Bella Thorne movie in which Paris Jackson portrays ‘lesbian Jesus’ attracts protest petition

The forthcoming indie film Habit stars Paris Jackson as Jesus, and Bella Thorne as a ‘street-smart party girl with a Jesus fetish’.

And the movie is making waves before it’s even released, with a Change.org petition protesting the film racking up more than 260,000 signatures by Tuesday.

The petition’s founder, Vivian N., called Habit, ‘a new blasphemous Hollywood film’ and slammed it for portraying Jesus as ‘a lesbian woman’. 

Vivian’s statement read, ‘A new blasphemous Hollywood film is predicted to come out soon depicting Jesus as a lesbian woman.’ 

‘The film “Habit” stars Paris Jackson who plays the role of “lesbian Jesus”.’

‘Distributors haven’t picked it up as of yet, so let’s please spread awareness and wake people up to the Christianophobic garbage that is spread nowadays, but is somehow accepted and praised by society.’

Vivian targeted the petition toward Warner Bros. and Lionsgate. 

Filming has already wrapped with the project in post-production as of April, though there are no release plans in place at this time.

The story follows a ‘street-smart party girl with a Jesus fetish,’ reportedly played by Thorne, who finds herself in some trouble.

After she finds herself in the midst of a violent drug deal, she finds a way out by pretending to be a nun, hence the title.

The cast also includes Bush singer Gavin Rossdale, Bria Vinaite and Josie Ho, with Janell Shirtcliff making her directorial debut, working from a script by Suki Kaiser (Van Helsing).

The film will be produced by Donovan Leitch Jr., Michael Suppes, Chris Pak Yu Mung, Chan Pang Chun, Damon Lawner and Libby Mintz, with Cassian Elwes (Mudbound, Dallas Buyers Club) executive producing.

Voltage Pictures will handle international sales at this time, with Elwes’ Elevated Films company representing the U.S. distribution rights.

This role marks the latest in Jackson’s burgeoning acting career, that started with her role as Rachel Wells on the Fox TV series Star.

After her four-episode arc on Star, Jackson portrayed Nelly as part of the ensemble cast in the 2018 feature Gringo with Joel Edgerton, Charlize Theron, David Oyelowo and Thandie Newton.

She also starred in the 30 Seconds to Mars music video Rescue Me in 2018, and had a guest-starring spot as Becky in MTV’s Scream in 2019.

Jackson also stars in another upcoming movie, The Space Between, alongside Kelsey Grammer, which doesn’t have a release date yet. 

Around the same time she landed her first role on Star, Jackson launched her modeling career by signing with IMG Models.

She also formed a band in 2018 with Gabriel Glenn entitled The Soundflowers.

She also started dating Glenn in March 2019. 

Speaking on the couple’s Facebook Watch series Unfiltered, the model said she has mainly dated women in the past but was surprised to find herself in a relationship with her male bandmate. 

She said: ‘Never thought I’d end up with a dude.’

The model continued: ‘[I] thought I’d end up marrying a chick. I’ve dated more women than men. Been with more chicks.’