Terry Gilliam is settling up his next project, and it sounds like a doozy. The Carnival at the End of Days will be a comedy in which God decides to wipe out humanity, and the only one who wants to save them is Satan, who will be played by none other than Johnny Depp.

Gilliam first pitched the idea last year, but he dropped a little more information about the project while speaking with Première at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival last month. In addition to Johnny Depp as Satan, The Carnival at the End of Days will also star Jeff Bridges as God alongside Adam Driver and Jason Momoa.

“[Jeff Bridges] will not be the God we are accustomed to,” Gilliam explained. “In the film, God is nature. But a nature that can speak to you. I’m going to need animation to bring him life, because in the scene with God, there are at least fifteen animals. And it’s going to be complicated, because it has to be realistic. And it’s going to be very expensive. We’ll see what happens. But it’s a good scenario. It’ll be very fun for those who like to be offended.“

The director added that he’s still trying to figure out when and where The Carnival at the End of Days will be filmed, but he expects to start shooting next January. The film will also involve Satan searching for a human couple to present to God as the modern-day Adam and Eve, so we should expect more casting news as the project moves forward.

Now for the big question: will The Carnival at the End of Days actually happen? Gilliam doesn’t always have the best of luck getting his projects off the ground in a timely fashion; his last film, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, spent decades in development hell and even started shooting over twenty years ago until a series of unfortunate events forced him to stop. Here’s hoping he has better luck with this project.

With his legal battles behind him, Depp has slowly been making his comeback with Jeanne Du Barry and even stepping behind the camera with Modi, his first directorial outing in over twenty years.

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Street Fighter 6 is done with its first wave of DLC fighters after Akuma. Now, it’s starting its second wave, and there are some major players about to join the roster. Capcom revealed the next four fighters coming to the game during their Summer Game Fest presentation, and M. Bison, the long-time antagonist of the…

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Street Fighter 6 is done with its first wave of DLC fighters after Akuma. Now, it’s starting its second wave, and there are some major players about to join the roster. Capcom revealed the next four fighters coming to the game during their Summer Game Fest presentation, and M. Bison, the long-time antagonist of the…

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Of all of the small screen supervillains, Michael Rosenbaum as Lex Luthor stands near – if not at – the top. Even though the likes of Gene Hackman, Kevin Spacey, Jesse Eisenberg, and more all played the key Superman baddie in various forms, Rosenbaum’s interpretation is S-Tier for a lot of fans. But don’t expect to see him in James Gunn’s upcoming Superman movie, despite Rosenbaum’s efforts.

Appearing at Nashville Comiccon, Rosenbaum said he actually asked Gunn why he wasn’t given a shot at Superman. “I asked him, ‘Why am I not in Superman? Why am I not in the movie somehow?’…It was fine, though. I wish him all the happiness.” Rosenbaum continued his praise for Gunn, adding, “He deserves all the success he has. He’s enormously talented. When it’s the right thing, he’ll ask me. Or he won’t. And that’s aside from friendship. When your friends go off and do big things, you say, ‘Hey, they know I’m here. They know my number.’ And you just hope for the best.”

Instead of Michael Rosenbaum, Nicholas Hoult has shaved his dome for James Gunn’s Superman. And while Rosenbaum crushed the character on Smallville and he has a huge following because of his take, it might have been tough to see him doing Lex Luthor on the big screen; his performance was impactful enough on Smallville, we don’t necessarily need to see him give it a go for Gunn. Then again, Rosenbaum never specifically said he inquired about Lex Luthor…

Rosenbaum is no doubt protective of Lex Luthor, even making Gunn promise him that the version in 2025’s Superman will “have gravitas…he’ll be Lex Luthor. He won’t be playing Lex Luthor but he’s more acting like this character…or goofy or crazy! He’s gonna be something that’s grounded and real.” From there, Gunn took a bit of a dig at Gene Hackman’s performance, although some fans initially believed he was bashing Jesse Eisenberg.

Do you think Michael Rosenbaum would have been a strong choice as Lex Luthor for James Gunn’s Superman or is his legacy as the character best left for Smallville? Give us your thoughts in the comments section below.

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The host of E3 replacement Summer Game Fest, Geoff Keighley, kicked off the showcase’s fourth year by doing what many have called on the veteran industry insider to do for months: use his biggest platform to acknowledge the current state of mass layoffs, cuts, and cancellations at some of gaming’s biggest publishers…

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The host of E3 replacement Summer Game Fest, Geoff Keighley, kicked off the showcase’s fourth year by doing what many have called on the veteran industry insider to do for months: use his biggest platform to acknowledge the current state of mass layoffs, cuts, and cancellations at some of gaming’s biggest publishers…

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After leaking ahead of the show, 2K officially unveiled Civilization VII at Summer Game Fest. We already knew 2K was planning on announcing something big at the show, and thanks to an apparent flub on the publisher’s website earlier today, we knew ahead of time that Civilization VII was likely to show up at the event.…

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After leaking ahead of the show, 2K officially unveiled Civilization VII at Summer Game Fest. We already knew 2K was planning on announcing something big at the show, and thanks to an apparent flub on the publisher’s website earlier today, we knew ahead of time that Civilization VII was likely to show up at the event.…

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Announced today during Summer Game Fest’s kick-off event, Lego Horizon Adventures combines the colorful bricks of Lego with the robot dinosaurs and open-world action of Horizon. It’s an odd combo but looks cool. And wildly, its coming to Switch as well as PS5 and PC later this year.

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Announced today during Summer Game Fest’s kick-off event, Lego Horizon Adventures combines the colorful bricks of Lego with the robot dinosaurs and open-world action of Horizon. It’s an odd combo but looks cool. And wildly, its coming to Switch as well as PS5 and PC later this year.

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