Nice vistas and a scenery-chewing Famke Janssen aren’t enough to save this absurd scriptural rehash from movie hell
The latest from evangelical Christian producers Pinnacle Peak – formerly Pure Flix, the money behind the surprisingly enduring God’s Not Dead series – is an adaptation of a Francine Rivers novel that remaps the biblical tale of Hosea on to a western goldrush setting. That synopsis suggests a level of creative imagination and ambition, possibly something like Michael Winterbottom hauling The Mayor of Casterbridge further west for 2000’s The Claim. Yet this movie thinly scatters a parable’s worth of plot across 134 minutes and resembles HBO’s Deadwood recut for Sunday-school purposes: pious, puzzling and punitive, with a sternly wagging finger never far from entering the frame.
Let us give Pinnacle Peak this: they’re getting mildly more sophisticated about delivering The Message. DJ Caruso, a studio director of the mid-00s thrillers Taking Lives and Disturbia,...
The latest from evangelical Christian producers Pinnacle Peak – formerly Pure Flix, the money behind the surprisingly enduring God’s Not Dead series – is an adaptation of a Francine Rivers novel that remaps the biblical tale of Hosea on to a western goldrush setting. That synopsis suggests a level of creative imagination and ambition, possibly something like Michael Winterbottom hauling The Mayor of Casterbridge further west for 2000’s The Claim. Yet this movie thinly scatters a parable’s worth of plot across 134 minutes and resembles HBO’s Deadwood recut for Sunday-school purposes: pious, puzzling and punitive, with a sternly wagging finger never far from entering the frame.
Let us give Pinnacle Peak this: they’re getting mildly more sophisticated about delivering The Message. DJ Caruso, a studio director of the mid-00s thrillers Taking Lives and Disturbia,...
- 9/12/2022
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: Famke Janssen (X-Men franchise), Brett Gelman (Stranger Things), Sharlto Copley (District 9), Quinn Copeland (Peacock’s Punky Brewster) and twins Cameron and Nicholas Crovetti (Big Little Lies) have joined the cast of Boy Kills World, an upcoming action-thriller produced by Sam Raimi and more.
They’re set to star alongside previously announced cast members including Bill Skarsgård, Yayan Ruhian, Jessica Rothe, Andrew Koji and Isaiah Mustafa.
Based on an original idea by German filmmaker Moritz Mohr, who here makes his feature directorial debut, Boy Kills World is billed as a one-of-a-kind action spectacle set in a dystopian fever dream reality. It centers on Boy (Skarsgård), a deaf mute with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, Boy escapes to the jungle and is trained by a mysterious shaman (Ruhian) to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death. Portraying the film’s antagonists—the Van Der Koy...
They’re set to star alongside previously announced cast members including Bill Skarsgård, Yayan Ruhian, Jessica Rothe, Andrew Koji and Isaiah Mustafa.
Based on an original idea by German filmmaker Moritz Mohr, who here makes his feature directorial debut, Boy Kills World is billed as a one-of-a-kind action spectacle set in a dystopian fever dream reality. It centers on Boy (Skarsgård), a deaf mute with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, Boy escapes to the jungle and is trained by a mysterious shaman (Ruhian) to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death. Portraying the film’s antagonists—the Van Der Koy...
- 3/7/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Deadline has the first exclusive track from Brian Tyler and Breton Vivian’s score for Redeeming Love, which is set for release tomorrow via Milan Records, as the Universal Pictures title hits theaters.
The film directed by DJ Caruso is a Western romance based on the bestselling novel by Francine Rivers that watches as a young couple’s relationship clashes with the harsh realities of the California Gold Rush of 1850.
For the project marking Tyler’s sixth collaboration with Caruso, he and Vivian looked to craft a sweeping score that captured the heart of its story and themes.
“Composing the score for Redeeming Love was truly one of the most moving experiences of my life. Incredibly directed by long-time collaborator DJ Caruso, the characters imbue such a sense of grace and love that I wanted to…write music that evoked their raw emotion in all of its complexity,” said Tyler.
The film directed by DJ Caruso is a Western romance based on the bestselling novel by Francine Rivers that watches as a young couple’s relationship clashes with the harsh realities of the California Gold Rush of 1850.
For the project marking Tyler’s sixth collaboration with Caruso, he and Vivian looked to craft a sweeping score that captured the heart of its story and themes.
“Composing the score for Redeeming Love was truly one of the most moving experiences of my life. Incredibly directed by long-time collaborator DJ Caruso, the characters imbue such a sense of grace and love that I wanted to…write music that evoked their raw emotion in all of its complexity,” said Tyler.
