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Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Angel Drops First Episode of New Angel Original Series The Wayfinders
Directed by Glen Winter and Executive Produced by Adam F. Goldberg, Fantasy Adventure Series Currently Filming in Ireland, Targeting a December 2025 Release for the Entire Full First Season. PROVO, Utah, May 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Angel, the film & TV platform curated by over one million members of the Angel Guild, has launched the first episode of its highly anticipated fantasy adventure series, The Wayfinders, today exclusively on the Angel Studios platform. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Glen Winter (Smallville, Arrow, The Flash) and created by Jason Faller and Kynan Griffin (The Outpost), with Adam F. Goldberg (The Goldbergs), Hans Rodionoff (The Muppets Mayhem), and Justin Partridge also writing, the series is currently in production, filming at Troy Studios in Limerick, Ireland. "We're incredibly excited to bring an epic adventure like The Wayfinders to our global audience," said Jordan Harmon, President of Angel. "The Angel Guild has enthusiastically supported the first episode, and we know the series will capture the viewers' imagination. We believe The Wayfinders will be like Narnia for a new generation." The Wayfinders follows three teenagers who are unexpectedly catapulted to a brutal universe. Thrust into a civil war alongside unlikely allies, the teens must navigate danger and use their wits and ingenuity to both save the world and fight for a way back home. Featuring a dynamic cast, including Evan Nikolas Fields (Hacks), Tamara Smart (Percy Jackson), Vincent Mattis (Teen Wolf), Issy Knopfler (Before We Die), and Sam Buchanan (My Fault: London) with Mackenzie Crook (Pirates of the Caribbean, The Office) in a starring role, the series promises an immersive blend of mythology, magic, and high-stakes adventure. Production for The Wayfinders is underway at Troy Studios, Ireland's largest film and television production facility, with additional location shooting in Limerick, Clare, and Tipperary, including iconic sites like the Rock of Cashel and Cahir Castle. The series is a collaboration between U.S.-based Camera 40 Productions - Jennifer Griffin producing - and Limerick's Dark Day Pictures, generating significant economic impact with 140 crew members and up to 200 extras on set daily. "Filming in Limerick allows us to showcase the region's rich landscapes and talented crew on a global stage," said producer Kynan Griffin. "The support from the local community and Film in Limerick has been phenomenal, making this a truly special project." The premiere episode, titled "The Wayfinders" is streaming exclusively on and the Angel app with the remainder of the season to launch in December. For more information about The Wayfinders or to join the Angel Guild for exclusive access and voting on upcoming projects, visit # # # About Angel: Angel is a values-based distribution company for stories that amplify light to mainstream audiences. Through the Angel Guild, over 1,100,000 paying members from more than 170 different countries help decide what film and television projects the studio will market and distribute. Learn more at Additional Information and Where to Find ItIn connection with the proposed business combination transaction between Southport Acquisition Corporation ("Southport") and Angel Studios, Southport filed a registration statement on Form S-4 (as it may be amended, the "Registration Statement") with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on November 12, 2024, which includes a preliminary prospectus and joint proxy statement of Southport and Angel Studios, referred to as a joint proxy statement/prospectus. 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Forbes
14-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
‘The King Of Kings' Sets Box Office Record For Animated Faith-Based Film
A scene from "The King of Kings." Angel Studios The animated biblical film The King of Kings — starring the voices of Oscar Isaac and Pierce Brosnan — set a major record in its first weekend in theaters. Based on Charles Dickens' classic novel The Life of Our Lord, Angel Studios' The King of Kings opened in theaters on Friday. In addition to Isaac (voice of Jesus) and Brosnan (Pontius Pilate), The King of Kings also stars the voices of Kenneth Branagh (Charles Dickens), Uma Thurman (Catherine Dickens), Mark Hamill (King Herrod), Ben Kingsley (High Priest Caiaphas) and Forest Whitaker (Peter). Roman Griffith Davis also stars as the voice of Walter Dickens and James Arnold Taylor voices the roles of Melchior/Matthew/Thomas/Phillip/Young Jesus. According to Angel Studios, The King of Kings earned an estimated $19 million from 3,200 North American theaters, which sets the box record for the biggest opening for a faith-based animated film. The weekend opening for the film bests the previous record holder, The Prince of Egypt, which earned $14.5 million in its first three-day frame. 'The Angel Guild picks winners. Angel's revolutionary idea is simple — listen to what our Angel Guild wants,' Brandon Purdie, Global Head of Theatrical Distribution & Brand Development at Angel said in a statement. 'The CinemaScore for The King of Kings says it all. The film is one of only 128 films to achieve an A+ CinemaScore, and only the 5th animated film to hold that title that isn't a Pixar/Disney production,' Purdie added. 'Families want quality films to see together in theaters. This weekend simply reflects what audiences are craving.' The official summary for The King of Kings reads, 'A father tells his son the greatest story ever told, and what begins as a bedtime tale becomes a life-changing journey. Through vivid imagination, the boy walks alongside Jesus, witnessing His miracles, facing His trials and understanding His ultimate sacrifice.' With its $19 million domestic tally, The King of Kings was the top newcomer at last weekend's box office, which featured the introduction of five new films in wide release, including Drop, The Amateur, Warfare and The Chosen: The Last Supper Part 3. A Minecraft Movie — Jack Black and Jason Momoa's adaptation of the blockbuster video game Minecraft — took No. 1 for the second consecutive weekend with an estimated domestic take of $80 million. Rated PG, The King of Kings is directed by Seong-ho Jang from a screenplay by Jang and Rob Edwards.
