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Genre-Bending Cinematic Western KILLING FAITH Opens Exclusively in Theaters October 3, 2025 from Shout Studios

Set against the vast, plague-ravaged deserts of the1849 Arizona territory, Killing Faith is a haunting journey through the American West — a land of sickness, violence, and whispers of something darker, to a land of deliverance. Starring Academy Award®-nominee Guy Pearce (The Brutalist) and DeWanda Wise (Jurassic World Dominion) with Bill Pullman (Independence Day), Killing Faith opens exclusively in theaters October 3 from Shout! Studios, a Radial Entertainment Company. 

Written and directed by Ned Crowley (Middle Man), this cinematic, genre-bending Western features an all-star supporting cast, including Raoul Trujillo (Blue Beetle), Jamie Neumann (21 Bridges), Jack Alcott (Dexter: New Blood), Joanna Cassidy (Blade Runner), and Emily Ford (Hold Your Breath).

Synopsis
Set against the plague-ravaged deserts of the 1849 Arizona territory, Killing Faith journeys through an American West consumed by sickness, violence, and whispers of something darker. Starring Guy Pearce, DeWanda Wise, and Bill Pullman in a haunting exploration of belief and fear—and the lengths one will go to protect a child the world believes is cursed.

About Radial Entertainment
 Radial Entertainment is a newly formed global entertainment company operating the FilmRise and Shout! Studios brands, backed by funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management. As a premier content distribution studio, Radial Entertainment boasts a diverse library of over 70,000 movies and episodes, making it the largest independent catalog in the industry. The company delivers high-quality entertainment across all major consumer platforms including FAST channels, AVOD, SVOD, TVOD, physical product, theatrical film and more. Its programming spans a wide range of genres, including true crime, reality, animation, action, westerns, award-winning titles, classics, medical, food, U.K. content, cult classics, and horror.

About Shout! Studios
Shout! Studios, a Radial Entertainment Company, specializes in film and TV distribution, development, and production. The company has evolved with the changing entertainment landscape to excel in all forms of content distribution, including theatrical, digital streaming, broadcast and in-flight licensing, physical media, and more. Shout! Studios owns Gravitas Ventures and manages a portfolio of thousands of feature films, series, anime, animation, and documentaries. The company’s creative acquisition mandate has established it as a leading independent distributor, with partners and properties including Aardman Animations, The Carol Burnett Show, GKIDS and Studio Ghibli (including the latest Academy Award® -winning masterpiece from Miyazaki, The Boy And The Heron), LAIKA Studios, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Golden Princess movie library, alongside many others. Shout! Studios operates three successful imprints – Shout! Kids for family animation and live-action entertainment, Scream Factory for genre horror films and TV, and Hong Kong Cinema Classics. Shout! Studios also operates the acclaimed streaming service Shout! TV and its family of FAST channels. Shout! Studios produces, acquires, and distributes new films, including Shout! Studios’ original film Old Henry (Tim Blake Nelson), acclaimed Western The Dead Don’t Hurt (Viggo Mortensen, Vicky Krieps), family comedy A Sudden Case of Christmas (Danny DeVito, Andie MacDowell), and the upcoming Western thriller Killing Faith (Guy Pearce, DeWanda Wise, Bill Pullman). Shout! Studios is based in Los Angeles, California. For more on Shout! Studios, visit ShoutStudios.com.