With Father’s Day around the corner, here are a few movies you can binge watch with your old man, giving you all the new reason to spend quality time with him. Get some popcorn and cocktail ready to embark on a journey of laughter and emotions with the best of cinema curated by Lionsgate Play.
The Shack
Starring Sam Worthington, Octavia Spencer, Graham Greene is an American drama film. Based on the 2007 novel of the same name by William P. Young. The story revolves around Mackenzie telling the story of his life from young to adulthood. Now, living with his wife and three children, Mack’s life is shattered when their youngest child disappears during a camping trip. He then receives a mysterious invite to meet with God at a place called ‘The Shack’.
A Better Life
Directed by Chris Weitz, this American drama film revolves around an illegal...
The Shack
Starring Sam Worthington, Octavia Spencer, Graham Greene is an American drama film. Based on the 2007 novel of the same name by William P. Young. The story revolves around Mackenzie telling the story of his life from young to adulthood. Now, living with his wife and three children, Mack’s life is shattered when their youngest child disappears during a camping trip. He then receives a mysterious invite to meet with God at a place called ‘The Shack’.
A Better Life
Directed by Chris Weitz, this American drama film revolves around an illegal...
- 6/16/2021
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
Based on The New York Times Best-Selling Novel, An All-Star Cast Delivered an Uplifting Spiritual Message on Digital HD May 16 and Blu-ray and DVD May 30 from Lionsgate
Based on the worldwide best-selling novel, with over 22 million copies in print, the inspirational story of faith and love, The Shack, arrivedd on Digital HD May 16, and will be on Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand May 30 from Lionsgate. Starring Sam Worthington (Avatar, Hacksaw Ridge), Academy Award® winner Octavia Spencer (Best Supporting Actress, The Help, 2011) and country music superstar Tim McGraw (The Blind Side), The Shack takes us through a father’s experience learning the ultimate truth about love, loss, and forgiveness. The Christian movie event of the year, this “powerful and gripping” (The Dove Foundation) film has been awarded the Dove Faith Friendly Seal of Approval.
Now you can own The Shack Blu-ray. We Are Movie Geeks has Five copies to give away.
Based on the worldwide best-selling novel, with over 22 million copies in print, the inspirational story of faith and love, The Shack, arrivedd on Digital HD May 16, and will be on Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand May 30 from Lionsgate. Starring Sam Worthington (Avatar, Hacksaw Ridge), Academy Award® winner Octavia Spencer (Best Supporting Actress, The Help, 2011) and country music superstar Tim McGraw (The Blind Side), The Shack takes us through a father’s experience learning the ultimate truth about love, loss, and forgiveness. The Christian movie event of the year, this “powerful and gripping” (The Dove Foundation) film has been awarded the Dove Faith Friendly Seal of Approval.
Now you can own The Shack Blu-ray. We Are Movie Geeks has Five copies to give away.
- 5/24/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Based on The New York Times Best-Selling Novel, An All-Star Cast Delivers an Uplifting Spiritual Message on Digital HD May 16 and Blu-rayT and DVD on May 30 from Lionsgate
Based on the worldwide best-selling novel, with over 22 million copies in print, the inspirational story of faith and love, The Shack, arrives on Digital HD May 16, and Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand May 30 from Lionsgate. Starring Sam Worthington (Avatar, Hacksaw Ridge), Academy Award® winner Octavia Spencer (Best Supporting Actress, The Help, 2011) and country music superstar Tim McGraw (The Blind Side), The Shack takes us through a father’s experience learning the ultimate truth about love, loss, and forgiveness. The Christian movie event of the year, this “powerful and gripping” (The Dove Foundation) film has been awarded the Dove Faith Friendly Seal of Approval.
Based on The New York Times best-selling novel, written for the screen by John Fusco (The Forbidden Kingdom) and...
Based on the worldwide best-selling novel, with over 22 million copies in print, the inspirational story of faith and love, The Shack, arrives on Digital HD May 16, and Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand May 30 from Lionsgate. Starring Sam Worthington (Avatar, Hacksaw Ridge), Academy Award® winner Octavia Spencer (Best Supporting Actress, The Help, 2011) and country music superstar Tim McGraw (The Blind Side), The Shack takes us through a father’s experience learning the ultimate truth about love, loss, and forgiveness. The Christian movie event of the year, this “powerful and gripping” (The Dove Foundation) film has been awarded the Dove Faith Friendly Seal of Approval.
