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Exclusive: Pinnacle Peak Pictures heads to Cannes with two completed films on its sales slate, hot on the heels of releasingThe Last Supperin the top top at the North American box office.

Sports drama Little Angels stars Dean Cain from God’s Not Dead and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as a top American football college coach who gets suspended after a publicity stunt with a female placekicker goes wrong, and is ordered to coach a girl’s football team in order to get his job back.

Cain directed from his screenplay, and produced with Heather O’Quinn and Ryan O’Quinn.

As Easter draws closer, The Chosen franchise is looking to capitalize on the holiday with a massive box office performance. The fifth season of the biblical television show is now being screened in its entirety in theaters, in three separate installments. The first two chapters — The Chosen: Last Supper - Part 1 and The Chosen: Last Supper - Part 2 — have grossed a combined total of almost $30 million, and have successfully pushed the franchise past an unprecedented milestone. This number will only increase by next week, when all three parts will be available to watch either separately or together.

Last Supper - Part 1 has grossed almost $19 million so far, while Last Supper - Part 2, which debuted a week later, has now hit the $10 million mark. Combined, the franchise’s domestic box office haul has now passed the $100 million mark. This is an incredible result for what is still, primarily, a TV show.

It's all building towards a mid-April event where audiences can binge on the entire fifth season of The Chosen in theaters. Two batches of episodes have already been released, with the third and final installment lined up for Friday. This week, The Chosen: Last Supper - Part 2 scored a top five debut on the domestic box office charts, following in the footsteps of The Chosen: Last Supper - Part 1, which has now emerged as the franchise's top-grossing installment. The Chosen series began debuting episodes theatrically in 2021, and has since proven that this is a viable release model that other television shows might want to consider.

Last Supper - Part 1 generated around $11 million in its first three days of release, and entered its second weekend with $15 million in the bank. Including the revenue that it generated in its sophomore frame, Last Supper - Part 1 has grossed a total of $18 million so far,...

While A Minecraft Movie will dominate all box office-related headlines this week, the surprise performer, for the second time in a row, is The Chosen. Following the remarkable performance of The Chosen: Last Supper - Part 1 last week, The Chosen: Last Supper - Part 2 also delivered a top five finish on the domestic box office charts. It didn’t quite replicate the performance of its immediate predecessor, but set the stage for what could be a massive Easter weekend for the franchise, with Part 3 lined up for release next week. Before the third installment is released in theaters, however, the franchise will have passed the coveted $100 million mark in combined revenue.

Created byDallas Jenkins, The Chosen series began rolling out episodes in theatrical installments in 2021, with Christmas with the Chosen: The Messengers grossing around $13 million domestically. The third season generated a combined total of around $30 million, while the fourth season made around $40 million in total.

Hot off the success of the fifth season's first batch of episodes, The Chosen series unveiled its second installment in theaters this week. The Chosen: Last Supper - Part 2 debuted a week after Part 1, which exceeded expectations at the box office following phenomenal audience response. The biblical series typically debuts new episodes in theatrical installments before making them available for viewing on the small screen. Part 1 of the fifth season has generated over $15 million across its one-week run, paving the way for Part 2 and Part 3 to build on the momentum, and potentially deliver massive results on Easter weekend.

Like Part 1, the second batch of episodes opened to positive audience reviews. Part 2holds a near-perfect 99% audience score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. Part 1 holds a 99% audience score as well. The holiday-themed feature-length special Christmas with The Chosen: Holy Night, which debuted in 2023, holds an 86% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, while...

The latest installment of The Chosen series pulled off a surprise performance at the box office during its debut weekend. The Chosen: Last Supper - Part 1 is the title under which Fathom Events is distributing the faith-based franchise's first batch of episodes of the fifth season. The franchise has now passed a major milestone, proving that television can find an audience in cinemas, provided it's marketed correctly. The core audience for The Chosenshowed up in droves this weekend as the first batch of episodes debuted in over 2,200 theaters.

The Chosen: Last Suppergenerated over $11 million across its first three days of release, which is more than the entire theatrical haul of the recently released film The Last Supper, with which it has no connection. This was good enough for a third-place finish on the domestic charts, behind this week's new release, A Working Man, and last week's holdover, Snow White. The...