- 1/20/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Two new wide releases open this weekend, but we are looking at another weekend dominated byScream and Spider-Man: No Way Home. The face-off between the two franchise films has animated an otherwise quiet January, and while Scream swiftly displaced Spidey from the top spot last weekend with a steady lead at $30 million compared to $20 million, this weekend’s rematch could be a close one. Spider-Man, going into its sixth weekend, has seen drops in recent weeks of around 40%, and another similar drop this weekend would put it around $12 million. That’s right where Scream would be at with a 60% drop, so this weekend’s number one could go in either direction. With no new wide releases slated for next weekend, expect another rematch for the top spot.
Spider-Man’s rapid ascent up the all-time box office chart is slowing down, and having just passed Black Panther’s $700 million domestic cume...
Spider-Man’s rapid ascent up the all-time box office chart is slowing down, and having just passed Black Panther’s $700 million domestic cume...
- 1/20/2022
- by Sam Mendelsohn <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina actress Abigail Cowen has wrapped a leading turn in Redeeming Love, an indie adaptation of the historical romance best-selling novel by Francine Rivers.
D.J. Caruso, taking a 180-degree turn from the action thrillers he is known for, directed the period drama, whose cast also includes Tom Lewis (Gentleman Jack), Logan Marshall-Green (Upgrade), X-Men actress Famke Janssen, Vampire Diaries star Nina Dobrev and Grey’s Anatomy star Eric Dane.
The movie finished shooting principal photography in March in South Africa before worldwide shutdowns occurred due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Redeeming Love is now being shopped around for a theatrical ...
D.J. Caruso, taking a 180-degree turn from the action thrillers he is known for, directed the period drama, whose cast also includes Tom Lewis (Gentleman Jack), Logan Marshall-Green (Upgrade), X-Men actress Famke Janssen, Vampire Diaries star Nina Dobrev and Grey’s Anatomy star Eric Dane.
The movie finished shooting principal photography in March in South Africa before worldwide shutdowns occurred due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Redeeming Love is now being shopped around for a theatrical ...
- 4/29/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina actress Abigail Cowen has wrapped a leading turn in Redeeming Love, an indie adaptation of the historical romance best-selling novel by Francine Rivers.
D.J. Caruso, taking a 180-degree turn from the action thrillers he is known for, directed the period drama, whose cast also includes Tom Lewis (Gentleman Jack), Logan Marshall-Green (Upgrade), X-Men actress Famke Janssen, Vampire Diaries star Nina Dobrev and Grey’s Anatomy star Eric Dane.
The movie finished shooting principal photography in March in South Africa before worldwide shutdowns occurred due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Redeeming Love is now being shopped around for a theatrical ...
D.J. Caruso, taking a 180-degree turn from the action thrillers he is known for, directed the period drama, whose cast also includes Tom Lewis (Gentleman Jack), Logan Marshall-Green (Upgrade), X-Men actress Famke Janssen, Vampire Diaries star Nina Dobrev and Grey’s Anatomy star Eric Dane.
The movie finished shooting principal photography in March in South Africa before worldwide shutdowns occurred due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Redeeming Love is now being shopped around for a theatrical ...
- 4/29/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Exclusive: Logan Marshall-Green, Abigail Cowen, Nina Dobrev, Famke Janssen, Tom Lewis (Gentleman Jack) and Eric Dane are part of the ensemble cast for Redeeming Love, a contemporary retelling of the biblical book of Hosea based on the popular novel by Francine Rivers.
D.J. Caruso, who’s helmed such films as Eagle Eye, Disturbia, I Am Number Four, and xXx: Return of Xander Cage, directed Redeeming Love, which is slated to hit theaters spring 2021. Cindy Bond produced the romance project, through her Mission Pictures International label, alongside Simon Swart and Wayne Fitzjohn, via their Nthibah Pictures production banner as well as Michael Scott, David A.R. White and Brittany Yost for Pure Flix Entertainment.
Rivers adapted the script, which takes place against the romantic backdrop of the California...
D.J. Caruso, who’s helmed such films as Eagle Eye, Disturbia, I Am Number Four, and xXx: Return of Xander Cage, directed Redeeming Love, which is slated to hit theaters spring 2021. Cindy Bond produced the romance project, through her Mission Pictures International label, alongside Simon Swart and Wayne Fitzjohn, via their Nthibah Pictures production banner as well as Michael Scott, David A.R. White and Brittany Yost for Pure Flix Entertainment.
Rivers adapted the script, which takes place against the romantic backdrop of the California...