Based on The New York Times best-selling novel, written for the screen by John Fusco (The Forbidden Kingdom) and...
- 5/12/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
If you’re a movie critic, you shouldn’t make any preconceptions about a film — not even if the Happy Madison logo appears or a title card saying “A Tyler Perry Film” arises. But when breathy radio personality Delilah comes before the “wonderful” film you’re about to see, singing all its benevolent praises before a single slice of celluloid appears, you have good reason to be skeptical.
Based on the phenomenally bestselling novel, The Shack tells a spiritual story of perseverance against and acceptance towards life’s unspeakable cruelties. It’s told through the perspective of Mack (Sam Worthington), a husband and grieving father, fighting to release months upon years of pain and inner torment through one-on-one interactions with Papa (Octavia Spencer), a.k.a God, Jesus (Avraham Aviv Alush) and Sarayu (Sumire), a.k.a. the Holy Spirit, in the titular shack which once housed unfathomable evil. It’s blatantly religious,...
Based on the phenomenally bestselling novel, The Shack tells a spiritual story of perseverance against and acceptance towards life’s unspeakable cruelties. It’s told through the perspective of Mack (Sam Worthington), a husband and grieving father, fighting to release months upon years of pain and inner torment through one-on-one interactions with Papa (Octavia Spencer), a.k.a God, Jesus (Avraham Aviv Alush) and Sarayu (Sumire), a.k.a. the Holy Spirit, in the titular shack which once housed unfathomable evil. It’s blatantly religious,...
- 3/3/2017
- by Will Ashton
- We Got This Covered
Over 22 million copies have been sold of William P. Young’s novel “The Shack,” which is said to have benefitted from enthusiastic word of mouth among its fans. This film version of Young’s book, which runs an interminable 132 minutes, is an offensively simple-minded, pseudo-religious sham that relies on kitschy imagery to put across its inane message of forgiveness. Opening narration by lead character Mack Phillips (Sam Worthington) warns that this picture will be “on the fantastic side” and that we might be “skeptical” about what he is about to tell us. This is followed by some brief scenes where.
- 3/2/2017
- by Dan Callahan
- The Wrap
When self-published novel “The Shack” hit shelves back in 2007, first-time author William P. Young’s Christian drama was met with significant controversy, thanks to its inventive portrayal of the Holy Trinity as an African American woman, a young Middle-Eastern man and an Asian woman. Despite outcry from the exact kind of religious audience the book was pursuing, the book became an unexpected smash hit. Ten years later, it’s finally spawned a glossy, inevitable Hollywood adaptation – and one made palatable only because of that same off-beat trio. That’s particularly true for Octavia Spencer, who literally embodies God in the Stuart Hazeldine film.
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Clocking in at a brutally overstuffed 135 minutes, the film manages to fit a feature’s worth of drama into its opening credits. Hobbled by a hammy, exposition-heavy voiceover from Tim McGraw...
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Clocking in at a brutally overstuffed 135 minutes, the film manages to fit a feature’s worth of drama into its opening credits. Hobbled by a hammy, exposition-heavy voiceover from Tim McGraw...
- 3/2/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
With The Shack, a numbingly earnest Easter-season offering, Octavia Spencer joins the ranks of performers who have played God. Hers is a Supreme Being with none of the winking, kvetching or bossiness we’ve seen in versions rendered by Morgan Freeman, George Burns, Ralph Richardson and Alanis Morissette, to name a few. The warm, maternal “Papa” portrayed by Spencer is all loving magnanimity — the movie is, like the publishing-phenomenon novel on which it’s based, essentially a theodicy, or defense of God’s goodness.
And given that William Paul Young’s book has sold many millions of copies, Lionsgate can expect...
And given that William Paul Young’s book has sold many millions of copies, Lionsgate can expect...
- 3/2/2017
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When it comes to marriage, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill seem perfectly in sync. Turns out, it's the same story when it comes to recording together. The longtime couple and frequent duet partners co-wrote and recorded "Keep Your Eyes on Me," their first time actually recording a song together, off the soundtrack from the new film The Shack, in which McGraw also co-stars. The intense drama is based on the best-selling novel by William Paul Young, about a man forced to deal with the unthinkable when his daughter goes missing and is presumed dead. McGraw and Hill wrote the song with Lori McKenna and Shane McAnally and, as McGraw told E! News last night at the New York...
