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Premiere Entertainment Group has picked up international sales rights and begun talks at AFM on Faith Of Angels starring John Michael Finley from I Can Only Imagine and Cameron Arnett from The Forge.

Faith Of Angels is based on the true story of a stranger (Finley) who receives mysterious callings compelling him to search for a boy (newcomer Michael Bradford) lost in an abandoned mine. Kirby Heyborne, Charlotte Hemmings, Jasen Wade and Tanner Gillman round out the key cast.

Garrett Batty (The Saratov Approach) directed the film from his screenplay, and produced alongside Daren Smith. Purdie Distribution released the film...

It’s suddenly been, if not an embarrassment, then for sure a nice flush of riches in the indie film space as high-profile festival and well-reviewed fare continues releasing into awards season. This week we’ve got a return guest with wide re-release of Godzilla Minus One.

Emilia Perez is hitting 125 theaters, quite a few for Netflix. This weekend Apple opens Steve McQueen’s WWII-set Blitz, starring Saorsie Ronan on three screens in London, two in NYC and one in LA. Warner Bros. is launching an Academy run for Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2 starring Nicholas Hoult and Zoey Deutch. Disney is doing the same for Laurent Bouzereau’s documentary Music by John Williams at the El Capitan in Hollywood and Regal Union Square in Manhattan.

La Cocina, Memoir Of A Snail and doc Black Box Diaries expand in week 2.

Jumping in with Searchlight Pictures’ Jesse Eisenberg written-directed comedy A Real Pain...

"The King of the Ring meets the Prince of Peace." While that intro should sell you on the upcoming action/faith/drama The Carpenter, heres some additional details anyway: the action flick follows a Viking and expert fighter who becomes the apprentice to a mysterious carpenter. And that Carpenter is none other than Jesus Christ himself. Sold now? We thought so. Not only will The Carpenter feature fight sequences and religious philosophy, it will also boast a heavy metal soundtrack. If the idea of Mma, Vikings, Jesus, and heavy metal all mixed together doesnt appeal to you, then maybe you just dont know whats important in life.

Set to be released on Friday, November 1st, The Carpenter is directed by Garrett Batty from a story by Kenny Krebs, Kameron Krebs, and Batty. The movie stars Kameron Krebs as the rage-filled Viking alongside Kaulin Krebs, Jeff Dickamore, and Aurora Florence, as well as several professional fighters,...

It’s not every day you see a biblical movie which mixes Mma, heavy metal, and Jesus Christ, but the trailer for The Carpenter offers just that. That’s… certainly unique.

The Carpenter stars Kameron Krebs as “an adopted Viking orphan who becomes a carpenter’s apprentice to Jesus. The orphan, Oren, fights as a side hustle. His experience training as a carpenter with Jesus as his mentor changes his lifestyle.” Krebs serves as an executive producer on the project and also co-wrote the script alongside his father, Kenny Krebs, and director Garrett Batty. Despite the biblical backdrop, The Carpenter will feature a contemporary soundtrack of heavy metal music during the fight sequences, including tracks from Godsmack, Drowning Pool and Motley Crue.

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The gist... Monrovia, 1990: An aggressive civil war has escalated, threatening many lives, including a group of native Liberian missionaries and their leader. Now they must be willing to give up all that they have, to make a desperate cross-country trip to Freetown, Sierra Leone, with little chance of survival, in order to protect one of their own. Described as an action-thriller, and based on a real-life story of missionaries in 1990 Liberia and their dangerous journey to escape the civil war-torn region, "Freetown" is directed by Garrett Batty, and, as I only just learned, was actually released in a limited theatrical run last week, so check your local...

Hits can be found in the most unexpected places, and if you haven't heard of "The Saratov Approach," you likely will soon. Yes, it's a Latter Day Saints-themed thriller, but you likely wouldn't guess that from this exclusive new trailer. Based on a true story, the film from writer/director Garrett Batty tells the tale of Travis Tuttle and Andrew Propst (Corbin Allred and Maclain Nelson), missionaries who were kidnapped on March 18, 1998, during an assignment in Saratov, Russia. And it's just the first in a chain of events that will change the lives of everyone involved. And currently, the film is a hit in Utah, where on just 33 theaters it crossed $1 million in about four weeks after opening this past fall. And that has prompted a national expansion that will kick off soon. You can start looking for "The Saratov Approach" at a theater near you starting on January 10th...

Saratov Films, Three Coin Productions and Purdie Distribution announced on December 10 they will expand the limited run of the thriller.

The Saratov Approach opened on October 9 through Purdie Distribution and has grossed more than $1.4m after four weeks on an average of 33 screens.

It is currently playing across Utah and Idaho and will receive a nationwide platform release commencing on January 10 2014

Garrett Batty wrote and directed and also produced alongside Jake Van Wagoner.

Corbin Allred, Maclain Nelson, Nikita Bogolyubov and Alex Veadov star in the story of missionaries in Russia whose abduction sets in motion a chain of events nobody could have expected.