Forbes
11-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
When Is Animated Biblical Film ‘The King Of Kings' Coming To Streaming?
The King of Kings — starring the voices of Oscar Isaac, Pierce Brosnan, Uma Thurman and Kenneth Branagh — is new in theaters. When will you be able to stream the movie at home? Directed by Seong-ho Jang, The King of Kings is an animated biblical film inspired by famed author Charles Dickens' classic novel The Life of Our Lord. Produced by faith-based film and television company Angel Studios, the summary for The King of Kings reads, 'A father tells his son the greatest story ever told, and what begins as a bedtime tale becomes a life-changing journey. Through vivid imagination, the boy walks alongside Jesus, witnessing His miracles, facing His trials and understanding His ultimate sacrifice. 'The King of Kings invites us to rediscover the enduring power of hope, love and redemption through the eyes of a child.' The voice cast for The King of Kings includes Isaac as Jesus, Brosnan as Pontius Pilate, Branagh as Charles Dickens and Thurman as Catherine Dickens. Other members of the voice cast include Mark Hamill as King Herrod, Ben Kingsley as High Priest Caiaphas, Forest Whitaker as Peter, Roman Griffith Davis as Walter Dickens and James Arnold Taylor as Melchior/Matthew/Thomas/Phillip/Young Jesus. Right now the only way you can see The King of Kings is in theaters, so check your local listings for showtimes. Generally, when new films become available in the home entertainment marketplace, the first stop will be on digital streaming via premium video on demand. However, Angel Studios employs a different model, where it streams its movies on the studio's website and app first. Typically it takes three weeks to a month before Angel Studios releases its films in theaters before they arrive on the Angel website/app. For example, Angel released the Greg Kinnear drama sight in theaters on May 24, 2024, and it arrived on the studio's website on June 24. Additionally, Angel released Neal McDonough's action thriller Homestead: The Movie in theaters on Dec. 20, 2024, and it debuted on the website on Jan. 15. If The King of Kings follows the same pattern as Sight and Homestead: The Movie, it could begin streaming on Angel as soon as Wednesday, May 7. However, in order to stream the film on Angel you must become an Angel Guild member. Basic guild member packages with ads typically cost $12 per month or $144 per year to access all the films and programming in the studio's library. Premium Angel Guild memberships are also available, where members stream the studio's films ad-free plus get two tickets to new Angel Studios films when they are released in theaters. The premium package typically costs $20 for a monthly membership or $240 per year. Currently, however, Angel is running a special on its membership during the Easter season where the website/app is offering a 25% discount on both tiers for new members. The King of Kings will also be available for purchase or rent on PVOD on such digital platforms as AppleTV, Prime Video and Fandango at home. Typically, the wait for an Angel Studios release to reach PVOD is about a month, which is a bit longer than the time it takes for the studio's film to arrive on the Angel website. For example, Angel Studio's film Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. was released in theaters on Nov. 22, 2024, and then arrived on PVOD on Dec. 20. However, Sight was released on PVOD on Aug. 20, 2024, nearly three months after its May 24 theatrical release. Apparently, there are exceptions, though, as Homestead: The Movie has not yet arrived on PVOD despite being released in theaters on Dec. 20, 2024. Suppose The King of Kings follows the same release pattern as Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. and Sight, the film could arrive on PVOD anytime between May 9 and July 11. Rated PG, The King of Kings is new in theaters on Friday.
