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\n\tEKKL Entertainment have acquired global distribution rights to biblical epic \u201cDaniel: The Fiery Furnace,\u201d starring Mena Massoud<\/a>\u00a0(\u201cAladdin\u201d) and Elijah Alexander<\/a> (\u201cThe Chosen\u201d), which will release in U.S. cinemas in September.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cDaniel: The Fiery Furnace,\u201d which is directed by Canada\u2019s Matthew and Daniel Kooman (\u201cShe Has a Name\u201d), is the origin story from the Old Testament of the prophet Daniel against the backdrop of his exile in Babylon.<\/p>\n \n\tThe faith-based film is produced by the Kooman Brothers with Travis Mann (EP on \u201cI Can Only Imagine\u201d)\u00a0and Massoud.<\/p>\n \n\tAs Daniel (Massoud) rises within a powerful and unforgiving empire, a ruthless king (Alexander) issues a decree demanding absolute worship under penalty of death, according to the synopsis. \u201cWhen three faithful men \u2014 Shadrach (\u00d6ncel Camci), Meshach (Adam Lahraoui) and Abednego (Zaki Ali) \u2014 refuse to bow, they choose to be cast into a blazing furnace rather than betray their God.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tEKKL, which was founded last year by Michael Scott \u2014 a producer of faith and inspirational cinema whose films have collectively grossed over $200 million at the box office \u2014 will release \u201cDaniel: The Fiery Furnace\u201d in U.S.\u00a0theaters nationwide on Sept. 11.<\/p>\n \n\tEKKL will also be launching international sales on \u201cDaniel\u201d at the Cannes Film Festival through their international sales arm, which is also known as Pinnacle Peak.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThe Kooman Brothers have been making impactful and inspiring films for two decades, and EKKL looks forward to bringing their latest endeavor to the big screen on the global scale which it deserves,\u201d Scott said in a statement. \u201cThe universal messages of this film will resonate around the world.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tThe Kooman Brothers added: \u201cWe are thrilled to partner with\u00a0EKKL Entertainment to bring this story to a global audience hungry\u00a0for Biblical stories. This film speaks to timeless truths about courage and standing firm in the face of impossible odds.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cEKKL shares our vision for delivering meaningful, high-quality storytelling that resonates across cultures,\u201d Mann said. \u201cWe are excited for audiences around the world to\u00a0experience this film.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source variety.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" EKKL Entertainment have acquired global distribution rights to biblical epic \u201cDaniel: The Fiery Furnace,\u201d starring Mena Massoud\u00a0(\u201cAladdin\u201d) and Elijah Alexander (\u201cThe Chosen\u201d), which will release in U.S. cinemas in September. \u201cDaniel: The Fiery Furnace,\u201d which is directed by Canada\u2019s Matthew and Daniel Kooman (\u201cShe Has a Name\u201d), is the origin story from the Old Testament […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2391464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[466479,466480,466481],"class_list":["post-2391463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-ekkl-entertaiment","tag-elijah-alexander","tag-mena-massoud"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Daniel-The-Fiery-Furnace-Starring-Mena-Massoud-Set-for-US.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2391463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2391465,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391463\/revisions\/2391465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2391464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2391463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2391463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2391463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}