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DeVon Franklin Inks First-Look Production Deal With Sony Pictures Entertainment To Create Faith-based Entertainment For Television and Film

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on July 15, 2014 at 2:23pm

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The recent Hollywood influx of successful faith-based films has paved the way for Christian filmmakers, producers and executives to get a seat at the table.

Among the latest beneficiaries is 36-year-old preacher and movie executive DeVon Franklin, who has inked a first-look production deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment.

EEW Magazine sources have confirmed reports that the faith-based film enthusiast is leaving his post as Senior Vice President of Production for Columbi

One of Hollywood's Most Successful Producers Acknowledges He Has Only Made It This Far by Faith in God

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on May 26, 2011 at 6:04pm

DeVon Franklin's father, like his father before him, was an alcoholic. His drinking cost him his job as a manager at UPS, the family's home, car and a tidy "All-American" lifestyle in the suburbs of San Francisco. He would go on benders, leaving Franklin's mother, him and his two brothers for long spells at a time, forcing them to fend for themselves.

Donald Franklin, his father, died of a heart attack at the age of 36. Franklin, then 9, was a socially awkward, "bigheaded" boy of good spirit, b

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