Sundance: ‘Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul’ Sells to Focus Features, Peacock and Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw for $8.5 Million
variety.comFocus Features, Peacock and Jordan Peele’s MonkeyPaw Productions have acquired worldwide rights to the megachurch satire starring Sterling K.
Brown and Regina Hall. The deal was worth a reported $8.5 million.The movie, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival to positive reviews, will debut in theaters and on NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock later this year.Adamma Ebo and Adanne Ebo, the filmmaking sibling duo known as the Ebo twins, wrote and directed “Honk for Jesus.
Save Your Soul” in their feature film debut.“We’re so unbelievably blessed and hyped to be partners with Focus and Monkeypaw on our first feature film,” they said in a statement. “Their commitment to our vision as filmmakers and bolstering the film as a whole is amazing and we cannot wait to bring it to the world with this team.” Adapted from their 2018 short film of the same name, “Honk for Jesus.
Save Your Soul” follows pastor Lee-Curtis Childs (Brown) and his first lady Trinitie (Hall) as they aim to rebuild their congregation after a scandal effectively closes their Atlanta megachurch, which maxed out at around 26,000 worshippers.
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