Oh, God

Short Answer: remake original with today's stars

Yes, this movie has a trilogy. But both of the original stars-- John Denver and George Burns-- have passed on.

Still, the idea of God choosing a seemingly random person as God's messenger on Earth is still intriguing. How would God convince people today, in the age of the Internet and social media-- not to mention fake news and AI fakery-- that God is real? 

The original came out in 1977. Even that late in human history, the idea of God being portrayed by anyone other than an old, white (OK, Jewish in Burns' case) man would not have been accepted by the general public.

But as we have seen, Morgan Freeman has played God to great acclaim. And in the show Joan of Arcadia, God uses anyone handy to talk to Joan.

For our movie, it would probably be best to have God played by one person. I was thinking Joe Pesci, but yes, now that a Black man has been God in a movie we have to look at Black women who can pull off "venerable": Viola Davis, Oprah Winfrey, Angela Bassett, Whoopi Goldberg, Patti LaBelle...

And then I was thinking for our "everyperson" role, Awkwafina. She has great comedic timing, is both a "person of color" and insanely relatable. After having her own show and appearing in movies, she is ready to go front and center on the big screen.

Now we just need to get Albert Brooks, who already made a movie about Heaven, to direct and co-write...