Get a behind-the-scenes look at Miracles from Heaven. Preview The Passion Live before it airs Palm Sunday. Get a glimpse of the sci-fi film Midnight Special with its director and cast. And sample Christon Gray’s new music.
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Efrem: SECONDS AWAY
ON "STUDIO 5"...
I WAS SO MOVED BY IT, I
JUST WANTED TO KNOW MORE.
Efrem: JENNIFER
GARNER BRINGS A MIRACLE
STORY TO THE BIG SCREEN.
"STUDIO 5" IS ONSET AND ON
THE RED CARPET WITH THE
STORY BEHIND THE MIRACLE.
PLUS...
HOW DO YOU PREPARE TO
PLAY JESUS.
Efrem: THE PASSION
STORY COMES TO LIFE ON THE
STREETS OF NEW ORLEANS.
THE ALL-STAR CAST IS HERE
IN "STUDIO 5," OF THE PALM
SUNDAY PERFORMANCE YOU
WOULDN'T FIND ANYWHERE
ELSE.
AND THEN...
BEN, ARE YOU SCARED?
Efrem: IT IS SCI-FI
MEETS THRILLER MEETS
RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM AND A
CHASE.
WE SIT DOWN WITH THE
CREATOR AND THE CAST OF
THE FILM "MIDNIGHT
SPECIAL."
"STUDIO 5" STARTS NOW.
HEY!
IS SOMEBODY THERE?
GET BETTER FAST.
Efrem: AND GET BETTER
FAST IS WHAT ANNABELLE
BEAM DID.
THAT'S A SCENE FROM THE
FILM "MIRACLES FROM
HEAVEN."
IT IS AN MAZING STORY OF AMAZING STORY OF
A LITTLE GIRL WHO WAS
STANDING AT DEATH'S DOOR.
WE HAVE YOUR ALL-ACCESS,
BACK-STAGE PASS.
FIRST "STUDIO 5's"
NUMBER FIVE.
AT NUMBER FIVE: GONE BUT
NOT FORGOTTEN.
JOEY FEEKS DIED AT HOME ON
SUNDAY GOSPEL LEGEND BILL
AND GLORIA GAITHER HOSTED
A PUBLIC MEMORIAL AND
THOUSANDS PAID THEIR
RESPECTS.
> AT NUMBER FOUR, JAMES
FORTUNE IS APOLOGIZING TO
HIS FAMILY AND HIS FANS.
HE PLEADED GUILTY TO
ASSAULTING HIS WIFE.
PROSECUTORS SAY HE HIT HER
WITH A STOOL AND THREW HER
AGAINST THE WALL OF THEIR
HOUSTON HOME BACK IN 2014.
CHRISTIAN LEADERS WARN IT
SHEDS LIGHT ON HIDDEN
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE
CHURCH.
> AT NUMBER THREE, THE
DUG GARGARS ARE BACK ON
TELEVISION.
IT DEBUTED THIS WEEK ON
T.L.C., AND THE FAMILY IS
TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT
STEPS.
W SATAN GAVE IT HIS BEST
SHOT AND TRIED TO TAKE OUR
WHOLE FAMILY DOWN.
BUT GOD HAS USED THIS.
WE'VE FORMAL AND WE'RE
MOVING ON.
Efrem: AT NUMBER TWO,
TIM TEBOW IS BEST KNOWN
FOR HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH,
BUT A FOX COMMENTATOR SAYS
THAT MAY BE THE ONLY THING
KEEPING HIM OFF THE NFL
FIELD.
COLIN COWHERD SAYS, NOBODY
WANTS TEBOW BECAUSE OF HIS
FAITH-BASED CRAZY FANS
THAT TAKE OVER THE
STADIUM.
THAT'S WHY DENVER HAD TO
GO OUT AND GET PEYTON
MANNING.
TIM IS A GOOD ENOUGH
ATHLETE TO BE ON EVERY
ROSTER IN HIS LEAGUE,
ABSOLUTELY.
> AT NUMBER ONE, THE
WAIT IS NEARLY OVER.
SHE SAID YES.
