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Relativity Media’s MACHINE GUN PREACHER New Images


Gerard Butler, stars as “Sam Childers,” the impassioned founder of Angels of East Africa rescue organization, brings hope where there is none to hundreds of children in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER.

Relativity Media has released these new images and poster from MACHINE GUN PREACHER – the inspirational true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing criminal who undergoes an astonishing transformation and finds his unexpected calling as the savior of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children in war-torn Sudan. Gerard Butler (300) delivers a searing performance as Childers, the impassioned founder of the Angels of East Africa rescue organization in Golden Globe®-nominated director Marc Forster’s (Monster’s Ball, The Kite Runner) moving story of violence and redemption.


Michelle Monaghan and Gerard Butler star as husband and wife in the inspirational true story of Sam Childers. A former drug-dealing criminal Sam (Butler) makes the life-changing decision to go to East Africa to help repair homes destroyed by civil war in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER.

When ex-biker-gang member Sam Childers (Butler) makes the life-changing decision to go to East Africa to help repair homes destroyed by civil war, he is outraged by the unspeakable horrors faced by the region’s vulnerable populace, especially the children. Ignoring the warnings of more experienced aide workers, Sam breaks ground for an orphanage where it’s most needed—in the middle of territory controlled by the brutal Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a renegade militia that forces children to become soldiers before they even reach their teens.

But for Sam, it is not enough to shelter the LRA’s intended victims. Determined to save as many as possible, he leads armed missions deep into enemy territory to retrieve kidnapped children, restoring peace to their lives—and eventually his own. An explosive, real-life tale of a man who has rescued over a thousand orphans from starvation, disease and enslavement, Machine Gun Preacher also stars Michelle Monaghan (Source Code), Kathy Baker (Cold Mountain), Madeline Carroll (Mr. Popper’s Penguins), Academy Award® nominee Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road) and Souleymane Sy Savane (“Damages”).

The script is written by Jason Keller (Relativity’s Untitled Snow White Project). Producers are Marc Forster, Robbie Brenner (A Perfect Getaway), Gary Safady, Craig Chapman (Highland Park) and Deborah Giarratana (2012). Director of photography is Roberto Schaefer (Finding Neverland). Editor is Matt Chesse (Finding Neverland). Production designer is Philip Messina (The Last Airbender). Costume designer is Frank L. Fleming (The Kite Runner). Jillian Kugler (Quantum of Solace) is associate producer. Douglas Saylor Jr. (Main Street) is co-producer. Executive producers are Gerard Butler, Michael Corso (13), Kyle Dean Jackson (The Divide), Myles Nestel (Conviction), Louise Rosner (Fracture), Alan Siegel (Law Abiding Citizen), Adi Shankar (Main Street), Spencer Silna (Main Street) and Bradford Simpson (Diary of a Wimpy Kid).

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Gerard Butler, stars as “Sam Childers,” the impassioned founder of Angels of East Africa rescue organization, brings hope where there is none to hundreds of children in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER.


Gerard Butler stars as “Sam Childers”, who is a former criminal biker-gang member who transforms into a savior for hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER.


Gerard Butler, “Sam Childers”, the impassioned founder of Angels of East Africa rescue organization, brings hope where there is none to hundreds of children in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER.


Gerard Butler, “Sam Childers”, the impassioned founder of Angels of East Africa rescue organization, brings hope where there is none to hundreds of children in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER


Gerard Butler “Sam Childers” and Souleymane Sy Savane “Deng” save kidnapped children in the middle of territory controlled by the brutal Lord?s Resistance Army (LRA) in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER


Gerard Butler stars as “Sam Childers”, the savior of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children, who leads armed missions deep into East African enemy territory in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER


Souleymane Sy Savane “Deng” and Gerard Butler “Sam Childers” save kidnapped children in the middle of territory controlled by the brutal Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER


(Left to right.) Kathy Baker, Madeline Carroll, Michelle Monaghan and Gerard Butler star as the Childers family in Relativity Media’s MACHINE GUN PREACHER. The film is the inspirational true story of the impassioned founder of the Angels of East Africa rescue organization.


(Left to right.) Michelle Monaghan, Madeline Carroll, and Gerard Butler star as the Childers family in Relativity Media’s MACHINE GUN PREACHER. The film is the inspirational true story of the impassioned founder of the Angels of East Africa rescue organization.

(Right to left.) Michael Shannon “Donnie” and Gerard Butler “Sam Childers” are former criminal biker-gang members and best friends before Sam’s astonishing transformation to the savior of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER.


