Plans are in the works to film a major Hollywood epic on the biblical story of Noah. Deadline New York reports Paramount is nearing signing onto the big ticket picture Noah written and to be directed by Darren Aronofsky, director of Black Swan.

The film will cost well more than the ark cost Noah to build:

Noah might only have gotten got a few pages in the Bible, but Aronofsky has turned it into a sprawling fantasy epic that will cost north of $100 million.