[i Motion picture to depict Reels Corners pastor[/i CENTRAL CITY — Sam Childers went from drug dealer to minister. Now, he's gone Hollywood. Film studio Lionsgate is making a major motion picture, “Machine Gun Preacher,” of Childers' life story as related in his...

[i Studio Acquires North American Distribution Rights To Fact-Based Action Drama Starring Gerard Butler Fall 2011 Release Planned - Principal Photography Begins In July[/i SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LIONSGATE® (NYSE: LGF), the leading...

Source: Lionsgate Lionsgate today announced that it has acquired North American distribution rights to the fact-based action drama Machine Gun Preacher, directed by Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace). The film is the studio's first collaboration with Forster since the...

Actor Gerard Butler will be in Melvindale July 8-28 to shoot scenes from the new Lionsgate film "Machine Gun Preacher" before moving to South Africa to film the remainder. The film is based on the true story of Sam Childers, a missionary in southern Sudan who really...

Gerard Butler may be hanging out in Hollywood this weekend, but soon he'll have a whole new stomping ground- Melvindale, MI. The actor is set to start filming his next project, Machine Gun Preacher, in the city from July 8 to 28. Locations will include a trailer park...