A Message ‘That Transcends All Religions’: Audience Members Praise ‘The Firing Squad’ at Screening

Published on March 11, 2024

The highly-anticipated screening of “The Firing Squad” previewed at Warner Bros. Studios in Los Angeles on March 2. The private screening was attended by Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. and well-known actor Kevin Sorbo, where guests watched the cinematic retelling of a true story about Christian prisoners who face execution in a third-world country. Imagine being put on death row, and consider the mental state you’d be in: Would you be racked with fear? Fall into a deep depression? Or despair and lament in your final moments? According to Hollywood director Timothy Chey, this isn’t the case with every inmate who faces execution. He said the story of 3 Christian inmates in a foreign prison who were at peace with their approaching ends captivated his attention....