Faith-based movies have a dedicated audience that shows up regardless of mainstream response. Even though the recent biblical movie The Last Supper wasn't exactly given a super-wide release, and even though it still doesn't have enough reviews on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes to generate an official score, it has quietly crossed a domestic box office milestone in just its second weekend in theaters. The Last Supper debuted last week, alongside Steven Soderbergh's espionage thriller Black Bag, the action comedy Novocaine, and the animated film The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie.

It retained a spot in the top 10 of the domestic box office charts, grossing $1.3 million this weekend from just over 1,500 locations. The Last Supper witnessed a noticeable 62% drop in collections, but has now hit the $5 million mark domestically. Directed by Mauro Borrelli, the movie is distributed by the faith-based outfit Pinnacle Peak Pictures, which...

André Holland is on a roll with three new films, ‘The Last Supper’ tests the faith-based market, hot Vietnamese director Tran Thanh is back, and documentary October 8 examines the explosion of antisemitism after the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.

A handful of big indies are out with wide releases from Focus Features (Black Bag) to A24 (Opus) to Falling Forward Films and Ketchup Entertainment (Looney Tunes: The Day The Earth Blew Up).

Neon, the indie distributor of the moment, is out with mystery-thriller The Actor, André Holland’s third leading role this year after Sundance-premiering Love, Brooklyn by Rachael Abigail Holder, which Holland also produced, and The Dutchman, by Andre Gaines, which just debuted at SXSW. The Actor opens in NYC at the Angelika, Holland doing Q&As, at The Grove in LA and top 10 markets – 20+ screens in all.

Based on the novel Memory by Donald E. Westlake, the film,...

Pinnacle Peak Pictures is preparing to launch worldwide sales at EFM next week on thriller A Line Of Fire starring David A.R. White from the God’s Not Dead franchise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jason Patric, Scott Baio, and Samantha Lockwood.

The first production from Panoramic Pictures centres on Jack “Cash” Conry, a former FBI operative who left the Bureau after the death of his wife to dedicate himself to his two daughters.

Despite a fulfilling life at home, Conry considers returning to work and the decision is made for him when his old partner’s niece calls asking for help, plunging...

Stars: Brey Noelle, Brian Spangler, Jim Azelvandre, Kayla Royko, KateLynn E. Newberry, LeJon Woods | Written by Mark Andrew Hamer, Russ Lindway | Directed by Mark Andrew Hamer

Replicator, the new film from director Mark Andrew Hamer and co-writer Russ Lindway comes with a wonderfully comic book styled poster, a title that makes you think of the Resonator from Lovecraft’s From Beyond and a plot that recalls Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

Darby Vincent is having a bad day. First, a judge let the abusive husband of the woman she was representing walk free thanks to the incompetence of Sheriff Williams’ the same married sheriff she’s having an affair with.

Then she comes home to find her father Ron, whom she reluctantly allowed to move in with her, getting it on with Gina. And then goes off on her for interrupting them. It’s obvious that terminal cancer hasn’t...

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In its biggest year and fresh off last weekend’s release of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, faith-based content creator Kingdom Story Company has renewed its three-year first-look deal with Lionsgsate.

The partners collaborated on three films this year, including Ordinary Angels starring Hilary Swank and Alan Ritchson, which earned $19.2m in North America, and biopic Unsung Hero about multi-Grammy winner Joel Smallbone, on $20.3m.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever opened on November 8 and had grossed $11.1m at time of writing, rising to $12.4m over the four-day Veterans Day weekend.

Additionally, Kingdom Story Company said it has promoted president and COO Brandon Gregory to partner.

The opening seconds of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” inform us that the Herdmans are the worst children ever because they steal, take the Lord’s name in vain, and smoke cigars — even the girls, the narrator is careful to specify. Nobody can accuse Dallas Jenkins’ new faith-based holiday film of misleading its viewers. If you’re not the kind of audience member to get invested in a redemption arc about the evils of female tobacco use and saying “Oh my god,” you can turn it off without losing much more than a minute of your time.

Those who proceed at their own risk are left with a paper-thin (if well meaning) story of a small town holiday Christmas pageant that threatens to go off the rails. Anyone who is curious about whether or not that happens should avoid reading the film’s title, which spoils the entire ending.

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The Chronicles of Narnia producer Cary Granat is teaming with director David L Cunningham (The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising, Running for Grace) and Oscar-winning visual effects artist Ed Jones (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Happy Feet) on In the Beginning, a new faith-based family action-adventure feature that aims to tell the Biblical story of creation.

