Nicolas Cage is The Sadhu
Source: Variety November 14, 2006
Virgin Comics, the publishing company bankrolled by Richard Branson, is adapting The Sadhu for the big screen as a starring vehicle for Nicolas Cage, reports Variety.
The script will be written by spiritual author and Virgin Comics co-founder Deepak Chopra.
The Sadhu, created and written by Chopra's son, Gotham, chief creative officer of Virgin Comics, melds action with mythology from India. Cage will play James Jenson, a soldier who travels to India during colonial times and becomes a spiritual warrior.
Norm Golightly, Cage's Saturn Pictures partner, will produce with Gotham Chopra and Virgin Comics CEO Sharad Devarajan.
"'The Sadhu' is a bold, visual epic that taps into one of India's most heralded spiritual traditions," Devarajan said.
Cage can next be seen in Ghost Rider on February 16. He also made a deal with Virgin Comics to publish Enigma, a voodoo-laced thriller Cage hatched with his 15-year-old son, Weston. They are eyeing that, too, as a potential feature.
Enigma revolves around a murder investigation in New Orleans, with a detective discovering the killings are directly related to the events of a fiery rebellion on a Southern plantation during the Confederacy. The comic will be published as a five-part monthly series beginning in March.
