Variety reports that Jessica Chastain and Andrew Garfield will play Tammy Faye and Jim Baker, respectively.
The Eyes of Tammy Faye will be directed by Michael Showalter (The Big Sick) from a script by Abe Sylvia.
In addition to starring, Chastain will produce along with her producing partner Kelly Carmichael through their Freckle Films production banner.
Based on Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato’s documentary of the same name, the film tells the extraordinary and outlandish rise, fall and redemption of televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker.