![]() While the first "God's Not Dead" film dealt with an antagonistic atheist professor, the new film will address the freedom of religion, a topic that has become even more prevalent since last month's U.S. "With the principal and superintendent teaming up with a zealous civil liberties group represented by an attorney with no love lost for God, Grace faces an epic court case with the help of sympathetic and charismatic defense lawyer, that could cost her the career she had always dreamed of - and expel God from the classroom once and for all," reads a description of the film that was shared with The Christian Post. "God's Not Dead 2: He's Surely Alive" takes place in the fictional town of Hope Springs, Arkansas, at a high school where teacher Grace Wesley, played by Hart, faces opposition when she tries to speak about Jesus Christ openly in her classroom. White will be returning for the second installment. Stars from the original "God's Not Dead" film Trisha LaFache, Benjamin Onyango, Paul Kwo and David A.R. Other cameos include Hayley Orrantia of "The Goldbergs," Ernie Hudson from "Ghostbusters," model Robin Givens and singer Pat Boone. ![]() The sequel to the faith-based mega-hit stars Melissa Joan Hart, who's best known for her roles in the TV series "Clarissa Explains It All" and "Sabrina the Teenage Witch," and actor Jesse Metcalf who made a name himself as the adulterous landscaper on ABC's "Desperate Housewives." Robertson will follow in the footsteps of her parents, Willie and Korie, who made a cameo in the original "God's Not Dead" film. ![]() We're not going to know the answer anytime soon."God's Not Dead 2: He's Surely Alive," the sequel to the $60 million grossing 2014 film, hits theaters on Easter of 2016 and will feature a slew of cameos from well-known celebrities, including an appearance from "Duck Dynasty" star Sadie Robertson. The size of the film library, however, will be only one factor in determining which one ultimately comes out on top. In other words, there's not a lot to choose from at this point.īlu-ray has a bit of an edge when it comes to studio support, as there are more studios releasing films in that format than HD DVD. And during the first two weeks of January, there were no new HD DVD titles released and just two movies on Blu-ray. A unscientific search of Amazon turned up 342 HD DVD titles compared with 257 for Blu-ray. In terms of movies available, HD DVD appears to have the lead. Just over half of the HD DVD players sold were Xbox 360 add-ons. The overwhelming majority of Blu-ray players are PS3sonly 25,000 standalone Blu-ray players had been sold at year-end. 270,000 of those were HD DVD players the other 425,000 were Blu-ray. As of the end of 2006, only 695,000 consumers owned either a Blu-ray or HD DVD player. As we've said before, it's way too early in the game to be naming winners and losers. ![]() Take these numbers with a large grain of kosher salt, however. ThatThe sales figures for January have closed the gap in terms of total sales, with there being 92.4 Blu-ray movies sold for every 100 HD DVD titles by mid-month. Since both formats were officially launched last year, HD DVD has held a clear lead over its rival in terms of movie sales. Although hardware sales figures have been easy to come by, the movie studios and distributors have kept actual movie sales figures under wraps, so this is one of the first clear glimpses of what's going on with next-gen disc sales. The metrics firm tracks sales in nearly every distribution channel from the Internet to big-box retailers and specialty stores. Nielsen VideoScan is the go-to source for the consumer electronics industry when it comes to tracking video sales. According to Nielsen's data as reported by Home Media Magazine, Blu-ray titles outsold HD DVD titles by a better than two-to-one margin during the first week of January and closer to three-to-one (38.36 HD DVD titles for every 100 Blu-ray titles) during the second week of the month. ![]() Nielsen VideoScan has released its latest figures on Blu-ray and HD DVD sales, and Blu-ray is starting to close the gap on its competitor. ![]()
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