As Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan) prepares to bring his vision of Noah’s Ark to the big screen with Russell Crowe (The Insider) in the leading Biblical role, he has also teamed with Ari Handel and artist Niko Henrichon (Pride of Bagdad) to produce a graphic novel based on the first draft of the script.
“It has been a great thrill to see an artist of Niko’s calibre interpret the Noah screenplay through his own vision,” stated Aronofsky. “The results are lavish. This take on the story is from the original screenplay Ari and I wrote, before we began the long process of shaping the story for the big screen. So it is a slightly different take on the material. This book, not merely a movie companion piece, will hopefully give readers a rare insight into the creative process.”
Noah retells the story of the Sisyphian task that Noah is charged with of building an Ark large and safe enough to save a select group of humans and animals. Noah must evade the wicked forces that would see him fail and leave the world to ruin.
Noah courtesy of Image Comics arrives in stores on March 18, 2014.