By Ben Kayser, Managing Editor
A few weeks ago, Kirk Cameron revealed he was making a new family movie with comedian Tim Hawkins. In an exclusive interview with Movieguide®, Kirk revealed the premise of his next movie MERCY RULE and stated when audiences can expect it.
Kirk explains, “Baseball fans know, Mercy Rule is when you’re beating the other team so badly, you invoke the mercy rule, which lets them off the hook. This is a family film that my wife and I play husband and wife. Bas Rutten from HERE COMES THE BOOM plays the baseball coach, and Tim Hawkins, the comedian who sings the Chick-Fil-A song, plays my brother. This is a movie about a family who learns the kingdom lessons of patience, mercy, sacrifice, legacy, and trusting God.”
When Kirk made the initial announcement, he also asked his 1.4 million fans whether they’d like to see the movie in theaters, on DVD or available for digital download. The response was overwhelming, people want good family friendly content now, so Kirk and his family studio Camfam Studios decided to give audiences what they want. MERCY RULE is available for purchase right now on DVD and Digital Download thanks to an exclusive partnership with Family Christian Stores. Those who purchase it on DVD should receive it by Valentine’s Day 2014. Check back soon for Movieguide®’s review of MERCY RULE.
“Just like FIREPROOF restored marriages, I’m so excited, because I believe MERCY RULE will strengthen families with kids.”
In addition to MERCY RULE, Kirk is currently working on a Christmas movie expected later this year that addresses the importance of the holiday and its Christian roots.
"Oh that God would give every mother a vision of the glory and splendor of the work that is given to her when a babe is placed in her bosom to be nursed and trained! Could she have but one glimpse in to the future of that life as it reaches on into eternity; could she look into its soul to see its possibilities; could she be made to understand her own personal responsibility for the training of this child, for the development of its life, and for its destiny,--she would see that in all God's world there is no other work so noble and so worthy of her best powers, and she would commit to no other's hands the sacred and holy trust given to her." -JR Miller
