The Firing Squad (2024 film)

The Firing Squad is an upcoming faith-based adventure drama film written and directed by Timothy A. Chey and starring Kevin Sorbo and Cuba Gooding Jr. It will be released by Epoch Studios, a division of The Epoch Times, a Falun Gong-affiliated newspaper.

The film is releasing nationwide into theaters starting August 2, 2024.

The filmmakers have been supported by Campus Crusade for Christ (Cru), Calvary Chapel, Pastor Greg Laurie, NACC, Baptist Press, Christian Cinema, NRB, Kay Arthur, Precept Ministries, The Christian Post, The Fish Radio, Rebecca St. James, Family Christian, Lifeway Christian Resources, Talbot Seminary, Biola University, Dallas Theological Seminary, Baptist News, Daystar TV, Evangelical Press Assn, Life Surge, et al.

Plot
The film is based on the true story of three Christian prisoners facing execution, find unexpected solace through Jesus within the prison walls. While seizing their past they undergo a extraordinary transformation in which they discover hope, forgiveness and power to change lives.

Cast

 * James Barrington as Peter Lone
 * Madeline Anderson
 * Kevin Sorbo as Pastor Lynbrook
 * Edmund Kwan
 * Cuba Gooding Jr. as Samuel Wilson
 * Tupua Ainu'u
 * Eric Roberts

Production
In November 2023, it was announced that production wrapped.

Gooding said when he first read the script, he wept.

Release
The Firing Squad will be released nationwide in theaters on August 2, 2024.

The movie also premiered in the 2024 National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) convention.