The film will use cutting-edge motion capture and hybrid CGI visual effects to turn the story of Genesis, from the creation of the universe to the Garden of Eden, into an Imax-worthy cinematic event. Cunningham, the son of well-known Christian missionary Loren Cunningham (founder of Youth With A Mission), has written and will direct In the Beginning with Walden Media founder Granat and Jones producing together with Jonathan E. Lim (My Penguin Friend). City Hill Arts will produce and act as a financier on the film.

“For billions [the creation story] is the template for the origins of life,...

Faith-based Pinnacle Peak Pictures, previously Pure Flix Entertainment, is adding two new theatrical films to its international sales slate for AFM 2024, The Last Supper and Between Borders.

There’s been no lagging of interest in faith-based films, which have the potential to hit big. (Angel Studios Sound Of Freedom grossed $120 million globally.) The Last Supper is set in the days leading to betrayal, where a gathering of disciples unravels into a web of secrets and hidden motives. Starring Robert Knepper, James Ward(Verona’s Romeo & Juliet, His Dark Materials), James Oliver Wheatley, Nathalie Rapti Gomez, and Daniel Fathers.

The film was directed by Mauro Borrelli, who co-wrote it with John Collins. It was produced by Shawn Boskie, Ivan Cohen, Manu Gargi, Ken Halsband,...

Great American Media is bringing the fifth entry in its God’s Not Dead franchise directly to streaming. God’s Not Dead: In God We Trust will be a Pure Flix exclusive, launching November 1. The film features a familiar cast, including David A.R. White, Isaiah Washington, Dean Cain, and Scott Baio, alongside a special appearance by […]

God’s Not Dead: In God We Trust Heading to Pure Flix...

‘Average Joe’ (2024) tells the inspiring true story of a high school football coach who fought for his right to publicly express his religious beliefs, leading to a landmark Supreme Court case. Directed by Harold Cronk, known for the ‘God’s Not Dead’ franchise, the film presents a compelling legal drama through a faith-based lens. The narrative follows Joe’s journey, from his time as a Marine to the pivotal moment when his post-game prayers ignited national debate. While unmistakably a religious film, ‘Average Joe’ avoids preaching, instead offering a heartfelt exploration of standing firm in one’s convictions. Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click here to read more on The Hollywood Insider’s vision, values and mission statement here – Media has the responsibility to better our world – The Hollywood Insider fully focuses on substance and meaningful entertainment,...

Exclusive: David A.R.White (God’s Not Dead), Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire), Jason Patric (Speed 2), Katrina Bowman(30 Rock), and Scott Baio (Happy Days) are leading cast in action-thriller A Line Of Fire, which is now filming in Los Angeles and Miami.

Also starring are Eve Richards (Where’s Dad), Vincent DePaul (Tesla), G-Rod (Bad Boys 4), and Samantha Lockwood (Hawaii Five-0).

The synopsis reads: “After working as a secret agent in the FBI for ten years, Jack Conry aka “Cash” left it all behind after his wife passed in order to dedicate himself to his two daughters. Despite a fulfilling life at home, Cash misses the chance to make an impact and has been considering a return to the force. The decision is made for him when his old partner’s niece Jamie calls him for help, launching Cash right back into a world of danger, corruption and intrigue.

Dave Bautista's latest film The Killer's Game proves he can carry and lead action flicks. However, the film did not perform to expectations on its opening weekend at the box office.

Deadline reported The Killer's Game as one of this weekend's box-office casualties. Dave Bautista's action comedy earned $2.6 million in three days of screenings, setting a new record as the lowest-grossing theatrical film in the actor's career (beating Hotel Artemis' $3.2 million in 2018). Early reviews for The Killer's Game are also mixed with polarized consensus between audiences and critics. The report also revealed that casual and frequent moviegoers were largely unaware (and did not anticipate) the film's theatrical release, which in turn reflected in its first-weekend earnings. The Killer's Game reportedly has a budget of less than $30 million before marketing.

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A conservative and a faith-based film landed at nos. 4 and 10 at the domestic box office this weekend, with a solid showing for anime Dan Dan Dan: First Encounter and a nice limited opening for My Old Ass.

Am I Racist?, the first theatrical release from Jeremy Boreing and Ben Shapiro’s The Daily Wire, had a phenomenal opening weekend grossing $4.75 million on 1,517 screens for the no. 4 spot at the domestic box office and one of the top documentary bows of the past decade.

