{"id":553817,"date":"2023-02-19T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/berlin-simon-rex-joins-heavens-gate-cult-drama-the-leader-exclusive\/"},"modified":"2023-02-19T08:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T05:30:00","slug":"berlin-simon-rex-joins-heavens-gate-cult-drama-the-leader-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/berlin-simon-rex-joins-heavens-gate-cult-drama-the-leader-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"#Berlin: Simon Rex Joins Heaven\u2019s Gate Cult Drama \u2018The Leader\u2019 (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a407f2c5144c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a407f2c5144c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/berlin-simon-rex-joins-heavens-gate-cult-drama-the-leader-exclusive\/#Berlin_Simon_Rex_Joins_Heavens_Gate_Cult_Drama_%E2%80%98The_Leader_Exclusive\" >Berlin: Simon Rex Joins Heaven\u2019s Gate Cult Drama \u2018The Leader\u2019 (Exclusive)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Berlin_Simon_Rex_Joins_Heavens_Gate_Cult_Drama_%E2%80%98The_Leader_Exclusive\"><\/span>Berlin: Simon Rex Joins Heaven\u2019s Gate Cult Drama \u2018The Leader\u2019 (Exclusive)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <em>The Leader<\/em>, the upcoming biopic about the Heaven\u2019s Gate cult set to star Tim Blake Nelson and Vera Farmiga, has lured another big-name follower.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <em>The Hollywood Reporter <\/em>can reveal that Simon Rex has joined the real-life crime drama, unveiled earlier this week at the European Film Market in Berlin, where The Exchange is introducing the project to buyers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Farmiga and Nelson are set to play Ti and Do, the founders of the UFO cult that in 1997 committed the largest mass suicide to ever take place on American soil. <em>THR<\/em> understands that Rex \u2014\u00a0who received critical acclaim for the Cannes-bowing <em>Red Rocket<\/em> and recently wr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed production on Zoe Kravitz\u2019s directorial debut<em> Pussy Island<\/em>, one of several upcoming roles \u2014\u00a0will play a key devotee of the religion who faces devastating consequences when he falls in love with a fellow cult member.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cSimon Rex is the perfect actor to inhabit this humorous, complex, and haunting role\u201d said <em>The Leader<\/em> writer-director Michael Gallagher. \u201cWe are thrilled with the stellar cast that is bringing this human story to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The film \u2014\u00a0which will track Ti and Do as they develop Heaven\u2019s Gate, build a devout following and face unforeseen conflict when the spaceship they believed would transport their resurrected selves to heaven fails to arrive \u2014 is being produced by Cinemand and Balcony 9 Productions, with Jana Winternitz, Michael Wormser and Gallagher producing for Cinemand, and Joel David Moore and Max Osswald for Balcony 9. Rishi Bajaj and Daniel Taborga from Balcony 9 will executive produce along with Cassian Elwes, Evan Silverberg and Entertainment 360.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cSimon Rex\u2019s acting skills will add patina to this very strong and commercial project,\u201c said Nat McCormick, worldwide sales and distribution president at The Exchange.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Rex is represented by Buchwald, Range <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Partners and Narrative.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The Exchange\u2019s EFM lineup includes Orlando Bloom\u2019s <em>The Cut<\/em>, Octavia Spencer, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Lucy Liu\u2019s <em>Nobody Nothing Nowhere<\/em>, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Guy Pearce\u2019s <em>Neponset Circle<\/em>, Olivia Munn\u2019s <em>Replay<\/em>, Kathy Bates\u2019 <em>Thelma<\/em>, Zoe Saldana and Garrett Hedlund\u2019s <em>The Absence Of Eden<\/em>, Venice 2022 competition entry <em>Monica<\/em>, Steve Zahn and John Magaro\u2019s <em>LaRoy<\/em>, as well as Tyrese Gibson and Thomas Jane\u2019s <em>Bosco<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n!function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\nif (f.fbq) return;\nn = f.fbq = function() {n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);};\nif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\nn.push = n;\nn.loaded = !0;\nn.version = '2.0';\nn.queue = [];\nt = b.createElement(e);\nt.async = !0;\nt.src = v;\ns = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n}(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '352999048212581');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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