Woah. Like, Satan's got better lawyers. Dude.
Posted on 04/08/2010 9:23:50 AM PDT by TaraP
First Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CSexzHCzII
An upcoming film about a man who files suit against Satan and finds himself with “the trial of the century” is currently in post-production and expected to hit theaters in 2011.
Though still largely off the radar of most Christians, “Suing the Devil” has generated excitement among those who have caught wind of it, with some describing it as a cross between C.S. Lewis’ classic tale The Screwtape Letters and Hollywood blockbuster “A Few Good Men.”
The film stars Hollywood actors Tom Sizemore and Malcolm McDowell (who plays Satan), as well as “Facing The Giants” actress Shannen Fields and CCM songstress Rebecca St. James, among other notable celebrities.
Last month, the film released its first trailer and next month it plans to hold its first premiere.
Though the film’s promoters have yet to rally grassroots support through an e-mail list, blog, Facebook page, or Twitter account as other independent Christian films more recently have, they are shooting for an international release in over 1,000 theaters – a big feat for an independent Christian film.
To date, the widest release among independent Christian films was that of the VeggieTales flick “The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything,” which hit 1,337 theaters opening weekend. Notably, however, the highest grossing independent Christian film, “Fireproof,” only debuted in 839 theaters but was able to reach No. 4 in the Box office with an opening gross of $6.8 million. The grassroots-supported movie went on to gross over $33.4 million – nearly three times more than “The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything.”
To date, the "Fireproof" fan page on Facebook has nearly 180 thousand fans.
(Hint to “Suing the Devil” promoters: You may want to get moving on building up your fan base)
Filmed mostly in Sydney, “Suing the Devil” centers around Luke O'Brien, a washed-up janitor turned night law student, who decides to sue Satan for $8 trillion dollars. On the last day before Luke files a default judgment, Satan appears to defend himself – backed by ten of the country’s best trial lawyers.
“The film will show the spiritual battle all of us face,” says Tim Chey, the film’s director. “We’re at a point in human history where the line is being drawn in the sand – who do you stand with?”
According to the film’s promoters “Suing the Devil” has already been under attack from atheists, media outlets, devil worshippers, and other sources.
“We just keep upholding the ‘Suing The Devil’ in prayer,” says Justin Dradi, the associate producer of the film. “No weapon formed against us will prosper.”
According to the Internet Movie Database, the release date for “Suing the Devil” is currently Jan. 21, 2011
Thanks for the heads up. That DOES sound interesting.
How did they pick the jury?
I wouldn’t know that.....
I assume like they pick all jury’s...
I would imagine the jury is pretty biased.
H,mmmm
Are you, by chance, a relative of Marty McFly?
In law school I ran across a case “ex rel Smith”. Smith was a former mental patient who was suing Satan because Smith believed Satan was behind his problems. Smith’s suit was dismissed in part due to sovereign immunity.
Interesting concept for a movie. It pretty much guarantees a comedy “pre-quel” about the effort to serve Satan with the tort papers.
Call it, “Serving Satan”.
Sounds like “The Devil & Daniel Webster.”
Great cred.
Oh!
Ha..LOL..
Sorry bout that...
biased, how and why?
Woah. Like, Satan's got better lawyers. Dude.
I would think most people have a dislike for satan. Don’t you think that could bias the jury a bit?
Now why would they bother to even issue critical responses; perhaps the movie hits some fallen angel in a sensitive spot!
Actually many people adore him....
When you see people embracing things contrary to GOD they are embracing Satan...
Its been tried and it isn’t going to work:
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/United_States_ex_rel._Gerald_Mayo_v._Satan_and_His_Staff
I don’t think they are in the majority. How would they pick a jury that didn’t come to court with some sort of prejudice, either for or against, satan. Would you be on that jury? I wouldn’t, I’d have to say I hate the guy when they asked about him.
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