Kathy Baker stars in Relativity Media’s MACHINE GUN PREACHER. The film is inspirational true story of the impassioned founder of the Angels of East Africa rescue organization.


Michael Shannon stars as “Donnie” the former criminal biker-gang best friend of Sam Childers in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER.


Madeline Carroll, stars as Sam Childers’ daughter in Relativity Media’s MACHINE GUN PREACHER. The film is the inspirational true story of the impassioned founder of the Angels of East Africa rescue organization.


Director Marc Forster on the set of Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER.


(Left to right.) Director, Marc Forster and star Gerard Butler on the set of Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER.


(Left to right.) The real Sam Childers and Gerard Butler who plays “Sam Childers” the savior of kidnapped children and the impassioned founder of the Angels of East Africa rescue organization in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER


Michelle Monaghan stars as the wife of Sam Childers in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER


(Left to right.).Michelle Monaghan and Gerard Butler star as husband and wife in the inspirational true story of Sam Childers. A former drug-dealing criminal Sam (Butler) makes the life-changing decision to go to East Africa to help repair homes destroyed by civil war in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER.


(Left to right.) Souleymane Sy Savane “Deng” and Gerard Butler “Sam” save kidnapped children in the middle of territory controlled by the brutal Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER

Photos:  Ilze Kitshoff, Kevin Evans and Phil Bray © 2011 MGP Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

First Look At Gerard Butler In MACHINE GUN PREACHER

Check out this first look still of Souleymane Sy Savane and Gerard Butler in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER.

Directed and produced by DGA and Golden Globe®-nominee Marc Forster (Finding Neverland, Monster’s Ball) and written by Jason Keller (Relativity’s Untitled Snow White Project), the film stars Gerard Butler (300) in a tour de force performance and will release in Los Angeles and New York on September 23, 2011. The film will expand markets in the weeks to follow. Lionsgate has international distribution rights, working in partnership with Relativity who has North American rights to theatrically market and distribute the film.

The film also showcases powerful performances by an ensemble cast, including Michelle Monaghan (Due Date), Kathy Baker (Cold Mountain), Oscar®-nominee Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road), Madeline Carroll (The Spy Next Door) and breakout actor Souleymane Sy Savane (Goodbye Solo).

Machine Gun Preacher is based on the true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing criminal who finds faith leading him on a path to East Africa. Shocked by the mayhem in Sudan, Childers becomes a crusader for hundreds of refugee children. Inspired to create a safe haven for the multitudes fleeing enslavement by the brutal Lord’s Resistance Army, he restores peace to their lives and eventually his own.

Producing are Relativity’s Robbie Brenner, Safady Entertainment’s Gary Safady and Craig Chapman, and GG Filmz’s Deborah Giarratana.

“This is a powerful story, and we feel strongly that it is one audiences need to see. Forster once again proves that he is among the best directors of our time and Butler delivers a career-defining performance bolstered by a rock solid supporting cast,” says Relativity’s President of Worldwide Production, Tucker Tooley.

“The film is blessed to have two passionate partners in Relativity and Lionsgate. I’m excited to be working with both companies to bring the incredible story of Sam Childers to the world. I’m really proud of my cast, and all of their hard work in making this movie that means so much to all of us personally,” said Forster.

“We have a longstanding relationship with Marc, and given that together we felt it was best for the film to be released domestically this year, we are very happy that Relativity is able to handle it,” says Mike Paseornek, Lionsgate’s President of Motion Picture Production and Development.

Looking ahead, Relativity will release David Ellis’ Shark Night 3D on September 2, 2011 and then the highly-anticipated Immortals on November 11, 2011, starring Henry Cavill, Stephen Dorff, Isabel Lucas, Freida Pinto, Luke Evans and Kellan Lutz with John Hurt and Mickey Rourke. The studio is in production on its Untitled Snow White Project (in theatres March 16, 2012), starring Lily Collins as Snow White, Oscar®-winner Julia Roberts as the evil Queen, Armie Hammer as Prince Andrew Alcott, and Nathan Lane as the hapless and bungling servant to the Queen. Relativity’s expansive 2012 slate also includes Haywire (in theatres January 20, 2012), Act of Valor (in theatres February 17, 2012), Untitled Raven Project (in theatres March 9, 2012), Untitled Farrelly/Wessler Project (in theatres April 13, 2012), House at the End of the Street (in theatres April 20, 2012), Safe Haven (in theatres June 1, 2012) and Hunter Killer (in theatres December 21, 2012).

Credit: Phil Bray/© 2011 MGP Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved