I Still Believe l March 13, 2020 l Lionsgate l Slambros already camping out in front of his local theater

[Eric 2099]

 

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After teaming for the biggest indie hit of 2018, the filmmakers behind I Can Only Imagine will bring a follow-up to the big screen with Lionsgate titled I Still Believe.

 

Jon Erwin, Andrew Erwin and producing partner Kevin Downes are back for the faith-based film, which marks the brothers’ first project coming out of their first-look film and TV deal with Lionsgate.

 

I Still Believe is set to start shooting in the spring and is slated to bow March 20, 2020, as a wide release. The Erwin Brothers will direct from a script by Jon Erwin and Jon Gunn.

 

Dubbed an uplifting and inspiring true-life story of Christian music mega-star Jeremy Camp, the sequel will follow the next phase of the protagonist’s journey of love and loss.

 

Kevin Downes and the Erwin Brothers will produce the film under their Kingdom banner.

@Slambros

[CoolioD1]

finally the sax man is getting his own movie.

 

 

 

[SLAM!]

 

I'M SEEING THIS DAY ONE!

[lilmac]

1 hour ago, Slambros said:

 

I'M SEEING THIS DAY ONE!

 

I'm right there with you, Brother!

[Plain Old Tele]

Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mindbogglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen it to see it as a final and clinching proof of the non-existence of God.

The argument goes something like this: "I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing."

"But," says Man, "the Babel fish is a dead giveaway isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. QED."
"Oh dear," says God, "I hadn't thought of that," and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.

[SLAM!]

11 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mindbogglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen it to see it as a final and clinching proof of the non-existence of God.

The argument goes something like this: "I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing."


"But," says Man, "the Babel fish is a dead giveaway isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. QED."
"Oh dear," says God, "I hadn't thought of that," and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.

 

That's an excerpt from Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy! Good book.

[Plain Old Tele]

49 minutes ago, Slambros said:

 

That's an excerpt from Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy! Good book.

 

The Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn’t it?

[MovieGuyKyle17]

So their making a unnecessary sequel to a sub par film (Granted it's good for a religious film), even the religious people are greedy.  

[SchumacherFTW]

6 hours ago, Telemachos said:

 

The Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn’t it?

Should have mentioned a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster. 

[Jake Gittes]

5 hours ago, MovieGuyKyle17 said:

So their making a unnecessary sequel to a sub par film (Granted it's good for a religious film), even the religious people are greedy.  

Truly we are all the same

[SLAM!]

6 hours ago, Telemachos said:

The Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn’t it?

 

Well, regardless, I Still Believe.

 

[Kraken]

9 hours ago, MovieGuyKyle17 said:

So their making a unnecessary sequel to a sub par film (Granted it's good for a religious film), even the religious people are greedy.  

Greed is one of the defining traits of organized religion.

[SLAM!]

1 hour ago, Kraken said:

Greed is one of the defining traits of organized religion.

 

 

 

There many people that do take advantage of organized religion, yes. Many people over the millenias have misused their faith for the sake of their own selfish desires. The Renaissance-era Catholic church are an example, as they were convincing people of a 'purgatory' and asking people to 'buy their way out of hell'.

 

But there's a reason Martin Luther decided to stand against that. It's becase that's not the way it's supposed to be. An example of how it's supposed to be can be found in the the book of Acts, where it shows the first formation of what we know today as the Christian church. The foundation was pure; man is responsible for their own greed.

 

Besides that, I disagree that I'd call these filmmakers out for their "greed". Yes, it is a sequel. But it's also a great idea for a sequel. It's less of saying that "this is the Godfather trilogy of faith-based cinema" like Pure Flix tried to do with God's Not Dead. This is capitalizing on a base idea--examining the origin of a contemporary Christian music artist--by examining another musician's origin, one that's certainly much different than the last. It's the Black Mirror of faith-based melodrama. This is a brilliant idea, not just for the money, but for the story potential.

 

And sequels get made all the time, by many different studios. But I'm not going around with picket signs, saying Pixar is greedy, or Marvel is greedy, or this or that person is greedy, because I acknowledge that there's a reason that American cinema is infested with sequels to begin with, a reason that requires rigurous study and debate.

