Jennifer Garner popped up at the Teen Choice Awards on Sunday to accept a big award for her movie. The 44-year-old actress was among a slew of some of Hollywood's hottest celebrities to attend the event, which was hosted by Victoria Justice and John Cena. Garner and her young Miracles from Heaven costar Kiley Rogers were on-hand to accept the film's award for choice drama movie. In the film, Garner took on the role of real-life Texas mom Christy Beam in the story of a young girl who is miraculously cured from a rare disorder. While accepting the award, Garner turned to , saying,...
- 8/1/2016
- by Char ADams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
The film Miracles from Heaven is released in the UK on Friday 10 June. It's the story of a family when one of their daughters develops a rare disease. Jennifer Garner puts in a terrific performance the mother, Christy Beam, who has a fierce love for her daughter, but struggles with her own faith. Along the way, encouragement, and humour, are provided by a supporting cast including Queen Latifah and John Caroll Lynch.
The film is a real emotional roller-coaster, and will most likely bring you to tears, but in a hopeful, life-affirming way.
Shadowlocked has an exclusive, pre-recorded interview with the director, Patricia Riggen (The 33), and one of the supporting actors, popular Mexican comedian Eugenio Derbez, who plays Dr. Nurko in the film.
(May contain mild or generalised spoilers.)
Patricia Riggen: “At that time, I took the – then – risk of casting an unknown, you know – a big star in the comedy television world – but unknown, unproved star for films, that's what they used to tell me... And of course, he was the best bet, and Eugenio you know, took on that role back then, and just did such an amazing job with completely different character from what he was always typecasted to be.”
Journalist: “Are you just saying that because he's sitting next to you?”
[laughter]
PR: “No, I would say exactly the same...
Now I gave him a...[role that is] eminent, doctor, Harvard, professor, number one doctor in the country, probably in the world. And I'm casting a comedian to do it, you know! But I know Eugenio had the qualities, and I think the biggest quality I found was his heart. His huge sense of compassion to his patient. You know.
And that's something I saw from Dr. Nurko when I met him, and heard it from the little girl and the mom, and that's I think the biggest quality. Overall, he did an amazing job with the character, but the compassion, the heart he shows the girl, is just making that character just shine and be so well-received with the audience.”
Journalist: “How did you prepare for the role? You said you met with the real doctor?”
Eugenio Derbez: “Well, yeah, I met with Dr. Nurko first on...through Skype, and then personally...”
Journalist: “When you said you first met him on Skype, did he know you were also from Mexico? So, you're like a big Mexican star, calling this guy up on...”
PR: “It's like, Will Ferrell calling Dr. Nurko...but bigger!”
Ed: “But it was hard because Patricia was afraid: 'What if Dr. Nurko is not...probably, he's not happy that you're gonna portray him, because...probably, you're a comedian and he's so serious, you know, and he's an eminence...' But the minute she called him, he was like a fan, right! 'Oh, Eugenio, yes, that's great! Awesome!' So, he was really happy. [Continuing the anecdote:] Uh, hang up...”
[laughter]
PR: “And he's very happy now.”
Ed: “Very.”
PR: “I talked to him this morning. He's so thrilled. He saw the movie. He loved his character. He's just so thankful.”
Ed: “And full of hair. That too. He had no hair, so...[whereas Eugenio Derbez, who portrayed him oncreen, does].”
[laughter]
"Yes, everyone cries their eyes out, but everyone comes out so happy, and so moved in a good way..."
Ed: “So, I was trained, hopefully well-trained, at the hospital. And then the challenge for me was to find this balance between being funny...but at the same time, but she was always asking me, 'Okay, you have the funny part, but I want to see your eyes, that you're worried about that girl...I want to see everything happening through your eyes.' So it was very, very, very hard to find this balance.”
Journalist: “Yeah, because you're so fun, but also you want to portray... Because I often, watching it, I often look to you to know what was going on. So I would actually look at you, and think, 'What's he doing? How is he reacting?”
PR: “He's a doctor. He has to be believable, and we have to understand everything.”
Journalist: “Just as a point of reference, what was the name of the Mexican doctor that you said you worked with?”
PR: “Doctor Hose Garza. Another specialist in the field, and he's based in Atlanta. We shot the movie in Atlanta, so we had to have a local doctor that was advising us. He advised me through the entire process, you know, in screenplay, in all the props, everything, all the processes, giving him all the instructions that he needed, everything, he was with us through the whole time. So we would be very faithful to the truth, to reality, the medical reality.”
Journalist: “How are you feeling doing a real character? Is it the first time for you...”
