Get the latest gossip
DeVon Franklin Details How Creating A Marketing Campaign For ‘The Pursuit Of Happyness’ Led Him To Faith-Based Movies — AVPSummit
DeVon Franklin spoke about the Tyler Perry deal and 'The Pursuit of Happyness' with Will Smith at AVPSummit.
DeVon Franklin has opened up about how working on The Pursuit of Happyness led him to want to dedicate his life to making faith-based movies. The Miracles from Heaven producer, who recently signed a multi-year deal with Tyler Perry, had interned for Will Smith since he was a freshman and worked with him for several years before being asked to forge a faith-based marketing campaign for 2006’s The Pursuit of Happyness, Franklin told today’s AVPSummit in south Italy. Franklin, whose father died when he was nine, said the medium of movies “remains incredibly powerful to shape lives, hearts and minds in a positive way.”
Or read this on Deadline