- 3/2/2017
- E! Online
“The Shack” is an upcoming “faith-based” film directed by Stuart Hazeldine and written by John Fusco, based on the 2007 novel of same name by William P. Young. In case you haven’t been paying attention, “faith-based” films are popular right… Continue Reading →...
- 2/4/2017
- by shadowandact
- ShadowAndAct
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are teaming up to lend their voices to the new big-screen drama The Shack.
People has an exclusive first look at a new trailer for the film, which is set to the tune of the original song “Keep Your Eyes on Me,” written and performed by the married country singers.
The clip opens with McGraw, 49, singing a verse before the two come together for the chorus.
“Keep your eyes on me, when you’re lost in the dark,” they sing in unison.
“The Tim/Faith song ‘Keep Your Eyes on Me’ that anchors the movie is brilliant,...
People has an exclusive first look at a new trailer for the film, which is set to the tune of the original song “Keep Your Eyes on Me,” written and performed by the married country singers.
The clip opens with McGraw, 49, singing a verse before the two come together for the chorus.
“Keep your eyes on me, when you’re lost in the dark,” they sing in unison.
“The Tim/Faith song ‘Keep Your Eyes on Me’ that anchors the movie is brilliant,...
- 1/12/2017
- by jodiguglielmi
- PEOPLE.com
In the upcoming faith-based fantasy drama film “The Shack,” an adaptation of William P. Young’s 2007 novel, a man whose daughter was murdered during a family camping trip sinks into a deep depression and begins to lose his faith. One day, he receives a mysterious letter encouraging him to return to the site of his daughter’s murder and finds the physical manifestations of Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit and God, who takes the form of an African American woman played by Octavia Spencer.
Read More: Octavia Spencer In Final Negotiations to Play God in Film Adaptation of ‘The Shack’
Unsurprisingly, some Christian figureheads object to Spencer’s role as well as the film itself, which purports to be a faithful adaptation of Young’s book. Joe Schimmel, the pastor of Blessed Hope Chapel in Simi Valley, California, told Christian News Network that “Young’s pretentious caricature of God as a heavy set,...
Read More: Octavia Spencer In Final Negotiations to Play God in Film Adaptation of ‘The Shack’
Unsurprisingly, some Christian figureheads object to Spencer’s role as well as the film itself, which purports to be a faithful adaptation of Young’s book. Joe Schimmel, the pastor of Blessed Hope Chapel in Simi Valley, California, told Christian News Network that “Young’s pretentious caricature of God as a heavy set,...
- 12/22/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Here’s the first trailer for the theatrical adaptation of the New York best selling novel The Shack by author William P. Young. The Shack was originally self-published in 2007 but was soon snapped up after selling over 1 million copies in its first year of sale and over 10 million copies worldwide just 2 years later. The […]
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- 12/3/2016
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
It was only a matter of time before William P. Young’s phenomenal bestselling novel The Shack found itself on the silver screen. Now, nearly ten years since its original publication, that film adaptation is finally making its way into theaters. And the first trailer, if nothing else, proves that it’s going to be a visual spectacle worth gazing upon.
Like the book, The Shack follows Mack Phillips (Sam Worthington), a devout husband/father struck with tragedy and left searching for answers in a world where everything, including his faith, is put into question. One cold day in the midst of his despair, however, he receives a mysterious letter, delivered by someone without footprints in the snow, saying he should visit a mysterious shack in the middle of rural Oregon. Doing as he’s told, he’s met by three strangers, including one referred to as Papa (Octavia Spencer...
Like the book, The Shack follows Mack Phillips (Sam Worthington), a devout husband/father struck with tragedy and left searching for answers in a world where everything, including his faith, is put into question. One cold day in the midst of his despair, however, he receives a mysterious letter, delivered by someone without footprints in the snow, saying he should visit a mysterious shack in the middle of rural Oregon. Doing as he’s told, he’s met by three strangers, including one referred to as Papa (Octavia Spencer...
- 12/2/2016
- by Will Ashton
- We Got This Covered
Lionsgate has dropped a new trailer to the forthcoming faith-based film The Shack, directed by Stuart Hazeldine and starring Sam Worthington, Octavia Spencer, and Tim McGraw. Based on a New York Times bestseller by William P. Young, the pic follows Mack Phillips (Worthington) who is grieving after the abduction of his young daughter. He receives a mysterious note from 'Papa', which is his wife's name for God, urging him to go to an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon…...
