Christian novelist Karen Kingsbury is taking on a new endeavor, producing her first full-length feature under her new production company–Karen Kingsbury Productions.
The “queen of Christian fiction” is getting behind the camera to bring to life her novel, “Someone Like You.” It’s a love story with redemptive themes of reconciliation, sacrifice and beauty from tragedy.
“I really felt like it wouldn’t be what I pictured it to be unless I did it myself,” Kingsbury told Christianity Today. “I’m running towards the Red Sea. God’s parting the water, but my toes might get a little wet.”
The New York Times Bestselling author and writer of more than 70 titles has had films produced by the Hallmark Channel, films released on the streaming service Pure Flix and several other novel-to-film adaptations at film festivals.
But Kingsbury felt it was time to step out in faith and try something new.
She and her husband have invested more than $2 million into “Someone Like You” and have plans to put $1 million more towards advertising and publicity.
But her success in the movie industry is not guaranteed.
“The advice I got was ‘Don’t use your own money,'” Kingsbury said. “And ‘Don’t put it all in one film.’ Everything I heard, I’m going the other way. But I feel good about it.”
Kingsbury follows a long line of faith-based writers who have taken the leap into the film industry under their own production companies.
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