Hollywood is getting hip to the Christian box-office boost, but the directors of movies like Captive don’t want to be lumped in with the religious flops of the past.
How ‘Faith-Based Film’ Became a Dirty Term, by Emma Green in The Atlantic

Hollywood is getting hip to the Christian box-office boost, but the directors of movies like Captive don’t want to be lumped in with the religious flops of the past.
When even The Hollywood Reporter wonders if this fall’s TV shows have crossed the line, it has legendary Hollywood producer Brian Bird wondering if it isn’t time to take his own industry to the woodshed.
Rising film star Jenn Gotzon (Frost/Nixon, Doonby) provides Two Handed Warriors with a unique take on the the National Association of Broadcasters Show (NAB) and the new pre-show ‘Faith ‘n Film summit.’
Prolific writer-producer Brian Bird is co-founder of Believe Pictures (with Michael Landon, Jr.) with the mission of developing and producing “high quality, entertaining, and life-and-faith-affirming, films and television depicting positive images and compelling moral stories.” Bird and Landon wrote and…