Octavia Spencer is taking on the role of a lifetime as she has been tapped to play God in the film adaptation of “The Shack.” The Oscar-winning actress is linking up with Forrest Whitaker to ...

Octavia Spencer stars as ‘Papa’ in THE SHACK. Photo credit: Jake Giles Netter Based on the New York Times best-selling novel, The Shack takes audiences on a father’s uplifting spiritual journey.

“I have no problems playing God because the author is not trying to say in any shape, form or fashion that God is a black woman,” Spencer said. “But God also, in my mind, gives you what you ...

“Octavia has nothing to do with ‘The Shack,’ except be a vessel for God,” Spencer said of her role in the new Christian drama. “So I had to take my own personal feelings and things out ...

Phylicia Rashad is not here for the critiques about Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer being cast as God in the new film The Shack. Rashad recently told Page Six, “Oh, please, God is in all of us. It ...

‘The Shack’ Review: Octavia Spencer Isn’t Foundation Enough for This Phony Sap-Fest This offensively simple-minded, pseudo-religious sham relies on kitschy imagery to put across its inane ...

Octavia Spencer wants to play God. And she will, entering final negotiations to star in Lionsgate’s “The Shack,” based on William P. Youngs novel. The bestselling novel, released in 2007 ...

Some Christian leaders object to Octavia Spencer's new role as God in the upcoming faith-based film 'The Shack.' ...

Watch a film clip from "The Shack," starring Sam Worthington, Octavia Spencer and Tim McGraw. Photo: Lionsgate After seeing “The Shack”—after enduring, that is, its 132 minutes of blissed ...

Octavia Spencer to Play God in Movie Version of The Shack 1 minute read Octavia Spencer arrives at the World Premiere of Disney's "Cinderella" at the El Capitan Theatre on March 1, 2015 in Hollywood.