 

Sorry about the rant; I just think I'm much more excited and hopeful about this project than I've ever been about any of the recent Pure Flix films. I definitely aacknowledge that you have the right to your beliefs, as I do to mine. Do let me know if you think the "Objection" sign was a little overboard.

[Kraken]

22 minutes ago, Slambros said:

 

 

 

There many people that do take advantage of organized religion, yes. Many people over the millenias have misused their faith for the sake of their own selfish desires. The Renaissance-era Catholic church are an example, as they were convincing people of a 'purgatory' and asking people to 'buy their way out of hell'.

 

But there's a reason Martin Luther decided to stand against that. It's becase that's not the way it's supposed to be. An example of how it's supposed to be can be found in the the book of Acts, where it shows the first formation of what we know today as the Christian church. The foundation was pure; man is responsible for their own greed.

American Christians have thrown their support to a thrice-divorced man that pays porno actresses for sex and has a video saying he grabs women by the pussy just because it gives them access to power. And don't get me started on how megachurches take advantage of people's (morons) faith to swindle them.

 

So yes, we agree that man is responsible for their own greed, it just so happens that there's nothing divine in organized religion.

 

The sign was fine.

[SLAM!]

1 minute ago, Kraken said:

American Christians have thrown their support to a thrice-divorced man that pays porno actresses for sex and has a video saying he grabs women by the pussy just because it gives them access to power. And don't get me started on how megachurches take advantage of people's (morons) faith to swindle them.

 

So yes, we agree that man is responsible for their own greed, it just so happens that there's nothing divine in organized religion.

 

The sign was fine.

 

Thank you; 

 

I guess that's sort of why my father once said, "if you see a 'religious' person, you run the other way." For people like me and my father, we haven't chosen the path of faith for the aspect of religion; only for the aspect of the One we believe in, who is Jesus. That's absolutely the way it should be.

 

And, yeah, Trump is absolutely less than ideal. Would've preferred Cruz or Kasich.

[JB33]

1 hour ago, Slambros said:

 

 

 

There many people that do take advantage of organized religion, yes. Many people over the millenias have misused their faith for the sake of their own selfish desires. The Renaissance-era Catholic church are an example, as they were convincing people of a 'purgatory' and asking people to 'buy their way out of hell'.

 

But there's a reason Martin Luther decided to stand against that. It's becase that's not the way it's supposed to be. An example of how it's supposed to be can be found in the the book of Acts, where it shows the first formation of what we know today as the Christian church. The foundation was pure; man is responsible for their own greed.

 

Besides that, I disagree that I'd call these filmmakers out for their "greed". Yes, it is a sequel. But it's also a great idea for a sequel. It's less of saying that "this is the Godfather trilogy of faith-based cinema" like Pure Flix tried to do with God's Not Dead. This is capitalizing on a base idea--examining the origin of a contemporary Christian music artist--by examining another musician's origin, one that's certainly much different than the last. It's the Black Mirror of faith-based melodrama. This is a brilliant idea, not just for the money, but for the story potential.

 

And sequels get made all the time, by many different studios. But I'm not going around with picket signs, saying Pixar is greedy, or Marvel is greedy, or this or that person is greedy, because I acknowledge that there's a reason that American cinema is infested with sequels to begin with, a reason that requires rigurous study and debate.

 

Sorry about the rant; I just think I'm much more excited and hopeful about this project than I've ever been about any of the recent Pure Flix films. I definitely aacknowledge that you have the right to your beliefs, as I do to mine. Do let me know if you think the "Objection" sign was a little overboard.

Well said. That and...christians are allowed to make money and do business as well. I'm personally skeptical about a sequel to I Can Only Imagine, but execs are doing what any other studio does: planning a sequel to an unexpected hit.

[Eric 2099]

 

[bcf26]

1 hour ago, Eric! said:

 

EPIC TRAILER!

😭

[SLAM!]

4 hours ago, Eric! said:

 

 

Gary Sinise is in it. That's pretty cool!

 

Happy for Britt Robertson, too!

 

KJ Apa doesn't have the same style of voice as Jeremy Camp, which is a downer...

[sfran43]