Efrem: RUSSELL WILSON
AND R & B SINGER SIERRA
ARE GETTING HEARD.
WILSON POPPED THE QUESTION
OFF THE COAST OF AFRICA.
THE COUPLE MADE HEADLINES
LAST YEAR AFTER ANNOUNCING
THEY WERE SAVING SEX FOR
MARRIAGE.
I'M SO EXCITED.
GOD IS SO GOOD.
Efrem: AND THOSE ARE
YOUR TOP FIVE FROM "STUDIO
5."
> CHRISTY BEAM WROTE THE
BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE
FAME "MIRACLES FROM
FILM "MIRACLES FROM
HEAVEN."
CHRISTY IS SITTING DOWN
WITH US, BUT, FIRST, HERE
IS A LOOK AT THE MAKING OF
THE MOVIE.
CHRISTY BEAM WATCHES
CLOSELY AS THE PAGES OF
HER BOOK, "MIRACLES FROM
HEAVEN," COME TO LIFE ON
THIS FILM SET.
THIS IS THE AMAZING STORY
OF HER DAUGHTER, ANNABELLE
ANNABELLE'S, HEALING FROM
A DEADLY DIGESTIVE ORDER.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR
SCHEDULE IS GOING TO BE
WITH THE DOCTOR.
WE JUST HAVE TO BE
AVAILABLE.
Efrem: ACTRESS
JENNIFER GARNER PLAYS
CHRISTY, A ROLE SHE
PERSONALLY CALLS
TRANSFORMATIVE.
MY INITIAL THOUGHTS
WERE, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
TO THINK.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF I COULD,
ON A BASIC LEVEL, BELIEVE
THE STORY.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, I
WAS SO MOVED BY IT, I JUST
WANTED TO KNOW MORE.
YOU'RE TELLING ME WHEN
THIS BABY GIRL FELL
30 FEET, SHE HIT HER HEAD
JUST RIGHT AND IT DIDN'T
KILL HER AND IT DIDN'T
PARALYZE HER?
IT HEALED HER?
YES.
Efrem: WE WATCHED THE
FILM WITH ANNA AND HER
FAMILY IN TEXAS.
IS WHAT HAPPENED WHAT YOU
PRAYED FOR?
I DIDN'T EXACTLY PRAY
FOR IT, BUT I JUST KNEW I
WAS TIRED OF DEALING WITH
IT.
AND I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE
TO DEAL WITH IT ANYMORE.
BUT I WASN'T, LIKE, OH, I
HOPE I FALL IN A TREE AND
GET HEALED.
THERE IS SOMETHING
WRONG WITH OUR LITTLE
GIRL.
YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN.
NO.
YOU CALM DOWN.
YOU FIND ME ANOTHER
DOCTOR.
YOU PERFORM MORE TESTS.
I'M NOT LEAVING THIS
HOSPITAL UNTIL I KNOW WHAT
IS WRONG WITH MY DAUGHTER.
Efrem: WHEN YOU MET
CHRISTY BEAM AND THOUGHT,
I'M GOING TO BRING THIS
WOMAN'S LIFE ON FILM, WHAT
DID YOU THINK YOU HAD TO
BRING TO SCREEN.
IT WAS VERY, VERY
IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE
BROUGHT TO SCREEN WHAT I
SAW IN REAL LIFE, WHICH
WAS THE ENORMOUS LOVE
BETWEEN THIS FAMILY, AND
THAT WE BE ALLOWED TO LET
THERE BE STRUGGLE WITHIN
THAT LOVE BECAUSE THAT IS
PART OF REAL LIFE.
AND YOU CAN'T EXPECT TO GO
THROUGH SOMETHING THIS
HUGE WITHOUT HAVING
MOMENTS OF STRIFE.
Efrem: "MIRACLES FROM
HEAVEN" UNITES BISHOP T.D.
JAKES AND DEVON FRANKLIN.
THEY WORKED TOGETHER ON
THE FILM "HEAVEN IS FOR
REAL."
Efrem: I KNOW YOU
WERE LOOKING FOR A
FOLLOWUP TO "HEAVEN IS FOR
REAL," AND WHY IS THIS THE
PERFECT STORY TO DO THAT?
