According to The Hollywood Reporter, Oscar nominated actress Keisha Castle-Hughes (Whale Rider) will portray the Virgin Mary in New Line Cinema’s Nativity. Catherine Hardwicke will helm the drama, which begins filming May 1 in Morocco and Italy.
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Shohreh Aghdashloo is in final negotiations to join Keisha Castle-Hughes in “Nativity,” New Line Cinema’s look at the life of the Virgin Mary before the birth of Christ.
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Castle-Hughes already is cast as Mary, and Aghdashloo would play Elizabeth, her sister.
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