Ed: “Yes. And it was even harder, because Dr. Nurko showed up at the set. So I was working on set when Dr. Nurko arrived, and it was a lot of pressure having him watching me... And I was like, 'Am I funny enough? Am I too funny? How am I doing?' And he was like, 'No, no, no, perfect. That's the kind of things I do with the patients.' So, everything is exactly like he does...”
PR: “...They have to play, be funny, be playful... And that's when I decided Eugenio, because he knew exactly what to do, because he's a professional entertainer... And that's when we really found exactly why Eugenio was perfect for this character. Because just casting a serious medical doctor would not have been the perfect person...”
"So a story like this, of this suffering, has to make you grow as a person."
Journalist: “Is the faith element of this story something that drew either one of you to this project?”
PR: “Uh huh. Also, I think, well, good stories are good stories, right? I was raised in a Mexican family, a Catholic family, and faith is part of my being. And I understand also as a mother, that faith plays an important part in when you go through very difficult circumstances, particularly something like this. So I was very respectful of that in the story, and made sure that the story of Christy Beam [Jennifer Garner], and how her journey of faith also, goes along at the same time as the journey of the struggle to find a cure for her daughter. So it has that other storyline going through, of how she...sometimes happens to people, that they lose their faith, and then you know, thankfully they get it back, in this case with a very happy ending.”
Journalist: “How did this story come to you? Had the producers seen The 33 [a film that Patricia Riggen directed about the trapped Chilean miners]?”
PR: “Uh huh. Yeah. They had seen The 33, and also Under the Same Moon. And I was just coming out of The 33; I had just finished that movie, and this one came about. And I wasn't sure I should work, because I was so tired, but then I thought, 'It's completely different than the other one. It's, you know, in a safe environment, I'm not gonna be in a mine, I'm gonna be in a building, I can drive a car to work, that's air-conditioned, you know, and an elevator, so... And, I don't have to wear a hard hat and boots. And also, I don't have to deal with 33 men!"
[laughter]
PR: "And I thought, this is beautiful, it's [a story of] a woman, it's [a story of] a girl, you know, it's something that I'm very familiar with, I'm the daughter of a doctor, I was raised with hospitals in my world, and doctors, and I just have...I'm very familiar with the subject matter, unfortunately. And so I thought, 'Okay, I'll do it. It's easy, it's small. Let's take it.' And then of course I realised, nothing is easy, and nothing is small! And this movie has had great...great challenges, and I'm very happy with the result.”
"I think it all has a good reason behind it, that it makes it worth it. Because everyone has invested so much of their own tears into this."
Journalist: “What was the biggest challenge?”
PR: “Probably one of the biggest challenges in this movie is finding a balance between the drama and making an entertaining movie. So, you know, when I first got the script, it was really all about a sick child. And I thought, 'Who's gonna wanna see a movie about a sick child?'... That's when I started bringing a lot of things into it: all the fun stuff, happiness, lightness, [the character of] Angela [(Queen Latifah)] came into this story, because she had to come in with a light and fun. Because we have to balance the pain. That's, I think, the biggest challenge for a director.
And at the same time, be truthful to what the medical reality of these families are. It is painful, but we have to make a watchable movie. And, I think it's been achieved. I'm very happy with how I see people['s] reaction. Yes, everyone cries their eyes out, but everyone comes out so happy, and so moved in a good way, and thankfully I think it's right there, I think it has the right balance.
It was tough to work with the actors, because, you know, they had to deliver really, really heart-wrenching performances. It was very hard for Jennifer [Garner, who played the mother] and for Kylie [Rogers, who played the daughter] to go through all that pain as they were delivering these characters to us, and to maybe...they're pushing them to go to that place. But...I think it all has a good reason behind it, that it makes it worth it. Because everyone has invested so much of their own tears into this.”
Journalist: “Before you go, will you two be working together again, do you have any plans to?”
PR: “Are you gonna hire me now, because...?”
Ed: “I sent you a script! Remember?”
PR: “No!”
[laughter]
PR: “I think, whenever I have an opportunity of a character that fits, that Eugenio fits into those shoes, I will always call him, because we have a good...very productive, beautiful, trust relationship.”
Ed: “Uh huh. Always. Yeah. Yeah. And I love the way she directs. And I don't have to say this, it's not because she's here, but of all the directors that I've worked with, she is the best. The most accurate, the most precise director I have worked with. She's amazing.”
Journalist: “...One thing I really like was the pizza highlight of the film, when they sacrifice [pizza in solidarity with the girl, who can't eat it] and [then finally] have pizza in the end. Was that your idea?”
PR: “Yes.”
Journalist: “I really like that. It's small, but it is...”