- 12/1/2016
- Deadline
“The Shack” is an upcoming “faith-based” film directed by Stuart Hazeldine and written by John Fusco, based on the 2007 novel of same name by William P. Young. In case you haven’t been paying attention, “faith-based” films are popular right… Continue Reading →...
- 12/1/2016
- by shadowandact
- ShadowAndAct
Sumire Matsubara has joined the cast of The Shack, the faith-based pic based on William Paul Young’s best-seller. It centers on a man (Sam Worthington) who receives a mysterious note inviting him to the Shack. The letter is signed Papa, his wife's nickname for God. Mack responds and finds himself in the presence of God (Octavia Spencer) and takes a life-transforming journey of truth, forgiveness and ultimately acceptance. Matsubara will play Sarayu, aka the Holy Spirit…...
- 6/23/2015
- Deadline
Tim McGraw has been added to the cast of The Shack, an upcoming film based on the 2007 bestselling novel by William Paul Young. The faith-based drama stars Sam Worthington as a father whose young daughter was kidnapped and believed to have been murdered while on a family camping trip. Years later, he receives a note from "Papa" — which is his wife's nickname for God — asking him to return to the shack where his daughter's bloodied clothes were found. It is there where his mourning is met with a spiritual epiphany.
- 6/17/2015
- Rollingstone.com
“Tomorrowland’s” Tim McGraw and “Elyisum” star Alice Braga will join Sam Worthington and Octavia Spencer in Lionsgate’s adaptation of “The Shack,” director Stuart Hazeldine revealed on Facebook on Sunday.Based on the bestselling 2007 novel by William Paul Young, “The Shack” is a faith-based drama stars Worthington as a man whose youngest daughter is abducted during a family vacation. Evidence found in an abandoned shack leads authorities to believe she was murdered. Four years later, the man receives a note, apparently from God, inviting him back to the shack. Against his better judgment, he accepts the invitation and finds something there.
- 6/7/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
The cameras are about to start rolling on Exam director Stuart Hazeldine’s latest, the adaptation of William Paul Young’s 2007 novel The Shack. He’s just added some new actors to the cast, including Radha Mitchell, Graham Greene and Aviv Alush.Adapted by John Fusco from Young’s book, the story follows a man (Sam Worthington) whose youngest daughter is kidnapped during a family holiday. Evidence turns up in an abandoned shack to suggest she was murdered, which stymies the case. But then, four years later, he receives a note, apparently from God, inviting him to go back to the ruined building. He accepts, against his better judgment, and what he finds there changes his life forever. As it turns out, he might be in luck twice over, as Greene is on to play Male Papa, a calm and serene representation of the deity, with Spencer playing the female take.
- 6/7/2015
- EmpireOnline
Exclusive: Graham Greene, most recently on the A&E (and now Netflix) crime drama Longmire, has joined Sam Worthington and Octavia Spencer in Lionsgate’s faith-based feature film The Shack. The pic is based on the bestselling Christian novel by William Paul Young; the book was initially self-published in 2007 and has sold more than 10 million copies. Initially, Forest Whitaker was circling to adapt, star and direct, but he left to do The Story Of Your Life. Stuart…...
- 6/5/2015
- Deadline
Move over Morgan Freeman: there’s a new God in Hollywood. And her name is Octavia Spencer. The Oscar-winning actress has secured the role in Stuart Hazeldine’s new drama, The Shack.The Exam filmmaker is headed for a welcome return behind the camera, working from John Fusco’s adaptation of the William Paul Young novel. The Shack will follow a character named Mackenzie Allen Phillips who, while trying to recover from a huge personal tragedy, receives a mysterious note that invites him to the titular structure.The most intriguing part of the note is that it’s signed 'Papa', his wife’s nickname for God. Phillips decides to play along, and discovers that the shack has more of a biblical overtone than even the note suggested. With Spencer taking on the part of the deity, you’ve got to figure he’ll find something interesting. Hazeldine is set...
