Faith-Based
via getuperica: The new movie A Question of Faith hopes to become a surprise hit among Christian film goers this fall. The movie is the first of its kind in the space to have been produced by an African-American female producer—and the first faith-based feature for veteran producer Angela White of Silver Lining Entertainment. The film features a well-known […]
Some of those working in what’s long been called the faith-based film industry don’t want that title anymore. Producer Mark Joseph, whose credits include “I am David,” “The Vessel,” and “Ray,” told Fox News recently that the term “faith-based” isn’t needed. “The term faith-based in an odd term to describe movies— or anything else,” he […]
Article By Ann Hall // EEW Magazine Entertainment Sony’s inspirational saga Miracles From Heaven was well-received at the box office, debuting at #3, with a $15 million weekend opening. The faith-based drama began showing in theaters Wednesday, March 16, grossing in total, so far, $18.5 million domestically, surpassing its $13 million production budget. It also […]
EEW MAGAZINE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Pure Flix Entertainment continues to enhance its position as the world’s largest faith and family-based film company with the announcement of its box office receipts for 2015, along with significant developments across all of its divisions. For 2015, the box office receipts for Pure Flix’s four films—which included Old Fashioned, Do […]
Jennifer Garner portrayed an incredulous mother in a new trailer released on Wednesday for her upcoming Christian drama Miracles From Heaven. The 43-year-old actress portrays Texas mother Christy Beam in the movie based on Beam’s memoir of the same name that was released earlier this year. The trailer opened with Christy enjoying a pizza picnic […]
It has been said that “religion is box office poison.” Mel Gibson disproved that 11 years ago with The Passion of the Christ. But what about Noah? What about Exodus: God and Kings? They did badly, but they were not faithful to the Bible — neither in letter nor spirit. Meanwhile low budget Christian films […]
“Woodlawn,” a faith-based sports film set to release in October that stars Sean Astin and Jon Voight, tells the true story of the Woodlawn High School football team in Birmingham, Alabama, giving their lives to Christ during desegregation in the 1970s. Among the parties involved is NFL great Tony Nathan who is played by Caleb […]
Every once in a while a movie will move you. The faith film War Room is your must see film this weekend that will move you right out of your seat and change your heart. Tony and Elizabeth Jordan, a couple who seemingly have it all-great jobs, a beautiful daughter, their dream home. Appearances can […]
Faith drama on television is back in fashion. In the last few years, we have seen a bulk of faith reality tv shows from ‘The Preachers of LA‘, ‘Preachers Of Detroit‘, ‘The Sheards‘, ‘Fix My Choir‘, ‘Mary Mary‘, ‘ The Preacher’s Daughters‘ and most recently Lifetime’s ‘Preach‘. Amazon studios has green-lighted a show that deals […]
Queen Latifah has signed on to star opposite Jennifer Garner in Sony’s faith-based drama Miracles From Heaven. The actress joins Garner, who already had boarded the project, in the Patricia Riggen-helmed film, which is based on Christy Beam’s book of the same name that recounts how her young daughter miraculously overcame an incurable, life-threatening digestive […]
(PHOTO: MGM) Mark Burnett, Gary Barber, MGM’s chairman and CEO and Roma Downey. A mega entertainment company has acquired a 55 percent stake in the production companies owned by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, the executive producers behind the Emmy-nominated “The Bible” series. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. will create United Artists Media Group to serve as a […]
New faith-based film ‘The Father’s Love’ tackles the controversial theme of Christian single dating, pre-martial sex, and the redemptive grace of the Father’s love. ‘The Father’s Love’ is a romantic drama set in a big city.Along with a very realistic love story, the film features some comedy and also dabs into friendship, life in […]