PR: “Yes, and you know why it was so important also to keep that scene at the end? Because everybody was like, 'Let's cut it'. No! Because where you show everyone's changed. Everyone has changed. It's like, let's return, you know. So a story like this, of this suffering, has to make you grow as a person. And it made all these members of this family grow. Even in little things, you can see the change. Christy now praying, you know, all of these things now happen in that scene.”
A list of UK cinemas showing Miracles from Heaven can be found here.
The film is a real emotional roller-coaster, and will most likely bring you to tears, but in a hopeful, life-affirming way.
Shadowlocked has an exclusive, pre-recorded interview with the director, Patricia Riggen (The 33), and one of the supporting actors, popular Mexican comedian Eugenio Derbez, who plays Dr. Nurko in the film.
(May contain mild or generalised spoilers.)
Patricia Riggen: “At that time, I took the – then – risk of casting an unknown, you know – a big star in the comedy television world – but unknown, unproved star for films, that's what they used to tell me... And of course, he was the best bet, and Eugenio you know, took on that role back then, and just did such an amazing job with completely different character from what he was always typecasted to be.”
Journalist: “Are you just saying that because he's sitting next to you?”
[laughter]
PR: “No, I would say exactly the same...
Now I gave him a...[role that is] eminent, doctor, Harvard, professor, number one doctor in the country, probably in the world. And I'm casting a comedian to do it, you know! But I know Eugenio had the qualities, and I think the biggest quality I found was his heart. His huge sense of compassion to his patient. You know.
And that's something I saw from Dr. Nurko when I met him, and heard it from the little girl and the mom, and that's I think the biggest quality. Overall, he did an amazing job with the character, but the compassion, the heart he shows the girl, is just making that character just shine and be so well-received with the audience.”
Journalist: “How did you prepare for the role? You said you met with the real doctor?”
Eugenio Derbez: “Well, yeah, I met with Dr. Nurko first on...through Skype, and then personally...”
Journalist: “When you said you first met him on Skype, did he know you were also from Mexico? So, you're like a big Mexican star, calling this guy up on...”
PR: “It's like, Will Ferrell calling Dr. Nurko...but bigger!”
Ed: “But it was hard because Patricia was afraid: 'What if Dr. Nurko is not...probably, he's not happy that you're gonna portray him, because...probably, you're a comedian and he's so serious, you know, and he's an eminence...' But the minute she called him, he was like a fan, right! 'Oh, Eugenio, yes, that's great! Awesome!' So, he was really happy. [Continuing the anecdote:] Uh, hang up...”
[laughter]
PR: “And he's very happy now.”
Ed: “Very.”
PR: “I talked to him this morning. He's so thrilled. He saw the movie. He loved his character. He's just so thankful.”
Ed: “And full of hair. That too. He had no hair, so...[whereas Eugenio Derbez, who portrayed him oncreen, does].”
[laughter]
"Yes, everyone cries their eyes out, but everyone comes out so happy, and so moved in a good way..."
Ed: “So, I was trained, hopefully well-trained, at the hospital. And then the challenge for me was to find this balance between being funny...but at the same time, but she was always asking me, 'Okay, you have the funny part, but I want to see your eyes, that you're worried about that girl...I want to see everything happening through your eyes.' So it was very, very, very hard to find this balance.”
Journalist: “Yeah, because you're so fun, but also you want to portray... Because I often, watching it, I often look to you to know what was going on. So I would actually look at you, and think, 'What's he doing? How is he reacting?”
PR: “He's a doctor. He has to be believable, and we have to understand everything.”
Journalist: “Just as a point of reference, what was the name of the Mexican doctor that you said you worked with?”
PR: “Doctor Hose Garza. Another specialist in the field, and he's based in Atlanta. We shot the movie in Atlanta, so we had to have a local doctor that was advising us. He advised me through the entire process, you know, in screenplay, in all the props, everything, all the processes, giving him all the instructions that he needed, everything, he was with us through the whole time. So we would be very faithful to the truth, to reality, the medical reality.”
Journalist: “How are you feeling doing a real character? Is it the first time for you...”
Ed: “Yes. And it was even harder, because Dr. Nurko showed up at the set. So I was working on set when Dr. Nurko arrived, and it was a lot of pressure having him watching me... And I was like, 'Am I funny enough? Am I too funny? How am I doing?' And he was like, 'No, no, no, perfect. That's the kind of things I do with the patients.' So, everything is exactly like he does...”
PR: “...They have to play, be funny, be playful... And that's when I decided Eugenio, because he knew exactly what to do, because he's a professional entertainer... And that's when we really found exactly why Eugenio was perfect for this character. Because just casting a serious medical doctor would not have been the perfect person...”
"So a story like this, of this suffering, has to make you grow as a person."
Journalist: “Is the faith element of this story something that drew either one of you to this project?”