- 3/8/2015
- EmpireOnline
Last we updated you on this project, a year ago, Idris Elba and Oprah Winfrey were reportedly offered lead roles in Forest Whitaker's adaptation of the best-selling novel "The Shack," which Whitaker was to both direct and star in. Today, Variety is reporting that Octavia Spencer is in final negotiations to star in the film, playing God, with Stuart Hazeldine directing, and production set to start this spring. Summit Entertainment/Lionsgate picked up film adaptation rights to William Paul Young's novel "The Shack," 2 years ago, which is to be to be adapted to script by John Fusco, produced by Gill...
- 3/6/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Solution Entertainment Group has released the first image from the Shia Labeouf-led psychological thriller "Man Down" which also Gary Oldman, Kate Mara and Jai Courtney. Set in a savage post-apocalyptic America, Labeouf and Courtney play a pair who are in search of the former's family.
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"On Entertainment, Wild Bunch and Pathe are teaming for an $80 million animated feature based on the iconic Playmobil toys brand. Much of the team behind 'The Little Prince' will be...
"Zhang Yimou's first English-language film, 'The Great Wall' at Legendary East, has seen a budget increase to $135 million with filming to begin in February. The period action spectacular with sci-fi elements is currently casting..." (full details)
"Ivanhoe Pictures has picked up the film rights to Ryan Graudin's young adult action-adventure novel 'The Walled City'. The story follows three teenagers who are fighting to survive and escape a lawless, walled city..." (full details)
"On Entertainment, Wild Bunch and Pathe are teaming for an $80 million animated feature based on the iconic Playmobil toys brand. Much of the team behind 'The Little Prince' will be...
- 11/7/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Almost a year ago now, it looked like Forest Whitaker would be taking on an adaptation of William Paul Young’s bestseller The Shack as his next directing gig. He’s moved on since then, and now Lionsgate/Summit has found someone else for the job: step forward Exam’s Stuart Hazeldine.John Fusco has written the adaptation, which will follow a character named Mackenzie Allen Phillips who, while trying to recover from a huge personal tragedy, receives a mysterious note that invites him to the titular structure.The most intriguing part of the note is that it’s signed Papa, his wife’s nickname for God. Phillips decides to play along, and discovers that the Shack has more of a Biblical overtone than even the note suggested.Williams’ book hit shelves in 2007 and has been in development since 2013, when Summit bought the rights. Hazeldine has been busy as a...
- 11/6/2014
- EmpireOnline
Idris Elba and Oprah Winfrey have reportedly been offered lead roles in Forest Whitaker's adaptation of the best-selling novel The Shack, which he will both direct and star in. Summit Entertainment picked up film adaptation rights to William Paul Young's novel The Shack, a year ago, which is to be to be adapted to script by John Fusco, produced by Gill Netter and Brad Cummings. The story follows a character named Mackenzie Allen Philips who, after suffering a devastating personal tragedy, receives a mysterious note from God in his mailbox inviting him to a place called The Shack. He visits the shack where he actually...
- 4/25/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Nobody likes an unsolicited cold-call, but author Mitch Albom must have been pleased to hear that Warner Bros. would be acquiring his bestselling novel, The First Phone Call From Heaven, with a view to making it into a successful movie. Denise Dinovi and Alison Greenspan are set to produce, with Chantal Nong and Cate Adams shepherding the project for the studio.
The story details the response of townsfolk when phones start ringing in Coldwater, Mi. As the callers claim to be reaching out from heaven, reactions of residents differ wildly, and a grieving single father decides to investigate the origins of the calls.
With the purchase of source material having just been made, cast and crew are not yet officially in place. However, the synopsis feels like it lands squarely in the wheelhouse of Johnny Depp, or Nicholas Cage, or perhaps even John Cusack? It will certainly be interesting to...
The story details the response of townsfolk when phones start ringing in Coldwater, Mi. As the callers claim to be reaching out from heaven, reactions of residents differ wildly, and a grieving single father decides to investigate the origins of the calls.
With the purchase of source material having just been made, cast and crew are not yet officially in place. However, the synopsis feels like it lands squarely in the wheelhouse of Johnny Depp, or Nicholas Cage, or perhaps even John Cusack? It will certainly be interesting to...
- 3/26/2014
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
• Shia Labeouf is not retiring, it seems. The Nymphomaniac star, thrust into the spotlight recently by an ever-escalating plagiarism controversy, has signed on to Barry Levinson’s Rock the Kasbah alongside a host of high-profile names including Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, Zooey Deschanel, Danny McBride, and Kate Hudson. The film follows a past-his-prime rock manager who takes his sole client on a Uso tour in Afghanistan. While in Kabul, the manager discovers a young talent and enters her into the Afghan Star contest — Afghanistan’s version of American Idol. [The Wrap]
• Bill Hader, who showed his dramatic chops in the Sundance pic The Skeleton Twins,...
