{"id":1372651,"date":"2022-03-12T08:16:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T13:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1372651"},"modified":"2022-03-12T08:23:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T13:23:24","slug":"how-mark-wahlberg-bypassed-liberal-hollywood-to-get-faith-based-film-father-stu-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-mark-wahlberg-bypassed-liberal-hollywood-to-get-faith-based-film-father-stu-made\/","title":{"rendered":"How Mark Wahlberg Bypassed Liberal Hollywood to Get Faith-Based Film \u201cFather Stu\u201d Made"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhow-mark-wahlberg-bypassed-liberal-hollywood-to-get-faith-based-film-father-stu-made%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1372651&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>When Hollywood refused to make his new faith-based movie\u00a0<em>Father Stu<\/em>, Mark Wahlberg stepped up to make it himself.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>\u2018Hollywood Doesn\u2019t Make Films Like This\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cHollywood doesn\u2019t make films like this,\u201d Wahlberg explained to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/mark-wahlberg-father-stu.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Christian Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Always make it count and never give up. What are you giving up for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lent?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lent<\/a>? \ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FatherStuMovie?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FatherStuMovie<\/a>, starring <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markwahlberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MarkWahlberg<\/a> is exclusively in theaters this Easter. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZC877bBzfb\">pic.twitter.com\/ZC877bBzfb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Father Stu Movie (@FatherStuMovie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FatherStuMovie\/status\/1500516566147944450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Father Stu<\/em>, which is set to be released on April 13, is based on the incredible journey to faith of the\u00a0boxer-turned-priest Father Stuart Long.<\/p>\n<p>Wahlberg pitched the movie to various Hollywood studios for six \u201cslow years,\u201d but he was only met with \u201cresistance\u201d over the Christian themes of the movie.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, the Catholic Church was reluctant to get behind the film because of how vulgar the language is at times in it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Subscribe and get our daily emails and follow us on social media.<\/h4>\n<div class=\"terms-privacy\">\n<p>By opting in, you agree to receive emails with the latest in Lifestyle + Entertainment from TellMeNow. Your information will not be shared with or sold to 3rd parties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themix.net\/2022\/01\/mark-wahlberg-and-mel-gibsons-new-faith-based-movie-father-stu-also-features-yellowstone-star\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Wahlberg And Mel Gibson\u2019s New Faith-Based Movie \u2018Father Stu\u2019 Also Features \u2018Yellowstone\u2019 Star<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>\u2018I Was Met With Resistance\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI was met with resistance not only from studios to make this movie, but also from the Church, which I was really surprised about,\u201d Wahlberg recalled. \u201cBut then I realized, they opened to Page 1, and Bill\u2019s using the F word, and in Page 2, he used it again. Then next thing you know, \u2018this is vulgar and this is unacceptable\u2019 without really understanding what the message was.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think if you\u2019d left the <em>Passion of the Christ<\/em> 20 minutes before the movie was over, you get the wrong message too,\u201d he added. \u201cSo it was important for us to just say, \u2018OK, let\u2019s go make the movie on our own and then bring it to them and then see what their response is.\u2019 Then if it\u2019s not, I will continue to grow to challenge why people are turning away, or why people are not accepting it because of various reasons or why this wouldn\u2019t be accepted because of language?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themix.net\/2022\/02\/mark-wahlberg-torches-cancel-culture-its-not-my-place-to-judge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Wahlberg Torches Cancel Culture \u2013 \u2018It\u2019s Not My Place To Judge\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Wahlberg Funds \u2018Father Stu\u2019 Himself<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Refusing to give up, Wahlberg funded the movie himself because he feels that its powerful message is something the world needs to see right now.<\/p>\n<p>He says that the movie is about \u201clove, hope and redemption,\u201d and showing that \u201cnobody is beyond redemption.\u201d Check out a trailer for <i>Father Stu<\/i>\u00a0below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n[embedded content]\n<\/div>\n<p>Though the film has not officially been released yet, Wahlberg has heard good things so far from those who have gotten to see it pre-release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so nice to hear the kind of reaction that we\u2019re hearing and people all being touched by the film for one reason or another,\u201d Wahlberg said. \u201cNothing worse than being like, \u2018OK, I\u2019m obligated to go out there promote with you because I was paid to do the movie.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a different thing when you actually paid for the movie yourself,\u201d he continued. \u201cBut the movie was so blessed, and really many times there was a real intercession from some sort of higher power, I would have to say it would be God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We applaud Wahlberg for never giving up on such an inspiring film that spreads the word of God. We can\u2019t wait to see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt14439896\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Father\u00a0Stu\u00a0<\/i>when it comes<\/a> out next month!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Hollywood refused to make his new faith-based movie\u00a0Father Stu, Mark Wahlberg stepped up to make it himself. \u2018Hollywood Doesn\u2019t Make Films Like This\u2019 \u201cHollywood doesn\u2019t make films like this,\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1372651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1372651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1372651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1372651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1372651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}