- 4/29/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
D.J. Caruso is in post-production on an adaptation of the classic Francine Rivers romance novel “Redeeming Love” that is a co-production from Pure Flix Entertainment, the faith-based distributor announced Wednesday.
“Redeeming Love” stars Abigail Cowen, Tom Lewis, Logan Marshall-Green, Famke Janssen, Nina Dobrev and Eric Dane and completed its principal photography in March in Cape Town just before much of the world started seeing shutdowns due the coronavirus.
Pure Flix produced the film with Nthibah Pictures and Mission Pictures International with “I Can Only Imagine” producers Cindy Bond and Simon Swart re-teaming on the project. The producers are in conversations with distribution partners and are eyeing a Spring 2021 theatrical release.
Also Read: 'xXx 4' in Works With Vin Diesel to Star, DJ Caruso Back as Director
“Redeeming Love” is set in California and Boston during the Gold Rush Era of the 1850s. Though the film itself is described as not a faith-based adaptation,...
“Redeeming Love” stars Abigail Cowen, Tom Lewis, Logan Marshall-Green, Famke Janssen, Nina Dobrev and Eric Dane and completed its principal photography in March in Cape Town just before much of the world started seeing shutdowns due the coronavirus.
Pure Flix produced the film with Nthibah Pictures and Mission Pictures International with “I Can Only Imagine” producers Cindy Bond and Simon Swart re-teaming on the project. The producers are in conversations with distribution partners and are eyeing a Spring 2021 theatrical release.
Also Read: 'xXx 4' in Works With Vin Diesel to Star, DJ Caruso Back as Director
“Redeeming Love” is set in California and Boston during the Gold Rush Era of the 1850s. Though the film itself is described as not a faith-based adaptation,...
- 4/29/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Cantinas Entertainment has acquired Mission Pictures to form Cantinas Distribution.
The new entity will be bundled up with an established P&A fund and is led by Mission Pictures co-founder Cindy Bond.
The plan is to release “positive, life-affirming films” in North America. Bond and her team plan to have a major presence at the leading film markets and will be on the ground this week at Sundance.
“We are thrilled to announce the formation of Cantinas Distribution,” said Cantinas Entertainment co-founder and CEO Greg Campbell.
“This fulfils one of the core components for Cantinas Entertainment to become one of the next-gen content providers of quality entertainment. We are equally excited to be partnering with Cindy who is a respected industry leader and her vision that is in lock-step with our long-term strategic goals for the company.”
“This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for Mission Pictures and me personally,” said Bond. “I look forward...
The new entity will be bundled up with an established P&A fund and is led by Mission Pictures co-founder Cindy Bond.
The plan is to release “positive, life-affirming films” in North America. Bond and her team plan to have a major presence at the leading film markets and will be on the ground this week at Sundance.
“We are thrilled to announce the formation of Cantinas Distribution,” said Cantinas Entertainment co-founder and CEO Greg Campbell.
“This fulfils one of the core components for Cantinas Entertainment to become one of the next-gen content providers of quality entertainment. We are equally excited to be partnering with Cindy who is a respected industry leader and her vision that is in lock-step with our long-term strategic goals for the company.”
“This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for Mission Pictures and me personally,” said Bond. “I look forward...
- 1/21/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Bigger Picture
NEW YORK -- The latest effort to be marketed by 20th Century Fox's faith-oriented division, "The Last Sin Eater" squanders its good intentions with its numbingly bloated 140-minute running time. Adapted from the novel by Francine Rivers, this religious-themed drama set in the 1850s is unlikely to make any new converts despite its ultimately positive message.
The film's central character is 10-year-old Cadi (Liana Liberato), who lives with her community of Welsh immigrants in the Appalachian Mountains. The girl is distraught over her part in the accidental death of her younger sister, and becomes obsessed with a local custom involving the use of a "Sin Eater" (Peter Wingfield) to absolve the recently departed of their transgressions. She decides to attempt to find this mysterious figure, who is otherwise shunned by the community when his services are not needed, and see if he can help her while she's still alive.
Other characters who figure prominently in the story include Cadi's kindly grandmother (Oscar winner Louise Fletcher) and a traveling preacher (Henry Thomas) who advises Cadi that the way to salvation is not through sin eating but rather Jesus Christ.
The film, directed and co-scripted by Michael Landon Jr. -- he's got some personal experience with this sort of stuff, considering his dad's "Highway to Heaven" -- is well executed, with particularly handsome cinematography of the Utah locations that double for Appalachia. And the actors bring an undeniable conviction to their performances, even if the casting of the better known among them is a bit distracting at times. But the sluggish pacing and often hard-to-decipher narrative represent cinematic sins that can't easily be eaten away.
NEW YORK -- The latest effort to be marketed by 20th Century Fox's faith-oriented division, "The Last Sin Eater" squanders its good intentions with its numbingly bloated 140-minute running time. Adapted from the novel by Francine Rivers, this religious-themed drama set in the 1850s is unlikely to make any new converts despite its ultimately positive message.
The film's central character is 10-year-old Cadi (Liana Liberato), who lives with her community of Welsh immigrants in the Appalachian Mountains. The girl is distraught over her part in the accidental death of her younger sister, and becomes obsessed with a local custom involving the use of a "Sin Eater" (Peter Wingfield) to absolve the recently departed of their transgressions. She decides to attempt to find this mysterious figure, who is otherwise shunned by the community when his services are not needed, and see if he can help her while she's still alive.
Other characters who figure prominently in the story include Cadi's kindly grandmother (Oscar winner Louise Fletcher) and a traveling preacher (Henry Thomas) who advises Cadi that the way to salvation is not through sin eating but rather Jesus Christ.
The film, directed and co-scripted by Michael Landon Jr. -- he's got some personal experience with this sort of stuff, considering his dad's "Highway to Heaven" -- is well executed, with particularly handsome cinematography of the Utah locations that double for Appalachia. And the actors bring an undeniable conviction to their performances, even if the casting of the better known among them is a bit distracting at times. But the sluggish pacing and often hard-to-decipher narrative represent cinematic sins that can't easily be eaten away.
- 2/15/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Bigger Picture
NEW YORK -- The latest effort to be marketed by 20th Century Fox's faith-oriented division, "The Last Sin Eater" squanders its good intentions with its numbingly bloated 140-minute running time. Adapted from the novel by Francine Rivers, this religious-themed drama set in the 1850s is unlikely to make any new converts despite its ultimately positive message.
The film's central character is 10-year-old Cadi (Liana Liberato), who lives with her community of Welsh immigrants in the Appalachian Mountains. The girl is distraught over her part in the accidental death of her younger sister, and becomes obsessed with a local custom involving the use of a "Sin Eater" (Peter Wingfield) to absolve the recently departed of their transgressions. She decides to attempt to find this mysterious figure, who is otherwise shunned by the community when his services are not needed, and see if he can help her while she's still alive.
Other characters who figure prominently in the story include Cadi's kindly grandmother (Oscar winner Louise Fletcher) and a traveling preacher (Henry Thomas) who advises Cadi that the way to salvation is not through sin eating but rather Jesus Christ.
The film, directed and co-scripted by Michael Landon Jr. -- he's got some personal experience with this sort of stuff, considering his dad's "Highway to Heaven" -- is well executed, with particularly handsome cinematography of the Utah locations that double for Appalachia. And the actors bring an undeniable conviction to their performances, even if the casting of the better known among them is a bit distracting at times. But the sluggish pacing and often hard-to-decipher narrative represent cinematic sins that can't easily be eaten away.
NEW YORK -- The latest effort to be marketed by 20th Century Fox's faith-oriented division, "The Last Sin Eater" squanders its good intentions with its numbingly bloated 140-minute running time. Adapted from the novel by Francine Rivers, this religious-themed drama set in the 1850s is unlikely to make any new converts despite its ultimately positive message.
The film's central character is 10-year-old Cadi (Liana Liberato), who lives with her community of Welsh immigrants in the Appalachian Mountains. The girl is distraught over her part in the accidental death of her younger sister, and becomes obsessed with a local custom involving the use of a "Sin Eater" (Peter Wingfield) to absolve the recently departed of their transgressions. She decides to attempt to find this mysterious figure, who is otherwise shunned by the community when his services are not needed, and see if he can help her while she's still alive.
Other characters who figure prominently in the story include Cadi's kindly grandmother (Oscar winner Louise Fletcher) and a traveling preacher (Henry Thomas) who advises Cadi that the way to salvation is not through sin eating but rather Jesus Christ.
The film, directed and co-scripted by Michael Landon Jr. -- he's got some personal experience with this sort of stuff, considering his dad's "Highway to Heaven" -- is well executed, with particularly handsome cinematography of the Utah locations that double for Appalachia. And the actors bring an undeniable conviction to their performances, even if the casting of the better known among them is a bit distracting at times. But the sluggish pacing and often hard-to-decipher narrative represent cinematic sins that can't easily be eaten away.
- 2/15/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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