takes a turn from the original story set in London and instead takes place in a brownstone in New York City.
Rashad, Perez, and Ellis have been cast as god/desses Demeter, Persephone and Dionysus, respectively, alongside Christopher Walken as Zeus, Sharon Stone as Aphrodite, Oliver Platt as Apollo, Edie Falco as Artemis, Gideon Glick as Eros, John Turturro as Hades, and Henry Zebrowski as Hermes. Alicia Silverstone also stars as a mortal who gets caught up in the plight of the gods.
Directed by Turtletaub, production is scheduled to begin shooting in mid-July.
Rashad last appeared in Tyler Perry‘s film adaptation of ‘For Colored Girls, and also appears in the yet-to-be-seen Halle Berry film, ‘Frankie and Alice.’
Perez appeared as herself in the 2010 Will Ferrell comedy, ‘The Other Guys,’ while Nelson appeared opposite Diane Lane in 2010’s ‘Secretariat.’ He’s also appears Viola Davis in the upcoming film, ‘The Help.’
