Provident Films release, The Second Chance, starring Michael W. Smith and directed by Steve Taylor, will be distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing under the Triumph Films banner on February 17, 2006.

The original motion picture soundtrack features cuts from Michael W Smith, Third Day, Casting Crowns, Fred Hammond, J Moss, Donnie McClurkin, John Legend, Reuben Studdard, Dietrick Haddon, Jars Of Clay and Toby Mac, and will be released by Reunion Records on December 27, 2005.

In The Second Chance, GRAMMY® and Dove® Award-winning artist Michael W. Smith plays Ethan Jenkins, the associate pastor of a mega-church in the wealthy, predominantly white suburbs. When Ethan’s unorthodox style gets him in trouble with church leadership, his senior pastor/father Jeremiah Jenkins (J. Don Ferguson, Remember The Titans) sends him downtown to serve at their sister church, a black congregation in the projects.

Veteran stage actor and playwright Jeff Obafemi Carr
stars as Jake Sanders, the street tough pastor of Second Chance Community Church. Ethan arrives to find his church’s “outreach” to the struggling community is creating resentment and mistrust. Sparks fly from day one when Jake takes Ethan on a tour of the ‘hood, and the situations they encounter lay bare Ethan’s misconceptions and insecurities. Jake and his wife Amanda (Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Clockers, Madea’s Family Reunion) struggle to find common ground with Ethan as they face street gangs, systemic poverty and those who would destroy their church for political gain.

The film will open in 35 key markets on February 17 with plans to expand to additional markets in following weeks. A full market and theater listing will be available in coming weeks on www.thesecondchancemovie.com.