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Article: 'Gospel' according to helmer Aja.(Alexandre Aja to direct The Gospel According to Jimmy)(Brief article)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- October 5, 2006
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In his first departure from the horror genre, "The Hills Have Eyes" helmer Alexandre Aja is attached to direct an English-language bigscreen adaptation of Gallic bestseller "The Gospel According to Jimmy."
Rights to the book, by Goncourt winner Didier Van Cauwelaert, were acquired recently by Alexandre Films, the Gallic production company of Aja's helmer-producer father, Alexandre Arcady.
The company produced Aja's first film and co-produced "High Tension" with Luc Besson's Europa-Corp.
Set in the near future, "Jimmy" tells the story of a pool cleaner in L.A. who finds out he's a clone of Jesus, made from DNA taken from the Shroud of Turin.
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