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Nov 30, 2023 · Last month it premiered After Death, a feature documentary based on near-death experiences. It had its own success, becoming the most successful documentary since 2018 and hitting the top four at...
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Writer: The Shift. Writer and director Brock Heasley is an award-winning filmmaker with a passion for telling stories of hope on the screen and on the page. His work in film has seen him write and direct two short films (The Shift, The Two Hundred Fifth), and serve as an Associate Producer on The Gallows: Act II, produced by Blumhouse ...
Nov 28, 2023 · When Brock was 13 years old, his father was involved in an armed robbery and was shot 13 times. Miraculously, Brock's father survived; however, eight years later, he was again involved in another armed robbery, and this time he did not survive. Despite all the heartbreak, Brock has learned to forgive the men who killed his father.
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As a person of faith who loves science fiction, Heasley said he “never saw myself represented in the stories I loved the most.” As a rule, sci-fi and faith are “discouraged from mixing,” he explained. “And that was a frustrating thing for me.” At the same time, he said, he rarely connected with faith-based media, which he described as often too int...
The response from Angel Studios and from audiences to his 2017 short film has confirmed to Heasley that he is hardly alone in craving a new kind of faith-based movie. To date, the project has amassed more than $3.2 millionfrom nearly 6,400 investors. Equally rewarding have been the conversations with viewers from a variety of Christian backgrounds....
Heasley’s decision to tell an openly faith-promoting sci-fi film may be rare, but as a Latter-day Saint he is far from alone when it comes to a fascination with fictional world building. From giants like Orson Scott Card, Brandon Sanderson and Stephenie Meyer, to relative newcomers like “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” showrunner J.D. Pa...
Carpenter and Heasley are currently finalizing their casting list. Viewers of Dallas Jenkins’ “The Chosen” will recognize a few familiar faces among those already confirmed, including Elizabeth Tabish, who plays Mary Magdalene in the series depicting Jesus’ ministry, Paras Patel, who plays Matthew, and Jordan Walker Ross, who plays Little James. Je...
Nov 27, 2023 · When Brock was 12, his dad, who owned a pawn shop, was robbed and shot a dozen times and survived. Eight years later, when Brock was 19 years old, was shot again and died. This set Brock on the course to write The Shift (which he explains in our interview). Check out the law enforcement types in this movie:
Writer and director Brock Heasley is an award-winning filmmaker with a passion for telling stories of hope on the screen and on the page. His work in film has seen him write and direct two short films (The Shift, The Two Hundred Fifth), and serve as an Associate Producer on The Gallows: Act II, produced by Blumhouse Productions, Tremendum ...
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Nov 28, 2023 · About 9 years ago, Heasley and his wife experienced a life-altering period when both of them lost their jobs within a 24 hours. After an intense time of prayer and introspection, Brock decided...