PR: “Uh huh. Also, I think, well, good stories are good stories, right? I was raised in a Mexican family, a Catholic family, and faith is part of my being. And I understand also as a mother, that faith plays an important part in when you go through very difficult circumstances, particularly something like this. So I was very respectful of that in the story, and made sure that the story of Christy Beam [Jennifer Garner], and how her journey of faith also, goes along at the same time as the journey of the struggle to find a cure for her daughter. So it has that other storyline going through, of how she...sometimes happens to people, that they lose their faith, and then you know, thankfully they get it back, in this case with a very happy ending.”
Journalist: “How did this story come to you? Had the producers seen The 33 [a film that Patricia Riggen directed about the trapped Chilean miners]?”
PR: “Uh huh. Yeah. They had seen The 33, and also Under the Same Moon. And I was just coming out of The 33; I had just finished that movie, and this one came about. And I wasn't sure I should work, because I was so tired, but then I thought, 'It's completely different than the other one. It's, you know, in a safe environment, I'm not gonna be in a mine, I'm gonna be in a building, I can drive a car to work, that's air-conditioned, you know, and an elevator, so... And, I don't have to wear a hard hat and boots. And also, I don't have to deal with 33 men!"
[laughter]
PR: "And I thought, this is beautiful, it's [a story of] a woman, it's [a story of] a girl, you know, it's something that I'm very familiar with, I'm the daughter of a doctor, I was raised with hospitals in my world, and doctors, and I just have...I'm very familiar with the subject matter, unfortunately. And so I thought, 'Okay, I'll do it. It's easy, it's small. Let's take it.' And then of course I realised, nothing is easy, and nothing is small! And this movie has had great...great challenges, and I'm very happy with the result.”
"I think it all has a good reason behind it, that it makes it worth it. Because everyone has invested so much of their own tears into this."
Journalist: “What was the biggest challenge?”
PR: “Probably one of the biggest challenges in this movie is finding a balance between the drama and making an entertaining movie. So, you know, when I first got the script, it was really all about a sick child. And I thought, 'Who's gonna wanna see a movie about a sick child?'... That's when I started bringing a lot of things into it: all the fun stuff, happiness, lightness, [the character of] Angela [(Queen Latifah)] came into this story, because she had to come in with a light and fun. Because we have to balance the pain. That's, I think, the biggest challenge for a director.
And at the same time, be truthful to what the medical reality of these families are. It is painful, but we have to make a watchable movie. And, I think it's been achieved. I'm very happy with how I see people['s] reaction. Yes, everyone cries their eyes out, but everyone comes out so happy, and so moved in a good way, and thankfully I think it's right there, I think it has the right balance.
It was tough to work with the actors, because, you know, they had to deliver really, really heart-wrenching performances. It was very hard for Jennifer [Garner, who played the mother] and for Kylie [Rogers, who played the daughter] to go through all that pain as they were delivering these characters to us, and to maybe...they're pushing them to go to that place. But...I think it all has a good reason behind it, that it makes it worth it. Because everyone has invested so much of their own tears into this.”
Journalist: “Before you go, will you two be working together again, do you have any plans to?”
PR: “Are you gonna hire me now, because...?”
Ed: “I sent you a script! Remember?”
PR: “No!”
[laughter]
PR: “I think, whenever I have an opportunity of a character that fits, that Eugenio fits into those shoes, I will always call him, because we have a good...very productive, beautiful, trust relationship.”
Ed: “Uh huh. Always. Yeah. Yeah. And I love the way she directs. And I don't have to say this, it's not because she's here, but of all the directors that I've worked with, she is the best. The most accurate, the most precise director I have worked with. She's amazing.”
Journalist: “...One thing I really like was the pizza highlight of the film, when they sacrifice [pizza in solidarity with the girl, who can't eat it] and [then finally] have pizza in the end. Was that your idea?”
PR: “Yes.”
Journalist: “I really like that. It's small, but it is...”
PR: “Yes, and you know why it was so important also to keep that scene at the end? Because everybody was like, 'Let's cut it'. No! Because where you show everyone's changed. Everyone has changed. It's like, let's return, you know. So a story like this, of this suffering, has to make you grow as a person. And it made all these members of this family grow. Even in little things, you can see the change. Christy now praying, you know, all of these things now happen in that scene.”
A list of UK cinemas showing Miracles from Heaven can be found here.
- 6/10/2016
- Shadowlocked
In Miracles From Heaven, Jennifer Garner portrays real-life Texas mom Christy Beam, whose 9-year-old daughter Annabel fell 30 feet down a hollow tree and said she visited heaven while trapped inside. Beam, who calls the actress "Supermom," says the two formed a special connection on set in Atlanta. "Jennifer and I spent so much great quality time together," she says of Garner, who, like Beam, has Southern roots and is the mom of three kids. "She just wanted to know everything she could to make it the very best it could be." Indeed, Garner says she felt a special obligation when...