THE PRESIDENT OF SONY
CALLED AND SAID, WE NEED
TO DO "HEAVEN IS FOR REAL
2" AND WE WERE LIKE,
COLTON CAME BACK?
AND SHE WAS LIKE, NO,
THERE IS AN AUDIENCE WHO
WANTS MORE CONTENT LIKE
THIS.
AND HIS BOOK AGENT HAD
THIS BOOK PROPOSAL CALLED
"THREE MORE OR LESS FROM
HEAVEN."
IT WAS A MOTHER/DAUGHTER
STORY, A MOTHER FIGHTING
FOR THE HEALING OF HER
CHILD.
IT WAS A PAGE-TURNER.
AND WHEN YOU PUT THAT
PROPOSAL DOWN, IT WAS
CLEAR THIS WAS THE MOVIE
TO DO.
Efrem: WE KNOW THAT
CHRISTY BEAM IS CENTRAL TO
THIS STORY.
BUT ONE THE THINGS THAT
REALLY TOUCHED ME WAS HER
HUSBAND.
THE GENTLEMAN PLAYING HER
HUSBAND IN THE FILM, AS A
FATHER AND A HUSBAND, I
COULD IDENTIFY.
YOU SAY THAT LIKE IT'S
ABSOLUTE.
THIS MAY TAKE A WHILE,
BUT WE'LL BE OKAY.
Efrem: WHAT DO YOU
WANT MEN TO TAKE AWAY FROM
THAT?
BECAUSE I KNOW, TURNING TO
A WIFE WHO IS FALLING
APART, THINKING, HOW DO I
PULL THIS TOGETHER FOR
YOU --
OH, YES, I DO.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT
QUESTION TO BE ASKED.
YOU WOULD THINK WITH THE
FEMALE DIRECTOR, AT THE
LEVEL WE HAVE, AND WITH
THE STAR LEVEL OF JENNIFER
GARNER, THAT IT WOULD BE A
CHICK FLICT.
BUT IT IS NOT A CHICK
FLICK.
IT DOES NOT EMASCULATE
MEN.
HE IS STILL STRONG.
HE IS STILL RELEVANT.
HE IS STILL POWERFUL.
I THINK MEN WILL ENJOY
THIS FILM BECAUSE IT IS
NOT JUST MERELY THE
DUMBING DOWN OF THE
MASCULINE ROLE IN THE
HOME.
Efrem: THIS IS THE
STORY OF HOPE FROM THE
HEART TO THE HEART.
I WANT PEOPLE TO COME
AWAY FEELING HOPEFUL.
AND I WANT PEOPLE TO COME
AWAY AND FEEL LIKE THEY
ARE SURROUNDED BY MIRACLES
AND THEY ARE SURROUNDED BY
LOVE.
AND SOMETIMES YOU MAY HAVE
TO DIG THEM OUT.
AND IT IS WORTH DIGGING
OUT, AND TO LOOK AROUND
YOU AND FIND THE JOY THAT
ALREADY EXISTS IN YOUR
LIFE.
Efrem: AND SPEAKING
OF FINDING JOY IN THE
EVERY DAY, JENNIFER GARNER
HAS SHARED SHE GREW UP
GOING TO CHURCH AT HOME IN
WEST VIRGINIA.
AND AFTER DOING THIS
MOVIE, IT IS NOW SOMETHING
SHE AND HER CHILDREN HAVE
STARTED DOING REGULARLY IN
LOS ANGELES.
> STILL AHEAD ON "STUDIO
5"...
HE IS VERY GROUNDED,
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT
IS A MIDDLE CHILD THING OR
BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN TO
HEAVEN KIND OF THING.
Efrem: THE REAL-LIFE
MOTHER OF ANNABELLE BEAM
TAKES US INSIDE THE FILM
AND INSIDE HER DAUGHTER'S
MIRACLE.
I THINK THE MESSAGE OF
FAITH IS IN THIS FILM, I
THINK THE PERSEVERANCE
THAT THIS FAMILY HAS TO
KEEP IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
PEOPLE HAVE TO SEE THAT
YOU HAVE TO KEEP THE
FAITH.
