Machine Gun Preacher
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Status: IN PRODUCTION (Starting July 5) Film/TV/Stage: Film Genre: Drama Release Year:2011 Director: Marc Forster Running time: Unknown minutes |
The story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker tough guy who found God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who’ve been kidnapped and pressed into duty as soldiers in the Lord’s Resistance Army.
Childers established an orphanage to house 200 children, then formed a militia to protect them, recover other kidnapped kids, and dispense outlaw justice on their captors..
Cast:
Gerard Butler…Sam Childers
Michelle Monaghan…Lynn Childers
Michael Shannon…Donnie
Madeline Carroll…Paige Childers
Souleymane Sy Savane…Deng
Crew:
Director: Marc Foster
Screenplay: Jason Keller
Producers: Marc Forster, Robbie Brenner; Gary Safady and Craig Chapman of Kaushi Entertainment; and Deborah Giarratana of GG Filmz.
Executive Producers: Myles Nestel of Merlina Entertainment, Brad Simpson of Apparatus, Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel and Louise Rosner.
A true story based on Childers’ memoir Another Man’s War: The True Story of One Man’s Battle to Save Children in the Sudan
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Filming may begin this May in Reels Corner, Pennsylvania.