- 3/21/2016
- by Darla Atlas, @djatlas
- PEOPLE.com
“Miracles From Heaven” rose at the box office on Wednesday with a $1.9 million opening, earning a CinemaScore of A+. Directed by Patricia Riggen, “Miracles From Heaven” stars Jennifer Garner and Queen Latifah and is based on a memoir of the same name by Christy Beam, whose daughter made a miraculous recovery from what was thought to be an incurable disease. The daughter is played by Kylie Rogers in the film. Joe Roth, DeVon Franklin and minister T.D. Jakes were producers on “Miracles From Heaven” for Sony, which has released other faith-based films such as February’s “Risen.” See Video: '...
- 3/17/2016
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Miracles from Heaven means well, and I mean that sincerely. It promises an uplifting, feel-good story about the nobility of paying-it-forward, doing right by your neighbors and the power of faith and adversity against the hardships of the world. And believe it or not, it doesn’t necessarily feel like a gospel lesson in the process.
Unlike its hokey, sermon-heavy evangelical cinematic peers like God’s Not Dead or Heaven is for Real, there’s an honest, hard-wrought underlining integrity to the film earned by respectable performances from Jennifer Garner, Martin Henderson, Kylie Rogers John Carroll Lynch and Eugenio Derbez.
It’s melodramatic at times, sure. In fact, a lot of the time, as its never truly prone to subtlety. But there’s an occasional moment of raw emotional intensity, or genuinely affecting physical turmoil, that doesn’t often feel as cheap or manipulative as you’d think. In the right contexts,...
Unlike its hokey, sermon-heavy evangelical cinematic peers like God’s Not Dead or Heaven is for Real, there’s an honest, hard-wrought underlining integrity to the film earned by respectable performances from Jennifer Garner, Martin Henderson, Kylie Rogers John Carroll Lynch and Eugenio Derbez.
It’s melodramatic at times, sure. In fact, a lot of the time, as its never truly prone to subtlety. But there’s an occasional moment of raw emotional intensity, or genuinely affecting physical turmoil, that doesn’t often feel as cheap or manipulative as you’d think. In the right contexts,...
- 3/16/2016
- by Will Ashton
- We Got This Covered
Not everyone has a movie and book based on their real-life saga, but 13-year-old knows what that feels like. Sitting on her couch in Cleburne, Texas, she discusses the differences between the upcoming movie Miracles From Heaven, which stars Jennifer Garner, and her mother's book by the same name. "At first, I was a little worried about it," she says of the minor changes. "But now I'm like, 'You know what? They had to do it, like, dramanational.' " "Dramanational!" laughs big sister Abbie, 16. "I don't even know why I said that!" Annabel yells with glee. "I meant to say 'dramatic license,...
- 3/16/2016
- by Darla Atlas, @djatlas
- PEOPLE.com
Not everyone has a movie and book based on their real-life saga, but 13-year-old knows what that feels like. Sitting on her couch in Cleburne, Texas, she discusses the differences between the upcoming movie Miracles From Heaven, which stars Jennifer Garner, and her mother's book by the same name. "At first, I was a little worried about it," she says of the minor changes. "But now I'm like, 'You know what? They had to do it, like, dramanational.' " "Dramanational!" laughs big sister Abbie, 16. "I don't even know why I said that!" Annabel yells with glee. "I meant to say 'dramatic license,...
- 3/16/2016
- by Darla Atlas, @djatlas
- PEOPLE.com
Miracles From Heaven explores issues of family and faith while telling the true tale of Texan Christy Beam (played by Jennifer Garner) that begins when her 10-year old daughter Anna (Kylie Rogers) develops horrible stomach pain. The child is initially misdiagnosed, and when her disorder is discovered to be an incurable, and ultimately fatal, digestive disease, Christy finds herself a fierce advocate for Anna’s health. She travels to Boston frequently to work with Dr. Nirko (Eugenio Derbez), apparently the only specialist in the country who can help. Back home, Christy’s husband Kevin (Martin Henderson) does his best to hold down the fort with their other two daughters while dealing with impending financial stress. After a freak accident involving a hollow tree and a glimpse of God and Heaven, a miracle unfolds that leaves doctors confounded and the Beam’s small-town community inspired.
Miracles From Heaven is as decent and square as it sounds.
Miracles From Heaven is as decent and square as it sounds.