Efrem: THAT'S QUEEN
LATIFAH, WHO STARS
ALONGSIDE JENNIFER GARNER
IN "MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN."
GARNER PLAYS CRIS BMO
NESBETT BURNCHRISTY BEAM,THE MOTHER OF ANNABELLE
BEAM.
WE SIT DOWN WITH CHRISTY
BEAM FOR TODAY'S "STUDIO
5" INTERVIEW.
ACTRESS JENNIFER GARNER
BRINGS THE LIFE OF CHRISTY
BEAM TO THE BIG SCREEN IN
THE FILM "MIRACLES FROM
HEAVEN."
IT'S A ROLE GARNER
PERSONALLY CALLS
TRANSFORMATIVE.
I LOVE TALKING TO PEOPLE
WHO CAN SEE THEIR LIVES
PORTRAYED ON THE BIG
SCREEN, ESPECIALLY WHEN
THEY HAVE SUCH GREAT
ACTORS AND ACTRESSES
PLAYING THEM.
DID JENNIFER GARNER NAIL
YOU?
OH, SHE DID AN AMAZING
JOB.
SHE NAILED IT.
AND HER HEART WAS SO IN IT
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
FROM THE MOMENT B WE MET, WE
JUST BONDED.
MAYBE AS MOTHERS, WE JUST
CONNECTOR.
IT JUST WARMED MY HEART
BECAUSE SHE HAD MY BOOK,
AND SHE WAS POURING OVER
THE PAGES.
SHE HIGHLIGHTED THINGS,
AND SHE HAD QUESTIONS FOR
ME ABOUT THINGS.
SHE COMPLETELY ENGULFED
HERSELF IN IT.
Efrem: BEAM SHARED
HER FAMILY'S STORY IN THE
BOOK ALSO TITLED "MIRACLES
FROM HEAVEN."
HER DAUGHTER SUFFERED
THROUGH YEARS OF PAIN,
HOSPITAL SURGERIES AND
INVASIVE TESTING.
SHE WAS SENT HOME TO DIE.
WHEN SHE FELL 30 FEET
HEAD-FIRST INTO A HOLLOW
COTTONWOOD TREE ON THE
FAMILY FARM, SHE WAS
TRAPPED, UNRESPONSIVE, FOR
HOURS.
BUT WOKE UP AND WALKED
AWAY HEALED, WITH A STORY
OF MEETING JESUS IN
HEAVEN.
Efrem: LET'S GO BACK
TO THAT TIME WHEN YOUR
DAUGHTER WAS SICK.
WERE YOU PRAYING FOR A
MIRACLE?
WHAT WERE YOU PRAYING FOR?
I HONESTLY -- I WISH I
COULD SAY I WAS PRAYING
FOR A MIRACLE, BUT I
WASN'T.
SOMETIMES MY PRAYERS WERE,
LET ANNABELLE EAT THIS
PLATE OF FOOD.
LET TODAY BE THE DAY SHE
DRINKS THIS WHOLE GLASS OF
WATER.
LET TODAY BE THE DAY HER
PAIN IS AT AN EIGHT, NOT A
10.
SO I DIDN'T PRAY FOR A
MIRACLE.
I PRAYED FOR MAYBE SIMPLE
THINGS, NOT PUTTING GOD
WHERE HE SHOULD BE, ABLE
TO ANSWER THOSE BIG
PRAYERS.
Efrem: DID YOU EVER
STOP AS A FAMILY, OR AN
INDIVIDUAL, AND SAY, GOD,
WHY HER?
OH, MY GOD, I ASKED,
WHY ANNA?
WHY ME?
WHY US?
I REMEMBER CRYING OUT TO
HIM AND SAYING, ARE YOU
SEEING WHAT I'M SEEING?
DO YOU FEEL WHAT I'M
FEELING?
HOW CAN YOU LET THIS
HAPPEN?
SO MANY TIMES I ASKED THAT
QUESTION.