The anti-dei film is distributed by Sdg Releasing, which also handled Walsh’s previous doc What Is A Woman?.

Am I A Racist? follows the host of podcast The Matt Walsh Show as he goes undercover with tweed jacket and ponytail to earn his Dei certificate on a mock journey toward “anti-racism.”

Dei, a practice increasingly used by organizations to value differences and create opportunity,...

Another lively debate comes to theaters with God’s Not Dead: In God We Trust. For the past decade, the God’s Not Dead films have discussed where people draw lines between faith and politics. This latest entry continues tackling topics close to many hearts.

We find humble pastor David Hill taking an unlikely step into the world of campaigning. When a seat in Congress opens up just weeks before the election, David surprises even himself by running. He aims to challenge incumbent Peter Kane, who wants faith confined to private life.

The story plays out amid familiar themes of Christians finding their voice. David navigates strategy meetings and televised showdowns, navigating pressure both to compromise principles and avoid partisan sniping. Lively discussions are guaranteed as viewpoints clash on Christianity’s role in lawmaking.

For anyone interested in timely debates over pluralism, civic duties, or where people turn for guidance, this movie presents energetic dialog.

“God’s Not Dead: In God We Trust” (Fathom) and “Am I Racist?” (Sdg) won’t register with most mainstream moviegoers, but this weekend they could rank as high as #3 and #4 (in either order), behind “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” (Warner Bros.) and the debuting “Speak No Evil” (Universal). Also in the mix are Lionsgate’s new “The Killer’s Game” and the 8th weekend of “Deadpool & Wolverine.”

Of these, guess which two are top candidates for receiving the rare A+ Cinemascore.

There’s a history of lucrative performances for similar films that appeal to conservative faith-based or Maga-related audiences (which frequently overlap). The progressive side has its analogs, particularly in Michael Moore documentaries, but for the last decade or more nearly all the preach-to-the-choir breakthroughs come from the right wing of the ideological spectrum.

Most fall far short of the grosses for “The Passion of the Christ” (Picturehouse) or “Sound of Freedom” (Angel). With budgets modest to small,...

The fifth film in the God's Not Dead franchise is here, and there are options for where to watch God's Not Dead: In God We Trust. The original faith-based movie series began in 2014 and was met with a rather impressive box office performance, as it earned over $60 million thanks to strong support from Christian viewers, even as critics negatively reviewed it. That propelled more Christian movies to be made that continue the story of Reverend Dave Hill, played by David A. R. White, a pastor now running for Congress in God's Not Dead: In God We Trust.

Although the box office performance of the God's Not Dead movies has declined with each entry, God's Not Dead: In God We Trust still has an exclusive theatrical release as a means to try and get enough support from audiences. The movie brings back several characters and actors from previous installments, including Cory Oliver,...

One of the most subtle moments in Reagan, the biopic starring Dennis Quaid as the 40th President of the United States, comes at the first inauguration sequence, with a close-up of Ronald Reagan’s hand on an open Bible, revealing a margin note in 2 Chronicles: “A wonderful verse for the healing of a nation.

Omg, have you ever seen "The Simpsons" episode "Dead Bart"? It's gotta be one of the weirdest episodes of the classic animated sitcom ever made! In this bizarre adventure for Springfield's famous family, the Simpsons take a trip that goes terribly wrong. While on a plane in mid-flight, Bart smashes a window and is sucked outside, falling to his death. It's graphic, and tragic, and terrible. The rest of the episode descends into morbid surrealism, with a large chunk of the runtime devoted to the Simpson family visiting Bart's grave in what appears to be a completely deserted version of Springfield.

What's that? You've never seen this? Well, that's because it doesn't exist. "Dead Bart" is a myth; a bit of internet folklore. In technical terms, it's creepypasta. Creepypastas are horror-tinged urban legends and short stories that get shared on message boards and Reddit. Some of these stories can be downright dreadful,...

Is on-demand streaming just a little bit too dicey for you as far as content goes? It can be hard to tell if a streaming original is going to be filled with violence, bad language, or other adult situations, and if you’re hoping for a service with more faith-based and family-friendly content, look no further than Great American Pure Flix. The streaming service offers thousands of titles that are accessible for viewers of all ages, many with strong Christian themes. Normally, viewers have to pay $8.99 per month to get Great American Pure Flix, but for a limited time, new customers can grab the streamer for only $0.99 per month for their first two months of service.

