After “much prayer, creative brainstorming and wise counsel”

those responsible for the Kirk Cameron “hit” called Fireproof are almost ready to announce their new project.

During the National Religious Broadcasters Convention earlier this year, Fireproof Director Alex Kendrick said the yet-unnamed Sherwood Pictures film would have an expected budget of $2.5 million–five times larger than with the pro-marriage drama. Kendrick and his Fireproof movie-making brother, Stephen, recently told Christian Retailing that scriptwriting of the new project was to start soon, with production due next year and a theatrical release planned for early 2011.

“The leaders of Sherwood Pictures–Michael Catt, Jim McBride, Alex and Stephen Kendrick–have been praying about the story for the next movie,” Sherwood officials said. “Their prayer hasn’t been for a good movie; it’s been for a God movie. As was the case first with Flywheel, then with Facing the Giants and most recently with Fireproof , they believe God has answered their prayers.”

I bold that which explains everything. Great budget with no intention on making it good? Must be the Christian version of Transformers 2, but with less boobs and explosions and no cool robots. Ah well, they can make it. They can beat their flocks over the head with the God message until they’re too dazed to notice how shitty the film actually is, and they can pray they’ll still break even.

And I can thank my lucky stars I’ll never be forced to see it.

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Edit November 16, 2009: It’s announced, it’s called Courageous and it’s all about fathers needing to take an active role in the lives of their children and remain faithful to their wives, but mostly to God, I suspect. God doesn’t actually want you to do what he said to do to so many other children…