Efrem: THERE WAS A
TIME THAT YOU WRITE ABOUT
WHERE YOUR DAUGHTER
ESSENTIALLY IS READY TO
GIVE UP.
SHE SAYS, I JUST WANT TO
GO TO HEAVEN.
TAKE ME BACK TO THAT TIME.
RECALL SOME OF THAT
CONVERSATION.
YOU KNOW, I LEARNED SO
MUCH ABOUT GOD.
AT THAT TIME, I WOULD JUST
CRY OUT TO GOD MORE THAN
ANYTHING.
GOD, PLEASE DON'T ANSWER
HER PRAYER.
PLEASE DON'T TAKE HER.
YOU CAN'T HAVE HER.
PLEASE BE WITH HER.
PLEASE LOVE HER.
IT WAS MORE OF ME CRYING
OUT TO HIM, I GUESS IS
JUST THE BEST WAY TO
DESCRIBE IT, THAN
INTIMATELY TALKING WITH
HIM AND HAVING A
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM
ABOUT IT.
BUT MY PRAYERS WERE JUST
FOR PROTECTION AND FOR
SAFETY, AND PLEASE DON'T
TAKE HER.
Efrem: I READ YOU
SAID THAT IT WAS HARD TO
ACCEPT AND BELIEVE THAT
GOD COULD LOVE YOUR CHILD
MORE THAN YOU.
WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT?
BECAUSE IT JUST HIT ME
ONE DAY.
AND I STILL GET SO
OVERWHELMED THAT AS MUCH
AS I LOVE ANNABELLE, AS
FULL OF LOVE AS MY HEART
IS FOR HER, HE LOVES HER
MORE THAN I DO.
SO WHEN I YEARN AND
STRUGGLE AND WATCH HER
SUFFER, HOW MUCH MORE DOES
HE HURT TO WATCH THAT BABY
SUFFER.
AND WHEN THAT CLICKED IN
MY BRAIN, IT WAS, LIKE,
HE'S NOT WATCHING THIS.
HE'S GETTING THIS.
HE'S FEELING THIS.
HE'S LIVING THIS.
AT THAT MOMENT, I BEGAN TO
SEE THAT GOD WAS MUCH AS
PART OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING
AS OPPOSED TO THIS BIG GOD
SITTING OVER WHAT WAS
HAPPENING.
HE WAS INTIMATELY INVOLVED
IN IT.
Efrem: THAT IS THE
BEAM FAMILY'S MIRACLE
STORY, BUT GOD IS
PERFORMING MIRACLES ALL
AROUND US.
WE JUST NEED TO WAKE UP
AND PAY ATTENTION.
> STILL AHEAD ON "STUDIO
5," WE'RE HITTING THE
ICONIC STREETS OF NEW
ORLEANS, WHERE THE STAGE
IS BEING SET FOR JESUS'
COMING.
THIS IS PROBABLY THE
BIGGEST ROLE ANYONE COULD
EVER PLAY.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT --
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JESUS
CHRIST HERE.
Efrem: PALM SUNDAY
BRINGS A LIVE PASSION
PERFORMANCE TO THE BIG
EASY.
Efrem: WE'VE BEEN
TAKING A LOOK AT MIRACLES
IN TODAY'S "STUDIO 5," AND
IT IS EASTER SEASON.
BELIEVERS CELEBRATING THE
MIRACLE OF JESUS' DEATH,
BURIAL, AND RESURRECTION,
THE PASSION STORY.
AND THIS YEAR THAT STORY
IS COMING TO LIFE ON THE
STREETS OF NEW ORLEANS AND
ON THE FOX TELEVISION
NETWORK IN A LIVE MASSIVE
MUSCULAR, "THE PASSION."
* MARY, THERE IS NO FEAR
NOW *
Efrem: THE FINAL
HOURS OF CHRIST'S JOURNEY
ON EARTH ARE COMING TO
LIFE WITH JENCARLOS CANELA
TAKING ON THE LEAD ROLE.
HOW DO YOU PREPARE TO
PLAY JESUS?
Efrem: IT'S A MUSICAL
TAKE SET IN THE STREETS OF
PRESENT-DAY NEW ORLEANS.
