From the creators of 2018’s I Can Only Imagine comes Jesus Revolution, a narrative of breaking down preconceived notions and opening hearts, minds, and doorways throughout a time of a nationwide and generational divide. Lionsgate has launched a brand-new trailer for the upcoming movie based mostly on true occasions forward of its huge launch solely in theaters on Friday, February 24, 2023.
The story of Jesus Revolution follows a younger man named Greg Laurie (Joel Courtney) as he tries to discover a that means in his life in 1970. He meets two males that he hopes will help him: Lonnie Frisbee (Jonathan Roumie), a charismatic hippie-street-preacher and Pastor Chuck Smith (Kelsey Grammer), a person with a poor opinion of hippies who’s looking for a strategy to develop his failing church. Despite their variations, the 2 preachers come along with the plan to rejuvenate Chuck’s church by bringing hippies to the sermons, which is a tradition shock to most of the extra conservative churchgoers. As time goes on, the 2 sides begin to come collectively, resulting in a brand new motion described as a “revival of radical and newfound love.” This motion was dubbed by TIME Magazine in 1971 as a “Jesus Revolution.”
The new trailer showcases the church and Lonnie coming collectively and hatching their plans of bringing hippies to his church. We see most of the regulars that attend the languishing church elevate their considerations in regards to the new attendees, although Chuck makes it very clear that the door that he has opened for them can also be open for anybody that desires to depart. He says his church is a spot for less than those that would possibly really feel misunderstood or judged, with the 2-minute and 5-second trailer ends with a voice-over from Chuck the place he says “This is your property, and I would like you to inform all your pals about it.”
In addition to Roumie, Grammer, and Courtney, the forged of Jesus Revolution additionally consists of Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Anna Grace Barlow, amongst others. The movie is directed by Jon Erwin and Brent McCorkle. Erwin additionally serves as a author on the movie, having co-written the screenplay alongside Jon Gunn.
Jesus Revolution will premiere in theaters on February 24, 2023. The movie may even have a particular preview occasion on Wednesday, February 22. You can take a look at the brand new trailer and poster for the upcoming movie and skim its official synopsis under.
In the Nineteen Seventies, younger Greg Laurie (Joel Courtney) is looking for all the suitable issues in all of the mistaken locations: till he meets Lonnie Frisbee (Jonathan Roumie), a charismatic hippie-street-preacher. Together with Pastor Chuck Smith (Kelsey Grammer), they open the doorways of Smith’s languishing church to an surprising revival of radical and newfound love, resulting in what TIME Magazine dubbed a “Jesus Revolution.”