Forbes
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
The 1 Million Angels Helping ‘Sound Of Freedom' Distributor Fly Higher
As CinemaCon, the annual confab for movie theater owners, wraps today in Las Vegas, one film distributor has taken a decidedly different approach to survive and thrive amid the struggling theatrical exhibition business. Angel Studios, headquartered in Provo, Utah, made a splash with its second-ever film, 2023's Sound of Freedom, featuring Jim Cavaziel as a Homeland Security agent turned vigilante trying to stop child traffickers. The film grossed $184.1 million in the United States and $250.5 million worldwide, a sleeper hit that surprised many in mainstream Hollywood even as it became a political football over Caviezel's QAnon support and questions about the person and organization that are the story's real-life basis. But the film's success, despite launching amidst the attention-sucking marketing monster known as Barbenheimer, was undeniable, especially for a smaller, brand-new distributor based far from Hollywood. Angel is hoping for similar success with its next release, arriving just ahead of Easter on April 11, the animated film The King of Kings. In the film, Charles Dickens recounts the Jesus story to his son. It features a notable voice cast including Kenneth Branagh, Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Pierce Brosnan, and Uma Thurman. To ensure families show up, Angel launched a 'kids go free' promotion, giving away two youth tickets for every adult ticket purchased through the company's ticket site (with the code 'KIDSGOFREE'). Angel is also running a contest for ticket buyers to win a robust home-entertainment system and a trip to London and Israel. It's the kind of unique approach that Angel can take because of an unusually integrated structure that starts with what it calls its Angel Guild, more than 1 million members who pay $12 or $20 a month for two free movie tickets, early access to Angel's streamed films and series, discounts on merchandise, and, unusually, the right to weigh in on which films Angel actually distributes. 'The Angel Guild is the heartbeat of everything Angel Studios does,' said Jared Geesey, Angel's Chief Distribution Officer. "They vote on and approve every Angel film, and we won't distribute it if it's not approved by the guild. We're inviting people to be an active participant. We want them there to be part of it, connecting with the artists in that voting process. They are much more than any focus group." That approach turns subscribers into ambassadors on behalf of the films they support, creating a valuable back-channel for promoting any film and "getting cheeks in seats," as the old entertainment saw puts it. To help ease the ticket-acquisition process, the company has built tech tying its operations into the ordering systems of most U.S. theaters. It also promotes its theatrical releases in and around its streaming operation, with on-screen QR codes that let subscribers quickly reserve tickets for an upcoming film. 'We're the only studio to sell movie tickets directly on 90 percent of movie theaters" said Geesey. 'That enables us to do some amazing things." CinemaCon, which famously features glitzy Hollywood studio presentations on their respective upcoming slates, attracts theater operators from the Big Three major chains down to Mom & Pop operations. What challenges all those theater operators is finding a broader array of programming than what's currently coming from risk-averse, big-franchise-dependent Hollywood studios, said Brandon Purdie, Angel's EVP, global head of theatrical distribution & brand development. To reach different audiences requires different kinds of films, like what Angel puts out 'The films we release, audiences are craving,' Purdie said. In substantial part, that's because the films are generally focused around a certain sensibility, what the company calls 'Light.' Films that fit include the faith-based films that have carved out a sturdy audience niche the past couple of decades, but it's more than that, Geesey says. 'Our mission is stories that amplify light,' Geesey said. 'We have a pledge in our app that ask that (Angel Guild members) are the gatekeepers of light.' The app promises 'excellent entertainment' followed by a string of adjectives ("true," "honest," etc.) that wouldn't be out of place in the Boy Scout oath. No surprise, perhaps, that Purdie was an Eagle Scout. 'That definition is broad,' Geesey said. 'Sometimes we get pigeon-holed as only being faith based. We're not affiliated with any church or religion. but recognize that stories that amplify light are broad and really are for everyone.' The company plans seven releases this year, all at least 2,000 screens, which counts as a wide release. Credit the engagement with the Angel Guild for the company's confidence to go wide routinely. 'I think it creates a big opportunity for Angel Studios to have this big community who are aware from the get-go,' about an upcoming film, said Purdie, a 22-year veteran of film distribution. 'It's a huge advantage having a dedicated audience who shows up on opening weekend. It gives us the opportunity to go wider. There's a lot of space for us to grow.' Not everything works as spectacularly at the box office as Sound of Freedom. The last seven releases have generated a combined $80 million in box office, an average of $11.4 million, led by biopic Cabrini ($20.5 million) and apocalyptic action-thriller Homestead ($20.8 million). The films typically feature familiar names – Neil McDonough, John Lithgow, David Morse, Greg Kinnear, Jared Harris, Phoebe Waller-Bridge – and modest budgets. Once films have had their theatrical run, they shift to Angel's streaming site, which also is adding series and other shows on a weekly basis, said Geesey. Guild members get free access to the streaming site, and discounts on the merchandise store for every one of their films and other major projects. It's the kind