I FEEL IT WILL APPEAL
TO AN EVEN BIGGER AUDIENCE
THAT NEEDS TO HEAR THAT
STORY ABOUT LOVE.
Efrem: COUNTRY
SUPERSTAR TRISHA YEARWOOD
PLAYS THE MOTHER OF JESUS,
AND TYLER PERRY NARRATES
THE TWO-HOUR FOX
TELEVISION SPECIAL, WHICH
INCLUDES PERFORMANCES FROM
GOSPEL ARTIST YOLANDA
ADAMS AND CHRIS DAUGHTRY.
I AM PLAYING JUDAS, THE
BAD GUY.
THE ULTIMATE VILLAIN.
BUT I BELIEVE IT IS A
CHARACTER THAT -- I THINK
THERE IS A BIT OF JUDAS
THAT WE CAN ALL RELATE TO.
Efrem: THERE ARE
MULTIPLE MOVING PARTS
THROUGHOUT THE CRESCENT
CITY.
A STAGE, BIG SCREENS, AND
PEOPLE CARRYING A 20-FOOT
ILLUMINATED CROSS FROM THE
SUPERDOME TO THE BANKS OF
THE MISSISSIPPI.
THE MASSIVE PRODUCTION IS
PART OF WHAT ATTRACTED
MICHAEL W. SMITH TO THE
PROJECT, PLAYING ONE OF
JESUS' DISCIPLES.
I LIKE THE ADVENTURE.
I THINK IT IS UNIQUE.
I THINK IT IS REALLY A
WILD AND WONDERFUL IDEA.
SHANE HARPER, KNOWN FOR
HIS BREAKOUT ROLE IN
"GOD'S NOT DEAD," ALSO
PLAYS A DISCIPLE.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH
THIS STORY.
THEY GREW UP HEARING ABOUT
IT IN SUNDAY SCHOOL.
BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
HAVEN'T HAD THAT
EXPERIENCE.
AND I HOPE THAT BOTH OF
THESE GROUPS OF PEOPLE
WILL COME WITH OPEN HEARTS
TO THIS PERFORMANCE.
*
Efrem: THE PLAY HANGS
ON POPULAR MUSIC, WITH
LYRICS REWRITTEN TO TELL
THE STORY.
I THINK "THE REASON" BY
HOOBASTANK, I WAS ALWAYS
ONE OF MY FAIREST RECORDS.
SEEING THE SONG FROM A
WHOLE OTHER POINT OF VIEW
WILL DEFINITELY BE AN
EMOTIONAL PERFORMANCE.
Efrem: THIS IS AN
EMOTIONAL STORY OF
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.
I THINK THIS WILL REACH
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT
WOULD NORMALLY NEVER HEAR
THE GOSPEL, THAT THEY
WOULD PROBABLY REALLY
TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHO
JESUS REALLY IS.
WHEN I SAID YES TO
THIS, I STARTED BECOMING
EVEN CLOSER THAN I WAS
BEFORE TO THE STORY, TO
THE SCRIPTURES, TO THE
BOOK, TO THE BIBLE.
AND IN DOING SO, I JUST
WAS REMINDED THAT, YES, HE
WAS SUCH A POWERFUL BEING,
BUT HE WAS ALSO HUMAN.
Efrem: "STUDIO 5" IS
IN NEW ORLEANS FOR THE
LIVE PERFORMANCE.
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THIS SUNDAY BRINGS A NEW
FILM TO THEATERS.
IMAGINE SCI-FI, EXTREMISM,
AND A CHASE, AND IT CAN
ALL BE FOUND IN "A
MIDNIGHT CONFESSION."
AT THE TIME, I WAS A
YOUNG FATHER, AND I WAS
TRYING TO SORT OUT ALL OF
THE FEAR AND ALL OF THE
ANXIETY THAT COMES ALONG
WITH THAT, AND THE FEAR OF
LOSING A CHILD OR JUST
HELPING A CHILD GROW UP.
AND THAT ENDED UP BECOMING
THE CORNERSTONE FOR WHAT
THE FILM IS REALLY ABOUT.
