From Deseret News archives:
2 sequels for 'Work and Glory'
Filming on the movies to start soon in Tennessee
"Like a Fire Is Burning" and "Truth Will Prevail" will be filmed between April and June in Tennessee, which also hosted the first production, and that schedule will allow most of the cast from the first film to return.
Referring to the endeavor as "the next adventure," executive producer Larry H. Miller and producer Scott Swofford made the announcement at a news conference on Thursday.
"The Work and the Glory" is a best-selling series of nine novels about the early history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, written by Gerald N. Lund, a member of the church's Second Quorum of Seventy since April 2002.
Both Miller and Swofford said there were some concerns about the profitability of the first film.
Also, by shooting the films back-to-back, it is hoped they can each be brought in on a smaller budget, though Miller said he expects the total budget for both films to be "in the ballpark" of the cost of the first film.
Miller and Swofford introduced a new director for the films Sterling Van Wagenen, best known for co-founding the Sundance Film Festival and the Sundance Institute, and for producing the 1985 film "The Trip to Bountiful."
While the producers said they were pleased by the efforts of Russ Holt, who co-wrote and directed the first film, the change in directors will "serve the purposes of the story," along the lines of the change in directors for the "Harry Potter" movies.
The co-writer of the first "Work and the Glory" film was Elder Lund, but he won't be involved in the production of the sequels.
The screenwriter of the second and third films is Matt Whitaker, who also penned "Saints and Soldiers."
Van Wagenen is currently on sabbatical from his post as the head of the University of Central Florida's film department and has directed only one feature film, the 1992 period drama "Alan & Naomi."
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