‘Something’s Changed’: Actor Praises Hollywood Creators for ‘Telling Stories of Faith’

Published: December 30, 2024

Movieguide® interviews Neal McDonough at the HOMESTEAD red carpet premiere.

‘Something’s Changed’: Actor Praises Hollywood Creators for ‘Telling Stories of Faith’

By Movieguide® Contributor

Actor Neal McDonough is one of many who are celebrating the voices in Hollywood who are “going out on a limb and telling stories of faith.”

“There is definitely a need for films that talk about faith — talk about family, talk about the what-ifs of life,” McDonough said in an interview with Glenn Beck. “Going out and buying tickets to films like this — that’s the message you’re directly sending to Los Angeles.”

The pair discussed the change that’s taking place in Hollywood, with family-friendly and faith-based content earning major box office success.

“Whether it’s Angel Studios, whether it’s the amazing Erwin Brothers, whether it’s Dallas Jenkins, whether it’s the Kendricks,” McDonough said. “Whoever it is who’s going out on a limb and telling stories of faith so the whole family can go to a theater.”

He continued, “Never, ever, ever have I seen before four or five [studios] saying, ‘Oh by the way, if you have something of faith, we’re very interested this year.’ Something’s changed.”

McDonough’s own projects are proof of that change.

Collider reported that HOMESTEAD, in which the actor stars, “opened to $6 million from only 1,800 screens,” earning more than GLADIATOR II in the same weekend.

“A nuclear bomb is detonated in Los Angeles, and the nation devolves into unprecedented chaos. Ex-Green Beret Jeff Eriksson and his family escape to The Homestead, an eccentric prepper’s fortress nestled in the mountains,” a synopsis of the movie reads. “As violent threats and apocalyptic conditions creep toward their borders, the residents of The Homestead are left to wonder: how long can a group of people resist both the dangers of human nature and the bloodshed at their doorstep?”

“We are so proud of HOMESTEAD’s opening weekend, it is doing so well in the theaters,” McDonough wrote in an Instagram post. “Take your family if you haven’t already. A film about Family and Faith and the ‘what if’s’ in today’s world.”