Efrem: THAT WOULD
EXPLAIN THEM, TO ME, THE
BEAUTIFUL RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE FATHER AND
SON.
DAD?
YEAH?
ARE YOU SCARED?
YES.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT ME.
I LIKE WORRYING ABOUT
YOU.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO
ANYMORE.
I'LL ALWAYS WORRY ABOUT
YOU.
THAT'S THE DEAL.
Efrem: CAYTON, YOUR
CHARACTER IS ALTON.
TELL ME ABOUT HIM?
HUGH IWHO IS HE?
ALTON IS THIS BOY WITH
SPECIAL POWERS, BUT THAT
DOESN'T REALLY DEFINE WHO
HE IS.
HE IS JUST A NORMAL BOY
AND HE HAS GONE THROUGH A
LOT.
WHY ARE YOU WEARING
THOSE GOGGLES?
STOP, STOP!
HE'S WITH ME.
HE'S MY SON.
WELL, YOU OUGHT TO
WATCH YOUR KID.
HIS LOVE FOR HIS SON
KIND OF TELLS HIM HOW TO
LIVE AND WHAT TO DO.
Efrem: HOW IMPORTANT
IS THE THEME OF FAITH, DO
YOU THINK, IN THIS FILM?
OH, I THINK IT IS
DEFINITELY A HUGE PART OF
THE STORY.
FAITH, BELIEFS -- I MEAN,
THAT'S WHAT MOTIVATES US
TO LIVE, IS OUR FAITH OR
OUR BELIEF IN SOMETHING.
"MIDNIGHT SPECIAL" HITS
THEATERS MARCH 13th.
> UP NEXT, HERE ON
"STUDIO 5," RECORDING
ARTIST CHRISTIAN GREY
BREAKS HIS SILENCE WITH A
NEW PROJECT AND A NEW
RECORD LABEL.
[RAPPING.
[.
Efrem: THE SONG YOU
JUST HEARD IS ONE OF THREE
TRACKS HE RELEASED BEFORE
DROPPING HIS LATEST
PROJECT, "THE GLORY
ALBUM."
CHRISTIAN GREY JOINS US
NEXT WEEK IN "STUDIO 5."
THE "GLORY" ALBUM DROPPED
MARCH 11th, MAKE SURE TO
CHECK IT OUT.
AND WE'RE GETTING A LOOK
AT "GOD'S NOT DEAD 2," FOR
THE NEXT "STUDIO 5."
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
THIS PARTICULAR SCRIPT IS
HAPPENING ALL AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
Efrem: FAITH IS ON
TRIAL ONCE AGAIN IN THIS
SECOND INSTALLMENT OF
"GOD'S NOT DEAD."
"STUDIO 5" IS ONSET WITH
THE FILM'S LEADING LADY,
MELISSA JOAN HART, AND
YOU'LL SEE WHY THE ACTRESS
SAYS THIS IS THE ROLE SHE
WAS CALLED TO FILL.
> I'M GIVING THE FINAL
WORLD TO SHA SHANDA PIERCE.
SHE IS PROOF THAT A MERRY
HEART IS, INDEED,
MEDICINE.
YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO
WORK.
IT SOUNDS LIKE A HARSH
WORD IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR
GRIEF.
BUT EVERY WIDOW IS GOING,
WOW, I WISH I COULD HAVE
HID AWAY FOR A FEW MORE
WEEKS.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS:
GOD IS SO GOOD AND
SOMETIMES WE THINK HE IS
NOT WORKING IN OUR LIVES,
BUT SOMETIMES THE VERY
FACT THAT WE HAVE TO GO
BACK TO WORK TO PAY THE
LIGHT BILL IS A GIFT FROM
THE LORD, TO MAKE US NOT
HIDE AWAY AND GIVE INTO
OUR GRIEF.
AND SO, THEREFORE, YOU DO
LEARN TO BE GRATEFUL.
Efrem: IMAGINE THAT,
EVEN A STACK OF BILLS CAN
BE A GIFT FROM GOD.
THAT IS THE FINAL WORD FOR
TODAY'S "STUDIO 5."
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