![](https://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:WmZi7o-FH2UJ:www.maximum-ink.com/i/marilyn-manson-2.jpg) LOS ANGELES (Film news website) - Rocker Marilyn Manson, who courted controversy through his supposedly Un-Christian lyrics and stage antics, is all set to play Christ in the upcoming movie Diamond Dead. The shock rocker's answer to "The Passion Of the Christ" will be a dark comedy about a band that makes a deal with the devil. The film will be titled "Diamond Dead", and will be directed by George Romero of "Night Of The Living Dead" fame. The music will be composed by Richard Hartley of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, fame, according to reports in The Age. It will be a dark comedy about a rock band that makes a deal with the devil. According to an excerpt of the script posted online, Jesus smokes pot in the movie. "The idea of Marilyn Manson in the role of Jesus Christ is getting all sorts of reactions," according to the Diamond Dead web site. "Someone emailed me saying that it's a horrible and anti-Christian idea, but nevertheless they are praying for us."
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