Lionsgate and Kingdom Story Company has announced that “I Can Only Believe 2,” a sequel to The Smash in the 2018 box job that has brought in more than $83 million domestically, is now in the works, while “Unbreakable Boy” will be released in theaters in February 2025.
“I Can Only Imagine 2,” which continues the true inspirational story of Mercyme singer Bart Millard, will move into production with co-directors Brent McCorkle and Andrew Erwin, who co-wrote the script, according to Variety.
Returning to his papers are John Michael Finley as Bart Millard, Dennis Quaid as his father, Arthur, and Trace Adkins as Scott Brickell, Mercyme manager. Joining the cast is Milo Ventimiglia, known for “This is us”, who will paint the singer and songwriter Timmons.
“We are delighted with the spouse with Kingdom once it returns to this continuation of the story of Bart and we are sure that its winning mix of emotional facts and natural center will join the public everywhere,” said Adam Fogelson, president of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group.
Producers Kevin Downes, Andrew Erwin, Cindy Bond, Bart Millard, Daryl Lefever and Joshua Walsh expressed excitement about revisiting the world of “I Can Only Imagine.”
“I can only imagine ‘he captured the hearts of the public when he launched, and continues to supply hope and breath to millions in everything global,” Downes said. “The good fortune of this film led to the foundation of Kingdom Story Company, where our project is to tell stories that turn on a ‘Hope Cage’, so we are delighted to return to this global and explore the rest of Bart’s adventure In the first sequel to our company.
The first “I Can Only Imagine” follows the true story of Millard, who endured a difficult upbringing at the hands of his father, who eventually died of cancer after embracing Christianity. His experience inspired him to write the mega-hit song, “I Can Only Imagine.”
“The story beautifully illustrates that nobody is ever too far from God’s love — or too far from an eternal home in Heaven,” the movie’s synopsis states.
In 2018, Millard applauded filmmakers for doing what he termed a “great job with a redemption story, adding: “It’s kind of scary making a faith-based film. I didn’t want it to be low-hanging fruit or kind of a corny movie, and I think they did a really great job of capturing the emotion. There were some scenes for me, in watching the film, that made me really uncomfortable — because I was kind of reliving it and I think that’s a sign of a job well done.”
The sequel promises to delve deeper into Millard’s journey, offering fans of the original film and newcomers alike an “emotionally rich and inspiring” experience.
Also from Lionsgate and Kingdom Story Company comes “The Unbreakable boy”, an inspiring film based on the real history documented in The Unbreakable boy: a Father’s Fear, A are ‘courage and an unconditional love story through Scott M. Lerets and Susy FLORY
Directed through Jon Gunn and written through Gunn, the film follows Scott (Zachary Levi) and Teresa (Meghann Fahy) while navigating in life with his son, Austin, who is autistic and lives with a fragile tightening of bones , the history of the circle of relatives of faith, joy and resilience underlines how even the maximum difficult days can moments of gratitude and courage.
The film stars Levi, Fahy, Jacob Laval, Drew Powell, Peter Facinelli and Patricia Heaton, and is produced through Kevin Downes, Jon Erwin, Jerriyn Esquibel, Peter Facinelli and Andrew Erwin. “The Unbreakable Boy” will be released in theaters on February 21, 2025.
Levi, who described himself as a “Christian adjacent,” in the past played in the confessional film “American Underdog,” created through Jon and Andy Erwin. In a 2021 interview with CP on the film, the actor said he believed God had orchestrated the timing of all of his projects.
“Almost every job I’ve gotten up to this point is something that found me in some way, which really is God,” he recalled. “We’re trying to figure out what would be the next cool job for me to do. And then all of a sudden, God is like, … ‘Do this one now, because I think this something that’s going to be really good for you.’”
Levi continued, “I wasn’t going to be able to make this movie at all. The pandemic happened; Suddenly, my schedule was released. [The Erwins] said: “I, now that you are free, have thought like you as such perhaps this role. Would you plan to do so? I read the script. It was incredible. And then it all happened. And now We’re there, and it’s all very expensive.
The videos come on the heels of “Best Christmas Contest,” directed through Dallas Jenkins, which earned more than $32 million domestically and $26. 4 million worldwide. to less than $10 million.
At the premiere of the red carpet movie, Andy Erwin told The Christian Post that Kingdom Story Company later searched to create films that highlight hope and redemption, either for the Christian and conventional public.
“The redemption is in the center of everything we do, it will have to be the concept of redemption that promotes hope,” he said. “I think those are the stories that, for us like other people of the faith, speak to us, but also invite an external audience to perceive what we believe. We try to locate other types of this type of stories. ” “
Leah M. Klett is a reporter for the Christian Post. It can be to: leh. klett@christianpost. com
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