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A new faith-based film fund has been set up by former Im Global executive Alexandros Potter and filmmaker Yelena Popovic, behind the hugely successful 2021 drama “Man of God,” about the Greek saint Nectarios of Aegina.

Simeon Faith, one of a number of new announcements in the faith-based film world in recent months, is a dedicated equity film fund focused on financing and producing what it describes as “talent-driven, high-end artistic and commercial fare with strong elements of faith for a global audience.”

The new fund aims to finance one to two films per year over the next four years. The first project on the slate is “Moses the Black,” a story of a gangster in modern day Chicago that is inspired by the fourth-century saint of the same name. The film is scheduled to go into production this year, with Popovic as writer and director.

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How would you react if you thought you were doing the right thing only to be told that things weren’t as clear as you thought they would be? What if the person telling you that your perspective was wrong was actually God himself? That’s the premise behind the new limited series “Destination Heaven” premiering on Great American Pure Flix on Friday, May 24. The first two episodes of the the series will be available to stream with the others rolling out weekly. You can watch with a 7-Day Free Trial of Great American Pure Flix.

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As absurd as it is to say about a film that ends with an onscreen Qr code imploring viewers to “Pay It Forward,” “Sight” probably would be better if it was preachier. At the very least, it would be more memorable.

The latest project from Angel Studios, “Sight” certainly looks and feels like the type of cheap contemporary Christian cinema that both its production company and its director specialize in. But whenever the movie looks like it might go full Christian medical drama a la the inexplicably Oscar-nominated “Breakthrough,” it always pulls back from launching into a sermon. Sure, there’s a kindly nun and an unbearable syrupy sweet church scene, but by the end of “Sight,” it’s not particularly clear how devout main character Ming Wang is to Christianity, or if he’s even a believer in the first place.

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Pinnacle Peak Pictures is bringing a slate of faith-based films to the Cannes market, including a new installment in the “God’s Not Dead” franchise.

Entitled “God’s Not Dead: In God We Trust,” the film will be released theatrically in the U.S. this fall, but, like the rest of Pinnacle’s slate, foreign territories are available to buyers. The new “God’s Not Dead” film follows the series’ protagonist, Rev. David Hill (played once again by David A.R. White), who, with the help of a skilled political strategist, runs for political office on a platform of preserving “religious freedom” and healing divisions. The cast also includes Dean Cain, who appeared in the first film in the franchise and is best known for “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,” as well as Isaiah Washington (“Grey’s Anatomy”) and Ray Wise (“X-Men: First Class”).

In addition, Pinnacle Peak Pictures will present “Disciples in the Moonlight,...

Harry Lennix [image @harrylennix on Instagram]Great American Pure Flix has announced its third original series since the platform merged with Sony’s streaming platform, Pure Flix last year. The new series is dubbed Destination Heaven and it stars Harry Lennix in the lead role as God. Read on to find out more about the new drama series.

Destination Heaven on Great American Pure Flix

Back in June 2023, Great American Media merged with Sony’s Pure Flix to stream original shows and movies. Having previously released two series, the latest news relates to the drama series Destination Heaven.

The drama miniseries Destination Heaven stars Harry Lennix as God. Meanwhile, the six-episode series, which premieres May 24, follows God as he encounters people in many circumstances who all believe they are doing the right thing.

However, they discover that their approach to being good is just going through the motions, rather than growing emotionally or intellectually from the circumstance.

Exclusive: Great American Pure Flix is about to launch its third original series since Great American Media merged with Sony’s subscription streaming outfit Pure Flix last June.

Destination Heaven is a faith drama starring Harry Lennix as God. The six-part scripted series that premieres May 24 follows God as he encounters people in a myriad of circumstances who all believe they’re doing the right things — that is, until they discover their approach to being good is going through the motions rather than growing emotionally or intellectually from the circumstance.

Episodes will feature appearances by Kevin Sorbo (Chosen), Emily Rose (Gotham Knights), and Tim Bensch (Chicago Fire).

Great American Pure Flix is now the 24/7 home to faith and family-based series and films. Besides airing films like Divine Influencer, Harvest Homecoming with Trevor Donovan and Jessica Lownde and Birthright Outlaw starring Sarah Drew, it also launched...

Family ties and deep religious faith play an emotional tug of war with issues of infidelity and self-confidence in The Baxters. Touched by an Angel star Roma Downey feels the new faith-based series, in which she stars and is executive producer, couldn’t arrive at a better time.

