The Kendrick Brothers have remade their first movie, FLYWHEEL, in Portuguese for Brazilian audiences.
The new movie is called FLYWHEEL: IGNITION OF THE SOUL.
Stephen Kendrick told Movieguide® that after their movie, THE FORGE, which was the No. 1 movie in Brazil in it’s opening week, some Brazilians interested in making high-quality Christian movies approached him and his brother, Alex Kendrick.
At the time, they thought, “We don’t know the languages or the language. We don’t know the laws. We don’t know the crew. We don’t know the locations. We don’t know the money exchange. How’s this going to happen? But God was like, ‘I’m in it, go,’” Stephen said.
God provided for them every step of the way. There was an award-winning Brazilian screenwriter who adapted the script free of cost, and others perfect for their jobs showed up at just the right time.
“When we hit the ground, the translator would walk in the room when we needed him. Somebody would walk up saying, ‘Do you need this location?’ It’d be exactly what we needed. We usually do 13 casting sessions on an American film,” but in Brazil, “We did one,” Stephen said.
One of the most incredible things that happened was the testimony of a man who had worked on 90 secular films. He had recently gotten saved. After working on IGNITION OF THE SOUL, he said it was the best project he’d ever worked on.
“He said, ‘I’m never going back. This is my favorite movie by far, and I’m honoring God in the process, and we’re lifting up Jesus, and now I’m using my skills for something that matters in eternity,’” Stephen recalled. “And we were just like, man, God was working behind the scenes as much as he was in front of the camera.”
The movie is dubbed and subbed in English for American audiences. It will be available in US theaters on Oct. 16.
The description reads, “Set in Rio de Janeiro, the new film FLYWHEEL: Ignition Of The Soul follows Noah Silva, a smooth-talking, used-car salesman whose ‘do-whatever-it-takes’ approach to business and life begins to unravel at home and at work. After a series of wake-up calls, Noah is forced to confront the cost of his choices. He begins a difficult and deeply personal journey to restore his integrity while trying to win back the hearts of his wife and son.”
Last month, Alex told the Christian Post that they had no idea what they were doing when they made FLYWHEEL 20 years ago.
“The Lord did more than we could have ever asked or imagined… It blew up, sold over one million DVDs. So many people responded to it,” and now, thanks to IGNITION OF THE SOUL’s debut, millions of Brazilians will get to be touched by its message, too.
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