Filmmaker Mitch Davis is hoping for a million Americans to go to the cinema next weekend to jump-start the long-awaited release of “The Other Side of Heaven 2: Fire of Faith,” which opens nationwide June 28.
It’s been 18 years since the first “Other Side of Heaven” movie, starring Christopher Gorham and Anne Hathaway, was a surprise hit in 2001.
Davis — who wrote, directed and produced the sequel after directing and co-writing the first film — says the 2001 success was the beginning of Hollywood taking notice of uplifting, faith-oriented films.
“Many, many people in the world today have faith, but faith has been and continues to be marginalized and ridiculed in the movies,” he says.