Kingdom Story Company (formerly known as Kingdom Studios), is an American

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and

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in partnership with

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specializing in the production of

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. It was founded in 2018 by the Erwin Brothers (Jon and Andrew Erwin),

Kevin Downes Kevin Downes is an American actor, writer, producer, director, and co-founder and Chief of Production and Distribution of Kingdom Story Company. Downes grew up in Visalia, five hours north of Los Angeles. Many of the Christian films he particip ...

, and Tony Young and has operations in

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and

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History

Kingdom was funded by profits from the Erwins' film '' I Can Only Imagine'', which was released in early 2018 by Lionsgate, grossing more than $83 million at the domestic box office on a $7 million budget. Subsequent negotiations with Lionsgate culminated in a multi-year deal in which it was agreed that the Erwin Brothers and Kevin Downes would create faith-based feature films and television programming for the company. Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Chairman, Joe Drake, and Television Group Chairman, Kevin Beggs announced the agreement on August 9, 2018. Kingdom Story Company was announced to have been launched on March 26, 2019 at the

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convention in Anaheim, California. '' I Still Believe'', Kingdom's first film project, began filming in the spring of 2019 and was released on March 13, 2020. In September 2019, it was announced that Kingdom would be launching a television division, headed by ''

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'' producer Mona Garcea. After Kingdom acquired the film rights to

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's life story, interviews, and memoir, '' American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story'' was announced in February 2020, and released on December 25, 2021.

Films

Kingdom Story Company intends to produce two faith-based films per year, and has of yet revealed four productions, each one slated for a prospective 2020 or 2021 wide release by Lionsgate. Each of the films were unveiled at the National Religious Broadcasters convention at Anaheim, California in March 2019. ''I Still Believe'' is a

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on the life of Christian music artist

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during his first wife's struggle with cancer, and will be Kingdom's first film to be theatrically released. The other films announced are ''Apostles: Resurrection of Christ'', which is to be the first in a trilogy based on the

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, ''Jesus Revolution'', which is based on the events surrounding the

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, and ''The Drummer Boy'', which will be produced in cooperation with Christian music group For King and Country. '' American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story'' is to be a

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biopic based on the life of

. Following is a list of Kingdom's planned films:

External links

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References

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History

Films

See also

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