A double shot of Danny Glover this morning…

First, currently in post-production is “Ulysses – A Dark Odyssey” by Italian filmmaker Federico Alotto, a feature film based on Homer’s classic with an international cast, featuring Danny Glover and German actor Udo Kier.

The announcement of Glover’s attachment has been covered well by the press in Turin, Italy, where the film was shot; but not mention of it Stateside.

Glover and Kier are joined in the cast by Turin-born actor Andrea Zirio (who stars in the film as the title character), as well as Anamaria Marinca, Cassandra Gava, Gianni Capaldi, Jessika Polsky and Christopher Jones.

Zirio plays a modern Ulysses who is described as “a solider by profession who returns from the front line bearing scars from the war on his body and soul… The Odyssey of his journey brings him to a Turin of corrupt and psychedelic beauty, full of bewitching animals, inner demons, and mysterious figures that follow him right up until his last inevitable choice.”

Glover plays a character named Micheal Ocean. No details on the character’s overall involvement in the story at this time. The above photo is of Glover in character, which I lifted from the project’s Facebook page.

“Ulysses – A Dark Odyssey” is being produced by Turin-based company Adrama S.r.l.




Second, Danny Glover has joined the cast of “Come Sunday” – the upcoming Netflix film that tells the true story of evangelical minister Carlton Pearson, who built one of the largest churches in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and then lost everything as a result of his evolving faith.

Chiwetel Ejiofor is attached to star as Pearson, who stirred up controversy a decade ago, with his revelation that, essentially, there is no hell. Branded a heretic by his peers, Pearson would eventually lose almost everything, and would have to fight to not only rebuild his church, but also his family, as well as find and establish his own personal path.

Tentatively titled “Come Sunday” (it’s previously known as “Heretics”), the film will be directed by Joshua Marston (“Maria Full of Grace”).

Glover joins a cast that also includes Robert Redford, who will play Oral Roberts in the film – the connection there being that Pearson attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, where he was mentored by Oral Roberts. Meanwhile Glover has signed up to play as Gilbert Pearson – Carlton Pearson’s uncle.

With this growing cast, and the material they have to work with, this is certainly a project to watch for in the coming year or two.