Scene Around Town: God’s Not Dead 2 Franklin Premiere

On Tuesday evening, the red carpet was rolled out for the Franklin premiere of God’s Not Dead 2 held at the Franklin Theatre in downtown Franklin.

Some of the special guests in attendance included: Newsboys, David A.R. White, Audio Adrenaline, Chonda Pierce, Ryan Stevenson, Rapture Ruckus, Young Noah, Ty Brasel, Zach Hall, Juan Otero, Troy Luccketta, Jasmine Murray, Kolby Koloff and Director Harold Cronk.

God’s Not Dead 2 stars Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), Jesse Metcalfe (Dallas and Desperate Housewives), Hayley Orrantia ( The Goldbergs), David A.R. White ( God’s Not Dead), Sadie Robertson (Duck Dynasty), Robin Givens (Head of the Class), the late Senator Fred Dalton Thompson, and Pat Boone. Featured appearances include The Newsboys and former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee.

The film, rated PG (for thematic elements) is being released on April 1, 2016 – on what some may think is an “unconventional” release date – because it’s the day recognized as National Atheists’ Day.

“Cases like these – where the religious freedoms of everyday men and women are being restricted by courts and government agencies – are sadly quite common today,” explained producer Michael Scott, founding partner of Pure Flix, the largest Christian entertainment production and distribution studio in the world.

See our Facebook Live video from the red carpet with Chonda Pierce

The purpose of the release date, and of the film itself, is to get those on both sides of the debate to talk to one another rather than to label one another’s beliefs, according to Scott.
“Our goal has always been and remains making movies that entertain and educate an army of people who can talk about their faith intelligently, and really take that to the world,” he said. “Our hope is that we can start a conversation in the country with this movie about how critical the right to believe, and to talk about that belief in public, is to our nation.”

God’s Not Dead 2 opens on April 1st at Carmike Thoroughbred 20,Franklin with showtimes of  12:45,1:15,3:40,4:10,6:35,7:05,9:30 and 10:00 pm.  Showing at Carmike 12 in Springhill at 1:15,4:15,7:15,and 10:10pm.

For more updates,visit God’s Not Dead 2 Facebook page.

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