The people behind the film.
The Lord has assembled a unique team that combines decades of film production, media ministry, and proven business success.
Trey Reynolds
Writer, Producer, Director
Trey is a seasoned filmmaker with more than 25 years of experience spanning small start-ups, Fortune 100 companies, and major motion picture studios. Over the course of a decade leading a full-service production company, he traveled the world producing documentaries, television content, and branded content for global clients including FedEx, Coca-Cola, CBS, and ESPN.
Since 2015, Trey has focused exclusively on faith-based and inspirational storytelling, contributing to films such as War Room, Woodlawn, Indivisible, and Overcomer. During his tenure as Vice President of Sony's Provident Films, he produced the Netflix original Blue Miracle, starring Dennis Quaid, which debuted in 2021 as the #2 movie globally, as well as the family comedy Family Camp, released theatrically by Roadside Attractions in 2022.
Most recently, Trey produced the Kendrick Brothers' seventh feature, The Forge, released in theaters by Sony Pictures in August 2024, and wrote, produced, and directed the upcoming faith-based feature Rescued, starring Kristoffer Polaha and Sarah Lancaster, slated for release in 2027.
Trey wrote the screenplay for The Thief on the Cross as well as produced and directed the short film proof of concept completed in 2025. He lives in Franklin, Tennessee, with his wife and their four children.
Darren Moorman
Producer
Darren Moorman is an accomplished producer and the founder of Reserve Entertainment, a production company dedicated to creating high-quality film and television content that entertains, inspires, and makes a meaningful impact. Throughout his career, Darren has collaborated with major studios including MGM, Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures, and Netflix.
His notable credits include Same Kind of Different as Me, produced in partnership with Paramount Pictures and starring Academy Award® nominees Renée Zellweger, Greg Kinnear, Djimon Hounsou, and Jon Voight. Darren also partnered with Lionsgate to create and produce the television series Mark Hamill's Pop Culture Quest.
Under the Reserve Entertainment banner, Darren produced the Netflix original film Blue Miracle, starring Dennis Quaid, which garnered critical acclaim and widespread audience praise. More recently, he produced Sweetwater, featuring Cary Elwes, Kevin Pollak, Jim Caviezel, and Richard Dreyfuss, as well as The Hill, starring Dennis Quaid, Joelle Carter, and Scott Glenn.
Darren's recent theatrical releases include the award-winning drama Sight, starring Greg Kinnear, and Monster Summer, with Mel Gibson, Mason Thames, and Kevin James. His latest film, Green and Gold, starring Craig T. Nelson and Brandon Sklenar, is currently in theaters.
In addition to narrative storytelling, Darren has ventured into impactful documentary filmmaking. He partnered with Chris Pratt to produce Helen I Believe, and is completing No Limbs No Limits, a powerful documentary on the life of Nick Vujicic.
Colin Smith
Executive Producer · Author, Heaven, How I Got Here
Colin was in the pulpit the day this story started. His Luke 23 sermon became Heaven, How I Got Here, the book the feature is based on, now translated into fifteen languages with more than 250,000 copies shared.
Colin is President of Open the Bible, whose teaching reaches more than four million people a week across a thousand radio stations. A native of Scotland with degrees in theology and philosophy, he is Pastor Emeritus of a six-site church in the Chicago area and the author of more than 20 books.
The executive producers.
Three Chicago-area business leaders who have carried the project from sermon to soundstage.
John Aiello
Executive Producer
Executive Director of Open the Bible. A technology entrepreneur who raised more than $80 million before turning to ministry; former Kellogg adjunct professor and a member of the Chicagoland Entrepreneur Hall of Fame.
Mike Levon
Executive Producer
President and CEO of Vonberg Valve, Inc. and chairman of Open the Bible.
Bill Bradish
Executive Producer
Founder of Bradish & Associates and a director of Open the Bible.
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