Twenty -six years ago, Dreamworks released the starry animated musical “The Prince of Egypt”, which revolutionize the Bible’s figure Moses’ life for both a significant and professional success. The film is characterized by music by the film, “wicked” composer Stephen Shwartz and The Voice of Valler Kilmar and Ralph Fiene, widely considered as a excellent work – yet the Bible animated film style was left after the turn of the biblical animated film style.
enter “King of kings, Angel Studio‘Attempt to revive the film of confidence-based children in theaters. The film, shown as the Oscar Isaac as Jesus, Pontius Pilate as Pierce Browson, as King Herod, Mark Hamil, Peter and Ben Kingsley as One Whitekar as high priest Kaifas as Kaifas, cleverly famous writer Charles Dickens (Kenthth Branagan) and his wife Cathreen (Uma Thurrin). (Uma Thrin) is implicated.
Decance’s “The Life of Lord Lord,” has already broken the box office record set by “The Kings of Kings”, already set by “The Prince of Egypt”, performing more than $ 14.6 million alone before its release at the end of this week.
Angel Studio ‘Jordan Harmon is not surprised by the promising numbers-Angel, Angel’s unique pay-ice-roomward and crowdfunding “Angel Guild” model, both in full impact, exactly the same as the “The Sound of Freedom” of 2023 is a runway success.
Angel Studios co-founder Jordan Hormon told the variety, “It is discouraged to think that people are not fulfilling this massive audiences in the context of animated space for a long time.” “We look at less things, ‘What are we missing inside our slate?” We see who the guild is really echoing with.
When Angel acquired the project from director Seong-Ho Jung in November 2024, Harmon says “had no question” that it would achieve a dramatic release for Easter and Holy Week.
“The film is actually ‘passion’ for children. We did an early screening, and I saw many children coming out with tears on their face,” called Harmon. “They are increasing the original, moving moment in large -scale, moving moment inside cinema and its communal experience, and they are feeling so power and feeling that they are developing this beautiful relationship even more for a love for Christ.
Hamil, which gives voice to the tyrannical leader King Herod in the “The King of Kings”, says that he was not only ready for the role for films with Jeffrey Hunter for films such as the 1961 live-action “Kings of Kings”, but also for films because of Herod’s delicious evil personality.
“He is a classic villain. He has a complete lack of sympathy. He is drunk with his power, with that famous version that all young men are slaughtered less than the age of two. I mean, classic sokopath,” he says. “I never cast as King Herod if it was a live-action film. It is more in Victor Buno region, where you have to impose physical and rotund and Imperius, and all this. One reason is that the voiceover is so attractive to cast their ears, not their eyes.
Hamil, who calls the film “a revelation”, says he believes that it will bring the young audience. “Children are going to make it look very attractive, even if they are not attracted to religious stories. It is a great adventure, and still teaches such positive values: the idea of ​​trust and selflessness and what is right for the good of all, and not only themselves, and not only themselves,” he says that he is expecting time to see it in theaters. “I would like to see it in the audience with all grade school students. They will blow the roof from the joint!”
Angel Studios has bent into a child -friendly nature, offering a “Kids Go Free” promotion, which gives a free children’s ticket with an adult ticket purchase. Says Hormone, “This has been such a powerful campaign, because many times parents, either they do not have resources, or if they have resources, they do not have time. You give them a little additional competition on it where they can go,” Hormone says, a children’s film forced the Angel team to create a new strategy to attract wide audiences than his more adult audiences.
“Many Angel movies have historically been more adult types of films. They are heavy and more drama-based, so children do not participate much of them. It was a unique challenge,” says Harmon. “One that we think we conquered very well.”
