(Hollywood Reporter) Persecuted, a religious thriller starring former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson as a priest whose televangelist son is running for his life from government goons, has hit upon an unusual tactic to court the faithful: free tickets for clergy.
The film is written and directed by Daniel Lusko, the son of a preacher, and he acknowledges there are some elements of Persecuted that could rub churchgoers the wrong way -- a Catholic priest who fathered a Protestant son, for example -- so he appears to be engaging in a bit of early damage control.