“At the center [of the story] is this marriage that is loving and committed, and you know, we don't always get to see that on family dramas,” Downey told MovieWeb. “Just to see marriage modeled that way — they're the glue that holds the messiness of the family together.”

Things do get messy, in fact, and early on. The first season tracks the aftermath of Baxter daughter Kari’s (Ali Cobrin) startling discovery — her professor husband, Tim (Brandon Hirsch), has been having an affair with one of his students. Based on the No.1 New York Times best-selling book series by Karen Kingsbury, a prolific author who...

Ron Gell of Pinnacle Peak Pictures is at Filmart to introduce the industry to the company’s mainstream theatrical division Panoramic Pictures and commence talks on horror comedy Deer Camp ’86.

Noah Lalonde from Netflix series My Life With The Walter Boys stars in the 1986-set story about six friends from Detroit who head north to go deer hunting as an ancient spirit awakens to avenge the death of a Native American girl.

Before long the hunters realise it is they who have become the hunted.

L. Van Dyke Siboutszen directed Deer Camp ’86 and Riley Taurus and Bo Hansen are the producers.

Goodbye February, hello March! Prime Video! This month, the Amazon streamer will add dozens of film titles to its library on the first of the month, including 1989’s “Field of Dreams” and “Bull Durham” for those with spring training fever.

For the rest of the month, Prime Video will premiere several of this year’s most anticipated features, including the new “Road House” remake starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Conor McGregor on March 21. (The original starring Patrick Swayze will also come to the streamer on March 1). John Cena will play make-believe for real in the long-awaited comedy “Ricky Stanicky” opposite Zac Efron, Andrew Santino, Jermaine Fowler. March also brings the second half “Invincible” Season 2, which returned after more than two years this past November.

From a new comedy special from Tig Notaro to live National Women’s Soccer League matchups and more, find out everything coming to Prime Video in March,...

It’s a fairly big month on Prime Video in March, at least compared to the other streaming service offerings! There are are two major films arriving on Amazon’s streamer. The first is a remake of the Patrick Swayze action classic Road House. Stepping into the late Swayze’s shoes? A crazy-jacked Jake Gyllenhaal, who really seemed to want to go the extra mile for this project.

The other big film coming to Prime Video is Ricky Stanicky, and the plot sounds really fun! It follows three friends who have always blamed their mistakes on an imaginary guy called Ricky Stanicky. When they have to finally introduce people to Stanicky, they decide to hire a washed-up actor (John Cena) to impersonate him. Hilarity ensues, maybe? But if neither of those make your watchlist, there’s also the return of the animated hit series Invincible.

Here’s everything coming to...

"The Simpsons" will turn 35 in 2024 -- and like just about any other Millennial, it celebrated becoming a legal adult (with "The Simpsons Movie" in 2007) blissfully unaware of the obstacles awaiting in its future, had a proper quarter-life crisis, and now Disney owns its childhood. Entire empires have risen and fallen since the series began in 1989, and a whole lot of TV shows with them. In point of fact, when the animated institution turned 20 in 2009, a fellow Fox series called "Bones" was only just entering its fifth season, with no idea it was less than halfway done.

To celebrate the occasion, Fox announced it would be paying "homarge" to "The Simpsons" with an on-air scavenger hunt from November 9 -13, 2009. Never one to pass up an opportunity to goose its ratings, the network encouraged its viewers to tune into other Fox series that week and hunt for Easter eggs nodding to Homer,...

Pinnacle Peak Pictures will kick off talks at EFM next week on Forty-Seven Days With Jesus which features cast members from faith-based series The Chosen, whose latest episodes currently rank second at the North American box office.

The retelling of the story of Jesus’s final days on Earth will open in the US on March 11 in more than 800 theatres.

Yoshi Barrigas and Catherine Lidstone (The Chosen) star alongside Cameron Arnett as Pontius Pilate, while Joshua Triplett plays the disciple Peter.

Emilio Palame and David M. Gutel co-directed Forty-Seven Days With Jesus from Gutel’s screenplay. Palame, Donald Nguyen, and...

Pinnacle Peak Pictures will kick off talks at EFM next week on Forty-Seven Days With Jesus which features cast members from faith-based series The Chosen, whose latest episodes currently rank second at the North American box office.

The retelling of the story of Jesus’s final days on Earth will open in the US on March 11 in more than 800 theatres.

