Mary Aloe – Aloe Entertainment: Mary Mother of Christ Finds its Joseph

After a global search, Mary Aloe of Aloe Entertainment and director James Foley have found “Joseph”. With over 900 established and unknown actors vying for the coveted role, Diogo Morgado has been cast as Joseph in MARY MOTHER OF CHRIST. He joins an all-star cast including Camilla Belle (10,000 B.C. and Push) as Mary, Academy Award winner Al Pacino (The Godfather, Scarface, you don't know jack, HBO) as King Herod, Golden Globe winner Peter O’Toole (Lawrence of Arabia and Venus) as Symeon, and Julia Ormond (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Legends of the Fall) as Elizabeth.

The film’s award winning director James Foley (Confidence, Glengarry Glen Ross and Perfect Stranger) says of Morgado, “We saw a huge amount of young actors and a couple were great. We thought we finished our search when a tape appeared with this incredible guy. A major future star walked in the room and I met him, read him and knew we had found THE one.”

Though unknown for the most part to U.S. audiences, Morgado is one of the most recognizable actors in Portugal. Now in his 20’s, since his first professional screen engagement 15 years ago, Morgado has constantly been working in Film and television. This year, Morgado appears in critically praised performances in Star Crossed—Amor em Jogo and A Vida Privada de Salazar, playing the title character Oliveira Salazar, the Prime Minister and dictator of Portugal who was highly influential in shaping modern Portugal. MARY MOTHER OF CHRIST is Morgado’s first crossover to a U.S. Production.

From the writer and technical adviser of The Passion of the Christ, this is an action drama, youth oriented, faith based biopic that chronicles the epic journey of a young Mary and Joseph, their escape from the tyranny of King Herod’s reign and their preparation of young Jesus for his destiny.

MARY MOTHER OF CHRIST is produced by Mary Aloe through Aloe Entertainment (Battle In Seattle, Tortured, When a Man Falls in the Forest and While She Was Out) with producing partner Dune Films (Babel, Hidalgo and Prince of Persia). Mauricio Sanchez, Mike Dolan and James Volk are executive producers. Casting was coordinated by Carla Hool (Apocalypto, Man on Fire and Quantum of Solace). Currently in pre-production, the film is scheduled to begin principal photography in the first week of May 2010. The film will be domestically distributed by the studio with an anticipated 2011 release in a guaranteed minimum of 2,000 theaters. Morgado is represented in the U.S. by Adam Park of The Park Noack Agency.

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