- 3/16/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
“Miracles From Heaven” begins with voice-over narration from Christy Beam (played by Jennifer Garner), a Fort Worth mom who explains that a miracle is defined as an unexpected, positive event that cannot be explained by science. Of course, in reality, that’s only part of the definition. Any unexplained, welcome situation necessarily needs the person or people involved in the event itself to decide that it’s a miracle. This poses a problem for the cinematic retelling of a story that its author is convinced is miraculous. In fact, it’s a problem facing almost all recent faith-based films; faith is an unseen.
- 3/15/2016
- by Dave White
- The Wrap
The inspirational memoir Miracles From Heaven transfers to the big screen as a wholesome, crowd-pleasing drama, one whose subject is faith and gratitude. The tone is frequently more searching than self-satisfied, and the harrowing medical crisis that drives the family story gives it the nonreligious urgency to preach beyond the choir. So too does Jennifer Garner’s down-to-earth lead performance as Christy Beam, a ferociously dedicated mom doing her best to keep it together in trying circumstances. Churchy but not too churchy, with only a couple of outright mentions of Jesus and just a soupçon of condescension
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- 3/15/2016
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jennifer Garner may play a mom whose daughter is battling a deadly disease in her new movie Miracles From Heaven, but she certainly didn't have to worry about the heavy material seeping into her real life. "The great thing about kids is the minute you show up in your own house, your kids don't care what you've been doing all day," Garner told me last night at the Miracles From Heaven premiere in Hollywood. "They just go, 'Hey, mom—she did this,' 'I want that' or 'Can we do this?' or 'Let's read this book' so they force you to be in the present." In the movie, Garner stars as Christy Beam, the real-life mom of a 10-year-old girl named Anna who was...
- 3/10/2016
- E! Online
Jennifer Garner says working on Miracles from Heaven has allowed her to open up about her own beliefs in a way she never felt she could before. "It has always been quietly a part of me," she told reporters at the film's Los Angeles premiere Wednesday at the Arclight Hollywood. "I'm still getting used to the idea of talking about it." Later, while posing with bishop T.D. Jakes on the red carpet, Garner shared, "We went to his services, and I have been dreaming about them ever since!" Wearing a strapless pink dress with black floral overlay and strappy black-heeled sandals,...
- 3/10/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble and Reagan Alexander
- PEOPLE.com
Jennifer Garner says working on Miracles from Heaven has allowed her to open up about her own beliefs in a way she never felt she could before. "It has always been quietly a part of me," she told reporters at the film's Los Angeles premiere Wednesday at the Arclight Hollywood. "I'm still getting used to the idea of talking about it." Later, while posing with bishop T.D. Jakes on the red carpet, Garner shared, "We went to his services, and I have been dreaming about them ever since!" Wearing a strapless pink dress with black floral overlay and strappy black-heeled sandals,...
- 3/10/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble and Reagan Alexander
- PEOPLE.com
Jennifer Garner accepts that bad things happen to good people. In her new movie, Miracles From Heaven, she plays Christy Beam, the real-life mom of a 10-year-old girl named Anna who was diagnosed with a fatal and incurable digestive disease. At one point in the film, Christy loses faith in God and stops going to church. In the end, Anna is suddenly cured after she says she spoke to God during a freak accident left her falling three stories to the bottom of a hollow tree. Garner, herself, has never lost faith. "You can't expect the world just to be good," Garner told me this weekend while promoting the movie. "You can't have faith if only good things are happening in the world....
- 3/7/2016
- E! Online
Jennifer Garner is feeling thankful after her role as Christy Beam in Miracle from Heaven. The film focuses on 10-year-old Anna Beam who lives with a chronic disorder, but is miraculously cured after she lives through an accident. As a mother of three, herself, Garner, 43, was touched by the movie. "I think for most of us, it's playing pretend, but it's a pretty real story," she told People. "I don't think you have to dig very deep when there's a child. The great thing for us at the end of the day is we can shake it off and go...
- 3/5/2016
- by Naja Rayne, @najarayne
- PEOPLE.com
Jennifer Garner shows that a mother's intuition can sometimes be a heartrending thing. In this exclusive first clip from Miracles from Heaven - based on Christy Beam's 2015 memoir about her daughter's near-death experience and her long battle with a chronic digestive disease - Garner, 43, and onscreen husband Martin Henderson can be seen desperately approaching a smug doctor who does not appear to take concerns about their daughter's health seriously. "This is not acid reflux. She's not lactose intolerant. There's something wrong with our little girl!" Garner (as Beam) exclaims, after previously explaining that the little girl has been throwing up for weeks.
