My husband and I went to
see this movie opening weekend (last week) and really enjoyed it. It was especially
fun for us too, knowing that the producers had been homeschooled. After
16+ years homeschooling my two sons, I can remember when they worked on
making movies too. This is a great family film, full of faith, romance
and swash-buckling action. I highly recommend it. :)
Here's some great info about the movie and its producers. You don't want to miss it.
Homeschooled Filmmakers Go From Kickstarter to
100-City Theatrical Premiere With Groundbreaking
New Movie
BeyondtheMaskMovie.com
LOS
ANGELES – June 10, 2015 – The swashbuckling family,
action-adventure film BEYOND THE MASK—with
CGI and green-screen effects unprecedented for the faith genre—scored with fans
and at the box office in its theatrical debut this weekend.
Fans on Rotten Tomatoes awarded BEYOND THE MASK a 94 percent approval
rating—the second-highest for films opening on the June 5 weekend. Combined
with record-breaking on-demand sales, the film’s box office topped $1 million.
“BEYOND
THE MASK is a big favorite with family audiences,” Director Chad Burns
said. “The 100-city theatrical opening took it wider, more audiences responded,
and we’re loving the response.”
From Burns Family Studios and Freestyle
Releasing, BEYOND THE MASK is a
rousing, epic, historical drama that reviewers called “stunning” and
“groundbreaking.”
“Go watch this great movie,” one Variety reader commented. The next
comment: “Director great
. . .
story great and full of surprises. MUST SEE.”
“A wonderfully balanced mixture of Zorro-esque
action/adventure, Jane Austen romance, with a James Bond-inspired villain set
in the familiar and resonant pages of our own American history,” Caleb T. Carrol
wrote on Fandango.
BEYOND
THE MASK brings history to life with the story of Will
Reynolds, leading mercenary for the British East India Company. Will has been
double-crossed and now is on the run in the American colonies. To redeem his
name and win back the woman with whom he's never been fully truthful, Will
takes on a new mask to thwart his former employer. As his past closes in on
him, Will must somehow gain the trust and the help of his beloved Charlotte—as
well as Ben Franklin—as he races time to defuse a plot of historical
proportions. The revolutionary BEYOND
THE MASK is a faith-filled adventure celebrating grace, liberty and the
true freedom found only in Christ.
Critical praise for BEYOND THE MASK:
“Stunning special effects.” Christian Post
"On the same stage as NATIONAL TREASURE and
ZORRO.” Plugged In
“Simply put—Amazing!” MoviePilot.com
“A groundbreaking, fast-paced action adventure
with computer-generated images rivaling anything out of Hollywood.” The Baptist
Press
Besides the 100-city debut, BEYOND THE MASK is available in other locations in theaters on
demand. The film initially opened in April on Gathr’s on-demand platform at a
record-setting 440-plus theaters nationwide.
“If BEYOND
THE MASK isn’t in your city, just reserve a theater through Gathr and bring
it,” Producer Aaron Burns said. “Everything a fan needs to see the movie in a
local theater is on our website at BeyondtheMaskMovie.com.”
The story-behind-the-story of BEYOND THE MASK is another compelling
tale. Aaron and Chad Burns are homeschooled cousins who began making films with
family members for fun and school projects. Early efforts morphed into Burns
Family Studios, creators of PENDRAGON, an action-adventure film that won awards
and played nationally.
Starting the process for BEYOND THE MASK four years ago with a successful Kickstarter
campaign, the Burns cousins marshaled an army of volunteers and movie
professionals to shoot the film in 2012-13. They even attracted international
star John Rhys-Davies of The Lord of the
Ring series to the project.
The on-demand release posted record box office
results for the Gathr platform. In the two weeks following the opening, it
managed a box-office-leading per screen sales average for the Monday-Wednesday
time frame. That strong on-demand opening then paved the way for the full
theatrical release.
BEYOND THE MASK is from Director Chad
Burns and Producer Aaron Burns, with a script co-written by Stephen Kendrick
(COURAGEOUS, FIREPROOF) and Paul McCusker (Adventures
in Odyssey). It stars Andrew Cheney (SEASONS OF GRAY) and Kara Killmer (Chicago Fire) and John Rhys-Davies
(RETURN TO THE HIDING PLACE, THE LORD OF THE RINGS).
For interviews, contact: Michael
Conrad Michael@Lovell-Fairchild.com
214-616-0320
For more information, visit:
BeyondtheMaskMovie.com
For press material, visit: Lovell-Fairchild.com
About Burns Family Studios
Burns Family Studios happened when families with
a passion for creative storytelling aimed to share the joy of Christ. Its first
feature film, PENDRAGON: SWORD OF HIS FATHER, a historic epic, was set in the
Dark Ages of Britain. Since its 2008 debut, PENDRAGON has been recognized at 15
film festivals, purchased by the world’s largest Christian TV network,
distributed across North America and dubbed by foreign distributors into
Spanish, German and Portuguese.
Jodie again.... Show your support by watching this in the theaters and let Hollywood know how much Christian films are needed and appreciated.
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