Overview

• Jim Parsons has joined the ensemble cast of The Leader in an undisclosed role.
• Filming began in July 2025, more than two years after the project was first announced with Tim Blake Nelson and Vera Farmiga attached.
• Michael Gallagher wrote and is directing the adaptation of the cult’s story of the Heaven’s Gate mass suicide.
• A producing team led by Jana Gallagher, Michael Wormser, Joel David Moore and Matt Murphie is overseeing the film.
• The Exchange/Voltage holds global sales rights and no release date has been set.