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Interview: Sketch producer Steve Taylor on music, movies, and helping a friend make a family-friendly fantasy on a tight budget

The Grammy-nominated-Christian-rock-star-turned-independent-filmmaker also talks about how the movie was made with a lot of support from Christian…

Aug 7, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

Newsbites: Testament! The Chosen! House of David! The King of Kings... in Korean!

Two New Testament shows launch new seasons online; the Wall Street Journal looks at the money behind shows like House of David; and a Squid Game co-star…

Jun 9, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Last Breath the only major new film in a slow Oscars weekend

Meanwhile, the Oscars themselves gave most of their awards -- including all the highest-profile ones -- to films that haven't even cracked $16 million…

Mar 3, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Captain America plummets while foreign genre films hold well

Also: The Monkey was the week's biggest new film, while The Unbreakable Boy had one of the lowest opening weekends to date for the "faith-based" studio…

Feb 24, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

What sort of track record do "faith-based" sequels have?

The question is prompted by the news that I Can Only Imagine 2 starts filming in a couple months.

Jan 15, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

Mel Gibson says he might shoot the sequel to The Passion of the Christ "next year"

He also says The Resurrection of the Christ will be a time-jumping “acid trip” that goes from “the fall of the angels to the death of the last apostle.”

Jan 15, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Moana 2 sails into the American Thanksgiving record books

Also: Wicked would have had the 2nd-best Thanksgiving of all time if it hadn't been for that Disney cartoon; and Gladiator II is now Denzel Washington's…

Dec 2, 2024 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: Wicked, Gladiator II set new records

Also: "faith-based" audiences turned out for Bonhoeffer and the third weekend of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.

Nov 25, 2024 • Peter T Chattaway

Box office: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is one of the bigger recent "faith-based" hits

The Dallas Jenkins-directed adaptation of the 1972 children's novel exceeded expectations, as did the religion-themed horror film Heretic.

Nov 11, 2024 • Peter T Chattaway

Interview: Andrew Erwin on producing The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and other faith-based films with cross-over appeal

The co-founder of Kingdom Story Company has also produced and/or directed faith-based hits like Jesus Revolution, Unsung Hero, and I Can Only Imagine.

Nov 8, 2024 • Peter T Chattaway

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Box office: Joker 2 has the worst debut of any major Batman or Joker movie

Also: White Bird, a sort of sequel to 2017's Wonder, had the worst opening weekend of any non-documentary released under the "faith-based" Kingdom Story…

Oct 7, 2024 • Peter T Chattaway

House of David reveals its lead actors

The Amazon Prime Video series, now shooting in Greece, will star at least four veterans of the Bible-movie genre (one of whom is playing the same role…

Jun 18, 2024 • Peter T Chattaway

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