Can you believe it’s been almost 40 years since Woody Allen made Diane Keaton a star in the 1977 flick “Annie Hall?”
And that charming, awkward young woman is now 69 but continuing to find new roles far beyond her Annie Hall persona.
Will playing an older American nun living in Vatican City be far enough from the Annie Hall character?
We’ll see, as Keaton has joined the cast of the eight-part HBO drama on the beginning of Pope Pius XIII’s pontificate “The Young Pope.” portraying just such a member of a religious order, the premium pay cable channel announced.
Jude Law will star in the title role. Production begins this week. Additional casting will be announced soon for the co-production that also involves the British satellite broadcasting company Sky and the French premium cable channel Canal+.
“The Young Pope” will be directed by Paolo Sorrentino, who directed “The Great Beauty,” which won the Oscar for best foreign language film of 2013.
An air date has not been announced.
—City News Service