Chiwetel Ejiofor is in talks to take on the role of Peter the apostle in biblical drama Mary Magdalene.
The film is set to be directed by Garth Davis, who helmed episodes of the small-screen crime drama Top of the Lake.
Ejiofor last starred in crime thriller Triple 9 and later this year will star alongside Benedict Cumberbatch and Tilda Swinton in Marvel adaptation Doctor Strange.
St Peter was a fisherman who became Jesus’s chief disciple, according to the New Testament, and was eventually martyred in Rome.