Virgin locks up Cage.(Nicolas Cage to play in Virgin Comics' " The Sadhu")(Brief article)

From: Daily Variety | Date: November 14, 2006| Author: Fleming, Michael | Copyright information

Virgin Comics, the publishing company bankrolled by Richard Branson, is adapting "The Sadhu" for the bigscreen as a starring vehicle for Nicolas Cage.

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 ...

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