 Logo since 2019 | |
| Formerly | Kingdom Studios (2019) |
|---|---|
| Company type | Film production |
| Industry | Faith-based entertainment |
| Founded | March 26, 2019; 6 years ago (2019-03-26) |
| Founder | Erwin Brothers Kevin Downes Tony Young |
| Headquarters | Nashville, Tennessee Los Angeles, California |
Key people | Jon Erwin (CEO) Andrew Erwin (CCO) Kevin Downes (chief of production and distribution) Tony Young (chairman) |
| Products | Motion pictures Television programming |
| Owner | Lionsgate Studios Erwin brothers Kevin Downes Tony Young |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references [1][2] | |
Kingdom Story Company (formerly known asKingdom Studios) is an American independentfilm andtelevision studio in partnership withLionsgate specializing in the production ofChristian films. It was founded on March 26, 2019 bythe Erwin Brothers (Jon and Andrew Erwin),Kevin Downes, and Tony Young and has operations inNashville, Tennessee, andLos Angeles, California.
Kingdom was funded by profits from the Erwins' filmI 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.[3] 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.[4][5][6] Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Chairman,Joe Drake, and Television Group Chairman, Kevin Beggs announced the agreement on August 9, 2018.[5][7]
Kingdom Story Company was announced to have been launched on March 26, 2019, at theNational Religious Broadcasters convention in Anaheim, California.[3][8][2]
I Still Believe, Kingdom's first film project, began filming in the spring of 2019 and was released on March 13, 2020.[9][10][11]
In September 2019, it was announced that Kingdom would be launching a television division, headed byThe Big Bang Theory producer Mona Garcea.[12][13]
After Kingdom acquired the film rights toNFLquarterbackKurt Warner's life story, interviews, and memoir,American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story was announced in February 2020, and released on December 25, 2021.[14][15][16][17] Most recently, the company had renewed its first-look deal withLionsgate.[18]
Kingdom Story Company intends to produce two faith-based films per year,[8][2] and has of yet revealed four productions, each one slated for a prospective 2020 or 2021 wide release by Lionsgate.[19][2] Each of the films were unveiled at the National Religious Broadcasters convention at Anaheim, California in March 2019.[2][11]I Still Believe, based onJeremy Camp's life during his first wife's cancer battle, was Kingdom's first film to be theatrically released. The other films announced areApostles: Resurrection of Christ, which is to be the first in a trilogy based on theNew Testament,Jesus Revolution, which is based on the events surrounding theJesus Movement, andThe Drummer Boy, which will be produced in cooperation with Christian music groupFor King and Country.[1][8][2][11]American Underdog is asports drama biopic based on the life ofKurt Warner.[17]
| Film | Director(s) | Prospective year of release | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| I Still Believe | Erwin brothers | 2020 | [8][20][2][11][10][14][17] |
| The Jesus Music | 2021 | ||
| American Underdog | [8][20][2][11][10][14][17] | ||
| Jesus Revolution | Jon Erwin & Brent McCorkle | 2023 | |
| Ordinary Angels | Jon Gunn | 2024 | |
| Unsung Hero | Joel Smallbone and Richard Ramsey | [21] | |
| White Bird | Marc Forster | ||
| The Best Christmas Pageant Ever | Dallas Jenkins | [22] | |
| The Unbreakable Boy | Jon Gunn | 2025 | [23][24] |
| Sarah's Oil | Cyrus Nowrasteh | [25] | |
| I Can Only Imagine 2 | Andrew Erwin and Brent McCorkle | 2026 | [26] |
| Apostles: Resurrection of Christ | Erwin Brothers | TBA | [27][8][20][2][11][10][28] |
| The Drummer Boy | Joel and Luke Smallbone | TBA |