Darren Aronofsky‘s Noah has been a long time coming and moved to the forefront of his impending projects after abandoning The Wolverine, effectively dooming it to inevitable mediocrity. But don’t expect this Biblical tale to be a preachy fantasy as Aronofsky’s indelibly dark touch will be sure to make this a dark thematic exploration of survivor’s guilt.

Noah is also expected to take a substantial philosophical stance on environmentalism, as Aronofsky claimed:

“I think it’s really timely because it’s about environmental apocalypse which is the biggest theme, for me, right now for what’s going on on this planet. So I think it’s got these big, big themes that connect with us. Noah was the first environmentalist. He’s a really interesting character. Hopefully they’ll let me make it.”

 This first pictures won’t quite blow your mind but they give you a better look at the characters at play in this bible epic as well as the stand out cast that will be playing them. Russel Crowe will fill the sandals of the the eponymous Noah, Emma Watson is daughter, Ila, Logan Lerman is son, Ham, Jennifer Connelly is Noah’s wife Naameh, Anthony Hopkins is Noah’s father, Methuselah and Ray Winstone is the yet unnamed villain. Check them all out below.

Russel Crowe as Noah

Anthony Hopkins as Methuselah

Emma Watson as Ila

Jennifer Connelly as Naameh

Logan Lerman as Ham

Ray Winstone as the big bad wolf.

Noah is directed by Darren Aronofsky and stars Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Anthony Hopkins, Ray Winstone, Kevin Durand, Douglas Booth and Dakota Goyo. It storms into theaters March 28, 2014.

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