James McAvoy & Emmy Winner Lead Supernatural Movie Faith From Award-Winning Director

James McAvoy and a recent Emmy winner have been cast in Faith, a supernatural movie helmed by an award-winning director.

What do we know about James McAvoy’s new movie?

Per Variety, McAvoy and Erin Doherty will headline Faith, the seventh movie from Paul Andrew Williams.

“Faith follows Gina, a hard-working and devoted single mother who meets a quietly enigmatic stranger, Michael,” the official synopsis reads. “The presence of someone who appears to care for her brings a new and exciting dynamic to her life, despite the fact she knows nothing about him or what his intentions towards her really are. Is he a friend, a potential lover or something more sinister? When Gina’s life is abruptly turned upside down and Michael’s extraordinary true identity is revealed, she learns that she might just be able to embrace the beauty of living life fully again.”

Faith also stars Liv Hill (The Little Stranger) and Smylie Bradwell (Hamnet).

Faith is now shooting in the U.K. Bankside Films and Logical will handle international sales. Producers include Dominic Tighe and Danny Page. Blazing Griffin, Logical, and Homefront Productions will finance Faith.

For McAvoy, the X-Men: First Class actor recently made his directorial debut in California Schemin’, a music biopic about Scottish hip-hop duo Silibil N’ Brains. After premiering at TIFF in September 2025, California Schemin’ will be released in the U.K. on April 10, 2026.

As for Doherty, it’s been a banner 12 months following the success of Adolescence. For her role as Briony Ariston, Doherty won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for supporting actress.

Williams is best known for directing 2025’s Dragonfly and 2021’s Bull. Williams also directed multiple episodes in Season 3 of Broadchurch.

“Faith is a deeply personal story to me,” Williams said in a statement. “Telling a story of strength and hope, set in a known reality yet shadowed by something other worldly that we can’t quite explain which is guiding us through life.”

Source: Comingsoon.net