Kingdom Story Company
Kingdom Story Company is an American independent film and television studio in partnership with Lionsgate specializing in the production of Christian films. It was founded on March 26, 2019 by the Erwin Brothers (Jon and Andrew Erwin), Kevin Downes, and Tony Young and has operations in Nashville, Tennessee, and Los Angeles, California.
History
Kingdom was funded by profits from the Erwins' film I Can Only Imagine, which was released in early 2018 by Lionsgate, grossing more than $83 million at the domestic box office on a $7 million budget. Subsequent negotiations with Lionsgate culminated in a multi-year deal in which it was agreed that the Erwin Brothers and Kevin Downes would create faith-based feature films and television programming for the company. Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Chairman, Joe Drake, and Television Group Chairman, Kevin Beggs announced the agreement on August 9, 2018.Kingdom Story Company was announced to have been launched on March 26, 2019, at the National Religious Broadcasters convention in Anaheim, California.
I [Still Believe (film)|I Still Believe], Kingdom's first film project, began filming in the spring of 2019 and was released on March 13, 2020.
In September 2019, it was announced that Kingdom would be launching a television division, headed by The [Big Bang Theory] producer Mona Garcea.
After Kingdom acquired the film rights to NFL quarterback Kurt Warner's life story, interviews, and memoir, American Underdog: The [Kurt Warner Story] was announced in February 2020, and released on December 25, 2021. Most recently, the company had renewed its first-look deal with Lionsgate.