The Day Shall Come

The Day Shall Come is an upcoming 2019 British comedy thriller film, written by Chris Morris and Jesse Armstrong and directed by Morris. The film stars Marchánt Davis, Anna Kendrick, Danielle Brooks and Denis O'Hare. The film exploits the farce at the heart of real life FBI sting operations.

It had its world premiere at South by Southwest on 11 March 2019.

Premise
An impoverished preacher in Miami is offered cash to save his family from eviction. He has no idea his sponsor works for the FBI, who plans to turn him into a criminal by fuelling his madcap revolutionary dreams.

Cast

 * Marchánt Davis as Moses Al Shabaz, an impoverished preacher.
 * Anna Kendrick as Kendra Glack, an FBI operative
 * Danielle Brooks as Venus Al Shabaz, Moses' wife.
 * Denis O'Hare as Andy Mudd, Glack’s boss
 * Jim Gaffigan as Lemmy
 * Miles Robbins
 * Pej Vahdat as Nura
 * Adam David Thompson as Stevie
 * Kayvan Novak as Reza the Shopkeeper, a paedophile working for Glack.
 * Mousa Kraish
 * James Adomian as Settmonk, a police officer.
 * Malcolm Mays as X

Production
The film was shot in secret, in the Dominican Republic from the summer of 2017 into 2018. Additional photography took place in March 2018.

Release
It had its world premiere at South by Southwest on 11 March 2019.

Critical response
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 80% based on 15 reviews, with an average rating of 6.56/10.