• Bill Hader, who showed his dramatic chops in the Sundance pic The Skeleton Twins,...
- 1/31/2014
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
It’s a Two-Whitaker Week! And by that, we mean that just one day after news that Forest Whitaker was in talks to snatch a role in Taken 3 alongside Liam Neeson, there’s word that he’s also hammering out a deal to direct an adaptation of William Paul Young’s bestseller The Shack.With a script by The Forbidden Kingdom’s John Fusco, it is not, in fact, a sweeping drama set in the high-stakes world of a Radio Shack sales floor. Instead, the film will follow a character named Mackenzie Allen Phillips who, while trying to recover from a huge personal tragedy, receives a mysterious note that invites him to the titular structure.The most intriguing part of the note is that it’s signed Papa, his wife’s nickname for God. Phillips decides to play along, and discovers that the Shack has more of a Biblical...
- 1/30/2014
- EmpireOnline
The Forger
Tolga Ornek ("Labyrinth") is set to direct the recently acquired Alex Allrich spec script thriller "The Forger" for Fox International. The project may actually be filmed entirely in Turkish.
The story follows an ex-cia forger now living in Istanbul whose former handler turns up dead and a female Iranian intelligence agent seeks his help to defect to the West. He soon learns there is more to her than he initially realized. [Source: Deadline]
The Shack
Forest Whitaker is in negotiations to direct and take a supporting role in a film adaptation of William Paul Young's novel "The Shack" for Summit Entertainment.
Following a personal tragedy, a man receives a mysterious note in his mailbox inviting him to The Shack. He responds and finds himself in the presence of God, and a life-transforming journey of truth and acceptance. [Source: Deadline]
Sanctuary
Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego ("Apollo 18") is set to helm the horror tale "Sanctuary" for Atlas Independent.
Tolga Ornek ("Labyrinth") is set to direct the recently acquired Alex Allrich spec script thriller "The Forger" for Fox International. The project may actually be filmed entirely in Turkish.
The story follows an ex-cia forger now living in Istanbul whose former handler turns up dead and a female Iranian intelligence agent seeks his help to defect to the West. He soon learns there is more to her than he initially realized. [Source: Deadline]
The Shack
Forest Whitaker is in negotiations to direct and take a supporting role in a film adaptation of William Paul Young's novel "The Shack" for Summit Entertainment.
Following a personal tragedy, a man receives a mysterious note in his mailbox inviting him to The Shack. He responds and finds himself in the presence of God, and a life-transforming journey of truth and acceptance. [Source: Deadline]
Sanctuary
Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego ("Apollo 18") is set to helm the horror tale "Sanctuary" for Atlas Independent.
- 1/30/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The already busy Forest Whitaker adds to his already loaded slate with Lionsgate’s adaptation of best-selling novel The Shack, which he will both direct and star in! This news comes after yesterday's revelation that Whitaker is in talks to join Liam Neeson in Taken 3. Summit Entertainment picked up film adaptation rights to William Paul Young's novel The Shack, a year ago, which is to be to be adapted to script by John Fusco, produced by Gill Netter and Brad Cummings. The story follows a character named Mackenzie Allen Philips who, after suffering a devastating personal tragedy, receives a mysterious note from God in his...
- 1/30/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Exclusive: Forest Whitaker is in negotiations to helm The Shack, the adaptation of the bestselling William Paul Young novel that Summit Entertainment acquired in April 2013. Whitaker would also play a supporting role in the movie, which is being written by John Fusco and produced by Gill Netter and Brad Cummings. The logline: In the aftermath of a devastating personal tragedy, Mackenzie Allen Philips receives a mysterious note in his mailbox inviting him to The Shack. The letter is signed Papa, his wife’s nickname for God. Mack responds and finds himself in the presence of God, and a life-transforming journey of truth, forgiveness, and ultimately acceptance. The book was a global hit after it was self-published in 2007. Lionsgate Motion Picture president Michael Paseornek is overseeing the pic with Matthew Janzen and Bree Bailey. More...
- 1/30/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
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