The movie hits theaters on September 24 for one night only. His latest film, Unstoppable, tries to answer the question: "Where is God in the midst of tragedy and suffering?" He is now a well known evangelist and Christian producer.
What do you think? Is this a marketing play for the new film? Did Cameron deceive his fans?Ĭameron rose to fame in the 1980s playing Michael Seaver on the show Growing Pains. Probably because there wasn't any controversy to begin with.
Kirk Cameron hasn't commented on the Unstoppable Facebook controversy yet. What do you think? Is this a made up controversy? So either Kirk Cameron is lying and creating a controversy in order to get people talking about his movie, or Facebook has fixed the problem and has unmarked the website as "spammy." What is "abusive" or "unsafe" about that?! Please help us encourage Facebook to unblock our website soon by sharing this post with your friends so more people can see this transparent, faith-building project."īut did Facebook really block Kirk Cameron's film Unstoppable? Several of Cameron's followers posted the link to the movie without a problem. This is my most personal film about faith, hope, and love, and about why God allows bad things to happen to good people. The Facebook post reads:"Try to post it yourself and see! We have been officially shut down by Facebook and unable to get any response from them. The social network reportedly thought that the movie's posts were too "spammy" and decided to block the new film.Ĭameron wrote on Facebook: "Facebook has officially "blocked" me and you (and everyone else) from posting any link to my new movie at UnstoppableTheMovieDOTcom, labeling the content as "abusive", "unsafe", and "spammy"! I can't even write the real link here, or Facebook would block this post too!!"Ĭameron asked his followers to try posting the link for themselves so that they can see how Facebook is blocking his movie. (Find the list of participating theaters here.)Ĭameron calls Unstoppable his “most personal” faith project to date as he invites audiences to join him as he takes a powerful, visual journey to prove (to himself above all others) that life is stronger than death, good is stronger than evil and faith is stronger than doubt.Unstoppable, the new Kirk Cameron film, apparently got stopped by this morning on Facebook. local time in more than 660 movie theaters in across the country. Since several theaters sold out of seats, the decision was made to have a second showing on Thursday, October 3, at 7 p.m. This figure made the film first or second for Tuesday night in the rankings as it was neck and neck with the Hugh Jackman/Jake Gyllenhaal film Prisoners, which brought in an estmated $2.1 million. The film asked the age-old question: "Where is God in the midst of tragedy and suffering?" and followed Kirk as he traveled the country in search of the answer.ĭespite the fact that initially, both Facebook and Youtube blocked the movie's trailer from their sites, labeling it "unsafe" and "abusive," (a decision that was reversed after over 500,000 of Cameron's fan rallied behind the project), over 150,000 tickets were sold bringing in an estimated $2 million at the box office (unaudited numbers via Rentrak). The film asked the age-old question: 'Where is God in the midst of tragedy and suffering' and followed Kirk as he traveled the country in search of the answer.
One week ago today, Kirk Cameron's film, Unstoppable, had a one-night only showing in 700 theaters in the U.S. One week ago today, Kirk Camerons film, Unstoppable, had a one-night only showing in 700 theaters in the U.S. (Photo : CamFam) Kirk Cameron - Unstoppable