{"id":7297,"date":"2016-12-14T15:16:59","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T20:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=7297"},"modified":"2016-12-14T15:49:32","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T20:49:32","slug":"faith-themed-shack-look-early-2017-box-office-powerhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2016\/12\/faith-themed-shack-look-early-2017-box-office-powerhouse.html","title":{"rendered":"Faith-themed &#8220;The Shack&#8221; has the look of an early 2017 box office powerhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith and media.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The Shack (2017 Movie) Official Trailer \u2013 \u2018Believe\u2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CL0yUbSS5Eg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481736288134_80487\" style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,sans-serif\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481736288134_80486\" style=\"color: #000000\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481736288134_80485\"><strong><em>The Shack<\/em> releases in theaters nationwide on <span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481736288134_80484\" class=\"yiv5494832277gmail-m_3432598860842535916gmail-m_-266348075757370394gmail-m_-5520877358030285609gmail-m_-6070254987268151866gmail-aBn\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481736288134_80483\" class=\"yiv5494832277gmail-m_3432598860842535916gmail-m_-266348075757370394gmail-m_-5520877358030285609gmail-m_-6070254987268151866gmail-aQJ\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481736288134_80482\" class=\"yiv5494832277gmail-m_3432598860842535916gmail-aBn\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481736288134_80481\" class=\"yiv5494832277gmail-m_3432598860842535916gmail-aQJ\">March 3, 2017. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481736288134_80487\" style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,sans-serif\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481736288134_80486\" style=\"color: #000000\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481736288134_80485\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481736288134_80484\" class=\"yiv5494832277gmail-m_3432598860842535916gmail-m_-266348075757370394gmail-m_-5520877358030285609gmail-m_-6070254987268151866gmail-aBn\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481736288134_80483\" class=\"yiv5494832277gmail-m_3432598860842535916gmail-m_-266348075757370394gmail-m_-5520877358030285609gmail-m_-6070254987268151866gmail-aQJ\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481736288134_80482\" class=\"yiv5494832277gmail-m_3432598860842535916gmail-aBn\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481736288134_80481\" class=\"yiv5494832277gmail-m_3432598860842535916gmail-aQJ\">Based on Paul Young&#8217;s amazingly popular book (which I understand is one of the top bestselling 100 novels of all time) stars\u00a0<span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481736288134_80487\" style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,sans-serif\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481736288134_80486\" style=\"color: #000000\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481736288134_80617\">Sam Worthington (<\/span><em><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481736288134_80619\">Avatar, Hacksaw Ridge<\/span><\/em><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481736288134_80525\">),<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Octavia Spencer (<\/span><em><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481736288134_80615\">The Help<\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481736288134_80617\">)<\/span><\/em><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481736288134_80619\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481736288134_80525\"> and the country music star Tim McGraw. It&#8217;s produced by Gil Netter (<i id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481736288134_80560\">Life of Pi, The Blindside<\/i>).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I just saw a first half hour or so of the film and I can tell you that I want to see this movie in its entirety. Worthington&#8217;s performance\u00a0 as a man who spirals into depression\u00a0 after the violent death of his young daughter at the hands of a killer is quietly compelling. I have a feeling this successful actor is one hit away from major stardom and this movie may be it. We may also be hearing more from Stuart Hazeldine, the relatively unknown but obviously assured and talented director behind the scenes. I didn&#8217;t even get to the part where Octavia Spencer arrives on the scene as an incarnation of God. So, I&#8217;m thinking I haven&#8217;t even seen the best part.<\/p>\n<p><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em><strong>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith and media. The Shack releases in theaters nationwide on March 3, 2017. Based on Paul Young&#8217;s amazingly popular book (which I understand is one of the top bestselling 100 novels of all time) stars\u00a0Sam Worthington (Avatar, Hacksaw Ridge), Octavia Spencer (The Help) and the country music star&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9157,9141,9154,9155,9153,9158,8530,9156],"class_list":["post-7297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-gil-netter-life-of-pi","tag-hacksaw-ridge","tag-octavia-spencer-the-help","tag-paul-young","tag-sam-worthington-avatar","tag-the-blindside","tag-the-shack","tag-tim-mcgraw"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Faith-themed &quot;The Shack&quot; has the look of an early 2017 box office powerhouse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2016\/12\/faith-themed-shack-look-early-2017-box-office-powerhouse.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Faith-themed &quot;The Shack&quot; has the look of an early 2017 box office powerhouse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here&#8217;s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith and media. 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