Yoshi Barrigas and Catherine Lidstone (The Chosen) star alongside Cameron Arnett as Pontius Pilate, while Joshua Triplett plays the disciple Peter.

Emilio Palame and David M. Gutel co-directed Forty-Seven Days With Jesus from Gutel’s screenplay. Palame, Donald Nguyen, and...

Prime Video has picked up the family drama series The Baxters, from LightWorkers Media, the faith and family-focused company founded by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey which is owned by Amazon MGM Studios through Amazon’s the acquisition of LightWorkers parent MGM.

The 10-episode series, based on the best-selling book series by Karen Kingsbury, is executive produced by Downey who stars as the family matriarch, Elizabeth Baxter, alongside Ted McGinley as John Baxter. The Baxters, which is slated to stream spring 2024 exclusively on Prime Video, was filmed in 2018. Also executive produced by Will Packer, it was originally intended to stream on LightWorkers Media’s platform.

The Baxters follows Elizabeth and John Baxter and their five adult children. Season 1 centers on Elizabeth and John’s daughter, Kari, who learns the shocking truth that her professor husband, Tim, has been secretly having an affair with one of his college students. As her relationship is tested,...

In April 2023, the independent horror flick Nefarious earned just over a million dollars and placed tenth at the box office on its opening weekend. The movie hit theaters around the same time as other horror movies like The Pope's Exorcist, Evil Dead Rise, Scream IV, and Renfield; and with such stiff competition, it's impressive that this low-budget indie movie did so well. The picture, which is currently in Amzone Prime Video's Top 10 most popular movies, is based on a two-book series by Steve Deace and was written and directed by Chuck Konzelman and Cary Solomon (the duo behind God's Not Dead and Unplanned). But despite the film's distinctly Christian label, Nefarious rises above the general clichés associated with faith-based productions and stands out as something increasingly more interesting than its religious contemporaries.

When an independent film becomes as commercially successful as Sound of Freedom, which has presently grossed nearly $215 million at the worldwide box office against a production cost of less than $15 million, the film’s director and star typically become hot properties in Hollywood.

Indeed, in the case of Sound of Freedom, it would be reasonable to assume that the film’s director, Alejandro Monteverde, and star, Jim Caviezel, would be courted by various Hollywood studios to direct and star in big-budget studio films.

However, none of the typical rules of Hollywood seem to apply to Sound of Freedom, which has seemingly had a negligible effect on the careers of the film’s principals, especially Caviezel, for whom the success of Sound of Freedom has, if anything, only exacerbated Caviezel’s prolonged estrangement from Hollywood.

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It’s official! Great American Media has executed the rebrand of its streaming service, which is now called Great American Pure Flix. The name change is intended to reflect the acquisition of Pure Flix by Great American Media in May of this year.

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Great American Pure Flix aims to provide “Faith, Family, and Hometown Values” in all of its content. The service offers a clean-stream promise, so families can be certain beyond a shadow of a doubt that the movies and TV shows they find on the service will be appropriate for them to watch.

“Great American Pure Flix fits seamlessly with the Great American Media family,” said Bill Abbott, President, and CEO of Great American Media. “Our mission is to provide families with quality entertainment that celebrates faith, family, and hometown values wherever and however they enjoy watching.”

The company announced three new...

The dust is finally beginning to settle a bit from the merger of Great American Media and the religious streaming platform Pure Flix. A new report from Deadline indicates that the company is rebranding its streaming segment as “Great American Pure Flix” to reflect that the two entities are now fully combined.

Great American Pure Flix offers 24/7 access to faith-based films and TV series that are appropriate for the whole family. Titles gearing up to debut on the service include “Divine Influencer” starring Shari Rigby on Sept. 15; “Harvest Homecoming” with Trevor Donovan and Jessica Lownde on Oct. 6, and many more.

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“We appreciate how seamlessly Great American Pure Flix fits in with the Great American Media family,” said Bill Abbott, President, and CEO of Great American Media. “We love providing families with quality entertainment that celebrates faith, family, and hometown values wherever and however they enjoy watching.

Exclusive: Following the June merger of Great American Media with Sony’s subscription streaming outfit Pure Flix, the combined entity will now be called Great American Pure Flix.

Great American Pure Flix is now the 24/7 home to faith and family-based series and films. Upcoming movies include Divine Influencer (September 15) starring Lara Silva from The Chosen and directed by Shari Rigby; Harvest Homecoming (October 6), starring Trevor Donovan and Jessica Lownde; and Birthright Outlaw (October 13), the new western from director Aaron Burns starring Lucas Black and Sarah Drew.

