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Interview: The Carpenter's Son director Lotfy Nathan on turning an apocryphal gospel into a horror movie about the daunting challenge of…
The filmmaker, who was raised Coptic Orthodox, says he wanted to explore Joseph's relationship with Jesus, and "that burden and that duty that Joseph…
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Peter T Chattaway
Newsbites: The Promised Land! Animated David! The Carpenter's Son! House of David!
The Promised Land comes to Angel; the animated David releases a new clip; Nicolas Cage gives his side of the "bees" story on The Carpenter's Son; and…
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Interview: Shereen Khan on Miriam, Herodias, and drawing on her theatre roots for The Promised Land
The actress compares and contrasts her two biblical characters to date, and she discusses how working on The Promised Land prepared her for a guest…
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Peter T Chattaway
22:25
Interview: Grow director John McPhail on making a pumpkin-season movie for families
The filmmaker talks about balancing British and American senses of humour, working with his heroes, and casting child actors — one of whom is now the…
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Peter T Chattaway
House of David, Wonder Project, and the rise of biblical storytelling
Plus: a new clip from Season 2 Episode 3, and links to some of the more interesting soundbites from the show's cast and producers.
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Peter T Chattaway
Interview: Noah Live! producer Katie Miller on biblical stage shows, historical movies, and the 30th anniversary of Sight & Sound's…
A new version of the epic stage show is coming to movie theatres this Thursday.
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Peter T Chattaway
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…
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Peter T Chattaway
Interview: Testament director Paul Syrstad on expanding and modernizing the book of Acts
The creator of the Angel series talks about "nerding out on the Bible," exploring relationships that are only hinted at in the text, and dealing with…
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Peter T Chattaway
Interview: House of David creator Jon Erwin on David, Goliath, and connecting their story to the wider biblical universe
The filmmaker, whose credits include I Can Only Imagine and Jesus Revolution, talks about digging into "the mythology of the giants" and exploring the…
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Peter T Chattaway
21:30
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.
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Peter T Chattaway
19:17
Interview: The Promised Land director Mitch Hudson on making a comedy series about Moses
Hudson has wrangled crowd scenes as an assistant director on The Chosen; now he'll get to direct a cast of thousands (or at least hundreds) in his own…
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Peter T Chattaway
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Interview: Deaf Missions filmmaker Joseph D. Josselyn on making a Jesus movie in American Sign Language
Josselyn's previous credits, as producer and/or director, include the feature-length The Book of Job (2018) and the biblical short film Uncondemned…
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Peter T Chattaway
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