In recent years, The Epoch Times has amassed a large audience as a publisher of right-wing news articles and peddler of baseless election conspiracies. This summer, the conservative media company is hoping to conquer new territory: Hollywood. Epoch Studios, a branch of the wider Epoch Times Association, plans to release “The Firing Squad,” a drama starring Kevin Sorbo and Cuba Gooding Jr. as drug smugglers who find God behind bars.
“I’m proud of the film’s look,” Chey said, “and that’s all that matters.” The creators of “The Firing Squad” are looking for support from a wide evangelical church network to help drive ticket sales. “Sound of Freedom,” a thriller about human trafficking with Christian themes, was distributed by Utah-based Angel Studios, earning almost $250 million worldwide on a $14.5 million budget. “Sound” was a massive sleeper hit in the summer of “Barbenheimer.