New Christmas movies will also stream in November, featuring Great American Family players such as Candace Cameron Bure, Lori Loughlin, Danica McKellar, Donovan, and Jen Lilley.

“We appreciate how seamlessly Great American Pure Flix fits in with the Great American Media family,” said Bill Abbott, President, and CEO of Great American Media who also oversees the streaming arm. “We love providing families with quality entertainment that celebrates faith,...

Halfway to Amarillo is a meta-Western comedy where the protagonist's characters come to life, causing chaos in his life. The film is directed by Burt Binder, known for his work as a producer, and making his directorial debut. The film has received positive reception, winning "Best Independent Feature" at the Ifs Los Angeles Film Festival.

What happens when characters you’ve created come to life? That is the question posed by the upcoming meta-Western comedy, Halfway to Amarillo, for which a new trailer has now been released. Coming courtesy of Rapid Trailer, Halfway to Amarillo follows writer Michael Coleman, who gets stuck while writing his second novel, a Western, when the two main characters leap off the page and wreak havoc on his life, forcing him to reevaluate his priorities. Check out the trailer for Halfway to Amarillo below.

"Michael Coleman is working on a novel that will make or break his career.

Despite flopping pretty hard at the box office, Disney's second go at turning its classic Haunted Mansion ride into a successful film managed to only further cement Lakeith Stanfield's status as our current genre king. Think about it: be it horror satire ("Get Out"), murder-mystery ("Knives Out"), or supernatural crime-thriller, it seems Stanfield is committed to turning over every genre stone there is. He's even tried his hand at a Western, playing the real-life outlaw Crawford "Cherokee Bill" Goldsby in Jeymes Samuel's profoundly entertaining "The Harder They Fall."

"The Book of Clarence," Samuel's follow-up to his feature directing debut on "The Harder They Fall," sees him and Stanfield putting their stamp on another historically white genre: the Biblical epic. The film, which was even name-checked by Jim Beckwourth (Rj Cyler) in "Harder," casts Stanfield as Clarence, a regular guy in ancient times who just happens to know Jesus Christ.

Stonecutter Media has announced that they will be giving Aaron’s Blood director Tommy Stovall’s Faustian tale Condition of Return a weeklong theatrical release on September 22nd, and will also be bringing the film to Vudu and Cable VOD on the same date. In anticipation of this release, a trailer for Condition of Return has arrived online and can be seen in the embed above.

Scripted by John Spare, the film is said to be a “slow burn character study” about “a churchgoing schoolteacher’s descent into darkness, and the lengths she’ll go to reclaim her life”. AnnaLynne McCord of Excision and the more recent version of 90210 stars as Eve Sullivan, who is arrested for committing a heinous crime. Shackled in a police station breakroom, she is questioned by psychoanalyst Dr. Donald Thomas, who is tasked with determining her fitness to stand trial. In a contentious interview,...

Noah Bryan wants to become the next big thing in “God’s Country Song,” the new movie debuting on PureFlix on Thursday, June 15. But when his past catches up with him, Noah realizes he has to set a few things straight in his own life before he can pursue his dreams. First up on his priorities list? Reinvent his relationship with God. You can watch with a 7-Day Free Trial of PureFlix.

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An up-and-coming country music star, Noah’s life seems on the precipice of fulfilling his dreams. Then comes the shocking news that he’s the biological father of 6-year-old JJ, whose mother had just passed away. The film follows Noah as he decides if he’s going to stop...

Two family-focused media companies are joining forces, with Sony-owned subscription streaming outlet Pure Flix set to merge with cable and Fast programmer Great American Media.

Great American Media operates cable networks Great American Family and Great American Living as well as Fast channel Great American Adventures. Pure Flix, known for faith-based franchises like God’s Not Dead, was acquired by Sony Pictures Television in December 2020. At the time of the deal, it had 1 million subscribers.

Bill Abbott, the former longtime top exec at the Hallmark Channel’s media parent, who has been running Great American Media, will oversee the combined entity. He became CEO of Great American Media in 2021, about a year after exiting Hallmark after an 11-year run. His departure followed backlash over the pulling of an ad for a wedding planning company featuring a same-sex couple.

Abbott and the backers of Great American Media, who acquired assets from...