Nicolas Cage Is Jesus’ Dad in Trailer for Horror Film The Carpenter’s Son: Watch

Nicolas Cage stars as a dad going by means of holy hell within the first teaser trailer for The Carpenter’s Son, a brand new horror movie directed by Lofty Nathan and co-starring FKA twigs as Mom Mary.

Primarily based on the Infancy Gospel of Thomas — which isn’t official canon, within the authentic sense of that phrase — The Carpenter’s Son will give attention to Jesus’ adolescence, as portrayed by Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place). On this apocryphal gospel, Jesus is a fairly regular boy with candy moods and mood tantrums — though not like most children his age, the tantrums arrive with supernatural vengeance. For a number of years there, Jesus goes round smiting different kids and blinding the mother and father who dare to complain that their child is lifeless. Sounds tough, however I’m fairly certain my youngsters would do the identical if I couldn’t put them in timeout.

Based on the official description, the film “tells the darkish story of a household hiding out in Roman Egypt. The son, identified solely as The Boy, is pushed to doubt by one other mysterious little one and rebels in opposition to his guardian, The Carpenter, revealing inherent powers and a destiny past his comprehension. As he workout routines his personal energy, The Boy and his household develop into the goal of horrors, pure and divine.”

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No launch date has been set, however the movie is predicted in 2025. The teaser trailer is all temper and no plot, so it’s unclear how a lot smiting Jupe’s Jesus will do. You possibly can watch it beneath.

Cage has a Bible’s price of scripts to learn, with upcoming tasks together with a Spider-Man Noir collection, a biopic by which he performs soccer lifer John Madden, and he’s additionally in talks to star in Season 5 of True Detective. 

As for the artist previously generally known as twigs, her album Eusexua is one among our absolute favorites of 2025, and she or he’s been tapped to star in an upcoming biopic of Josephine Baker. Final month, she and ex Shia LaBeouf reached a settlement on her sexual abuse lawsuit.