- 2/24/2016
- by Kathy Ehrich Dowd, @kathyehrichdowd
- PEOPLE.com
Jennifer Garner shows that a mother's intuition can sometimes be a heartrending thing. In this exclusive first clip from Miracles from Heaven - based on Christy Beam's 2015 memoir about her daughter's near-death experience and her long battle with a chronic digestive disease - Garner, 43, and onscreen husband Martin Henderson can be seen desperately approaching a smug doctor who does not appear to take concerns about their daughter's health seriously. "This is not acid reflux. She's not lactose intolerant. There's something wrong with our little girl!" Garner (as Beam) exclaims, after previously explaining that the little girl has been throwing up for weeks.
- 2/24/2016
- by Kathy Ehrich Dowd, @kathyehrichdowd
- PEOPLE.com
Jennifer Garner is opening up about her faith and family following the premiere of her new film, Miracles from Heaven. The 43-year-old actress stunned on the red carpet, wearing a sleeveless, little black dress to premiere in Dallas, Texas Sunday night. After the screening, she joined the film's producers DeVon Franklin and Bishop T.D Jakes for an audience Q&A. In the upcoming drama, Garner plays a mother whose faith is restored when her daughter is cured from a severe digestive disorder after falling 30 feet inside a hollow tree. The movie is based on the real-life saga of Texas mom Christy Beam,...
- 2/23/2016
- by Darla Atlas
- PEOPLE.com
Jennifer Garner is opening up about her faith and family following the premiere of her new film, Miracles from Heaven. The 43-year-old actress stunned on the red carpet, wearing a sleeveless, little black dress to premiere in Dallas, Texas Sunday night. After the screening, she joined the film's producers DeVon Franklin and Bishop T.D Jakes for an audience Q&A. In the upcoming drama, Garner plays a mother whose faith is restored when her daughter is cured from a severe digestive disorder after falling 30 feet inside a hollow tree. The movie is based on the real-life saga of Texas mom Christy Beam,...
- 2/23/2016
- by Darla Atlas
- PEOPLE.com
In recent years, Christian cinema has seen a surge in popularity. Some films are more obvious than others, with actual retelling of biblical stories and portrayals of Jesus Christ and other biblical figures. Other films deal with religious themes using a more subtle approach. Between this February and March, there are three new releases that take on stories both new and old that involve Christianity and the power of faith.
First there is Risen, which takes an outsiders perspective on the Resurrection of Christ. Joseph Fiennes and Tom Felton star as Romans who are tasked with disproving Jesus’ Resurrection in order to prevent an uprising in Jerusalem.
Next up is The Young Messiah, which depicts Jesus’ childhood and his departure from Egypt, back to his home in Nazareth. Young actor Adam Greaves-Neal portrays Jesus as he grows into his religious identity.
The third film, Miracles From Heaven, is based on the book by Christy Beam,...
First there is Risen, which takes an outsiders perspective on the Resurrection of Christ. Joseph Fiennes and Tom Felton star as Romans who are tasked with disproving Jesus’ Resurrection in order to prevent an uprising in Jerusalem.
Next up is The Young Messiah, which depicts Jesus’ childhood and his departure from Egypt, back to his home in Nazareth. Young actor Adam Greaves-Neal portrays Jesus as he grows into his religious identity.
The third film, Miracles From Heaven, is based on the book by Christy Beam,...
- 2/18/2016
- by Adriana Floridia
- Cineplex
From the director of The 33, Patricia Riggen, comes the first trailer for Miracles From Heaven.
Opening Easter 2016, the faith-based film stars Jennifer Garner, Martin Henderson, John Carroll Lynch, Kylie Rogers with Eugenio Derbez and Queen .
Miracles From Heaven is based on the incredible true story of the Beam family. When Christy (Jennifer Garner) discovers her 10-year-old daughter Anna (Kylie Rogers) has a rare, incurable disease, she becomes a ferocious advocate for her daughter’s healing as she searches for a solution.
After Anna has a freak accident and falls three stories, a miracle unfolds in the wake of her dramatic rescue that leaves medical specialists mystified, her family restored and their community inspired.
The screenplay is by Randy Brown, based on the book by Christy Beam.
Look for Miracles From Heaven in cinemas March 18, 2016.
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Opening Easter 2016, the faith-based film stars Jennifer Garner, Martin Henderson, John Carroll Lynch, Kylie Rogers with Eugenio Derbez and Queen .
Miracles From Heaven is based on the incredible true story of the Beam family. When Christy (Jennifer Garner) discovers her 10-year-old daughter Anna (Kylie Rogers) has a rare, incurable disease, she becomes a ferocious advocate for her daughter’s healing as she searches for a solution.
After Anna has a freak accident and falls three stories, a miracle unfolds in the wake of her dramatic rescue that leaves medical specialists mystified, her family restored and their community inspired.
The screenplay is by Randy Brown, based on the book by Christy Beam.