of integrated approach that long was the province of, most famously, Disney. But now even a smaller, focused company like Angele has a chance to find a reliable audience for a tightly focused library of entertainment. Without such an approach, it's easy to imagine plenty of challenges for any media company relying on theatrical exhibition, which still hasn't recovered from the pandemic and then two Hollywood strikes. For each of the five years before 2020, domestic box office grosses topped $11 billion. No year since has crested even $9 billion, according to BoxOfficeMojo. Worse, 2025's just-concluded first quarter of $1.43 billion was down nearly 12% from the mediocre results of the same period in 2024 and fourth-worst of the five years since the pandemic closed theaters across the country. Plenty of theater and studio executives have said they expect a continued recovery of theatrical exhibition, powered by a strong 2025 slate of high-profile sequels and spinoffs coming over the next three quarters. Those should help shore up the business, though a recent MoffettNathanson analyst report suggests the industry will struggle to generate more than $10 billion a year anytime soon. The problem, they wrote, habits have changed among some sets of moviegoers, and studio output has shrunk dramatically. Big studios aren't making enough new films, especially different ones not built around franchises, to keep in-theater offerings fresh and diverse. Even the tech giants with streaming services, which do make some of those mid-sized movies, have only sporadically embraced theatrical releases for their feature-length projects, according to MoffettNathanson. Amazon MGM Studios now says it plans theatrical releases for a slate of around 16 films, good news for theaters, but not enough to fix everything. Even big film releases haven't been as big as in previous years, a huge problem for a hit-driven ... More industry. That's particularly important given the math these days forces theaters to put big movies in a higher percentage of their available screens, leaving less room for alternative programming. That leads to a lot of empty theaters over time. All of which provides more opportunities for distributors such as Angel Studios, which doesn't have to rely on a $100 million marketing campaign to reach a specific, loyal audience for the seven films it plans to release this year. "We think theaters should give people a lot more options," Geesey said. The company is in the early stages of international expansion, though it already has Angel Guild members in 150 countries, Geesey said. The company is building out a network of distribution partners in about 60 countries. The King of Kings will debut in about 50 as the network gets its first big test. 'We're focused on audiences that want values-driven entertainment,' Geesey said. 'We see that demand and are partnering with amazing companies who see that demand too.'
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Angel Studios Shows Off Its Animated Debut and ‘Sound of Freedom' Director's Latest at CinemaCon
After making its CinemaCon debut last year, Angel Studios returned to the Las Vegas trade show on Wednesday morning to showcase the films it is bringing to the big screen in 2025 with the support of its most loyal followers, the Angel Guild. While its 2024 films didn't reach the stunning heights of the studio's claim to fame, 'Sound of Freedom,' the studio is using the profits from that film to flex its muscles, attracting some big-name Hollywood stars and veteran filmmakers to its upcoming titles. That includes its first animated feature, 'The King of Kings,' a kid-friendly retelling of the Gospel narrated by Kenneth Branagh as Charles Dickens, who is retelling the story of Jesus to his child. The cast also features Oscar Isaac as Jesus and Pierce Brosnan as Pontius Pilate, with Uma Thurman, Mark Hamill, Ben Kingsley and Roman Griffin Davis rounding out the cast. For its summer releases, Angel is releasing on Memorial Day weekend 'The Last Rodeo,' a film from 'Fried Green Tomatoes' director Jon Avnet that stars Neal McDonough as a retired bull rider who risks his life to get back in the game and win the money he needs for a life-saving brain surgery for his grandson. In August comes 'Sketch,' a family-friendly dark fantasy starring Tony Hale as a man whose daughter draws violent pictures of monsters. But when a classmate throws the notebook in the pond, the monsters come to life. The film had its premiere at TIFF last year to positive reviews from critics. In October comes a film in a similar vein to Angel's 2024 film 'Bonhoeffer': 'Truth & Treason.' It tells the true story of Helmuth Hübener, a German teenager who became the youngest person to be executed by the Nazis for his resistance efforts, secretly dispersing leaflets revealing the lies of Joseph Goebbels' propaganda regarding the war. Finally, to close out the year, Angel Studios will bring back Alejandro Monteverde, the director of 'Sound of Freedom,' for his new Nativity epic 'Zero A.D.' The film focuses on the darkest aspect of the story of Jesus Christ's birth: King Herod's order to his troops to slaughter newborn children after hearing of news from the Magi that a child destined to be King of the Jews was born. 'Avatar' star Sam Worthington appears in the film as a military captain tasked with carrying out the atrocity, and stars alongside Deva Cassel, Ben Mendelsohn, Gael García Bernal and 'Sound of Freedom' star Jim Caviezel. The studio teased, 'This week at CinemaCon reaffirms the strength and influence of the Angel Guild — more than one million members dedicated to shaping the future of entertainment and ensuring that stories that amplify light shine where they belong — on the biggest screens, in front of the biggest audiences, the way they were meant to be experienced.' The post Angel Studios Shows Off Its Animated Debut and 'Sound of Freedom' Director's Latest at CinemaCon appeared first on TheWrap.