Look for Miracles From Heaven in cinemas March 18, 2016.
www.facebook.com/MiraclesHeaven
twitter.com/MiraclesHeaven
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- 11/11/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Both Jennifer Lawrence and Jennifer Garner start filming in Georgia; and Georgia now has the largest film studio project in the country. It’s this week’s Atlanta News Roundup. Jennifer Lawrence Stars in Sci-Fi Film Jennifer Lawrence, who recently split from Coldplay’s Chris Martin, will be co-starring with Chris Pratt in the sci-fi thriller “Passengers.” “Passengers,” filming in Georgia, is about a mishap that occurs on a spacecraft bound for a distant planet. Lawrence should be right at home in the Peach State, having filmed the entire “Hunger Games” series there. Jennifer Garner Starts Work in AtlantaJennifer Garner, recently separated from husband Ben Affleck, is starting the new phase of her life by starring in “Miracles from Heaven,” filming in Atlanta. According to IMDb.com, the film is about “a young girl suffering from a rare digestive disorder who finds herself miraculously cured after surviving a terrible accident.
- 7/6/2015
- backstage.com
Jennifer Garner is wasting no time getting back to work after taking a vacation with her three kids and soon-to-be ex-husband, Ben Affleck, in the Bahamas. E! News can confirm that the actress was spotted arriving in Atlanta on Sunday to begin filming her upcoming flick, Miracles From Heaven, which is slated for an Easter 2016 release. The actress' latest project is based on the book Three Miracles From Heaven by Christy Beam and focused on a young girl suffering from a rare digestive disorder who is mysteriously cured after a serious accident. The 43-year-old traveled to the Georgia-based set following multiple days on summer vacation with her family. Garner and Affleck whisked their...
- 7/6/2015
- E! Online
Talent is currently being sought for the feature film “Miracles From Heaven.” “Miracles From Heaven” is about a young girl suffering from a rare digestive disorder who finds herself miraculously cured after surviving a terrible accident. The film is based on the book “Three Miracles From Heaven” by Christy Beam and stars Jennifer Garner. Background roles are being cast for this production, and submissions are being sought from Atlanta, Ga. This is a paid gig! For more details, check out the casting notice for “Miracles From Heaven” here, and be sure to check out the rest of our Atlanta audition listings!
- 6/25/2015
- backstage.com
Larceny
Dolph Lundgren will star in R. Ellis Frazier's action-heist thriller "Larceny" based on a script by Benjamin Budde. R. Ellis Frazier, Justin Nesbitt and Geoffrey Ross will produce.
The story follows a former-operative-turned-professional-thief (Lundgren) contracted by the CIA to break into and take information from the safe at a top secret Mexican prison facility. One problem though, a local cartel boss sends professionals to siege the facility and take back his money which is also in said safe. [Source: Variety]
Miracles from Heaven
Queen Latifah and Martin Henderson have joined Patricia Riggen's faith-based drama "Miracles From Heaven" at Sony Pictures. Based on Christy Beam's book of the same name, the film is slated to open March 18th next year.
The story recounts how the author's young daughter miraculously overcame an incurable, life-threatening digestive disorder. Jennifer Garner plays the mother, Henderson will play the father, and Latifah will play...
Dolph Lundgren will star in R. Ellis Frazier's action-heist thriller "Larceny" based on a script by Benjamin Budde. R. Ellis Frazier, Justin Nesbitt and Geoffrey Ross will produce.
The story follows a former-operative-turned-professional-thief (Lundgren) contracted by the CIA to break into and take information from the safe at a top secret Mexican prison facility. One problem though, a local cartel boss sends professionals to siege the facility and take back his money which is also in said safe. [Source: Variety]
Miracles from Heaven
Queen Latifah and Martin Henderson have joined Patricia Riggen's faith-based drama "Miracles From Heaven" at Sony Pictures. Based on Christy Beam's book of the same name, the film is slated to open March 18th next year.
The story recounts how the author's young daughter miraculously overcame an incurable, life-threatening digestive disorder. Jennifer Garner plays the mother, Henderson will play the father, and Latifah will play...
- 6/23/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Queen Latifah has signed on to star opposite Jennifer Garner in Sony's faith-based drama Miracles From Heaven. The actress joins Garner, who already had boarded the project, in the Patricia Riggen-helmed film, which is based on Christy Beam's book of the same name that recounts how her young daughter miraculously overcame an incurable, life-threatening digestive disorder. Adapted by Randy Brown (Trouble with the Curve) the story centers on Beam (Garner) and a series of miracles that unfolded, leaving her family, her daughter's doctors and the community baffled. Latifah will play a Boston waitress — something of an
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- 6/22/2015
- by Tatiana Siegel, Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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