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Christian Comedian Chonda Pierce’s Movie ROLL WITH IT Promotes ‘The Power Of Prayer’

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Comedian Chonda Pierce is finally taking center stage in her latest movie ROLL WITH IT. 

Pierce is known as the “Queen of Clean Comedy,” and has made a name for herself in movies like ALL SAINTS and SELFIE DAD. 

Her latest movie, the story of a widow working to stay afloat financially, is the first time Pierce has scored a leading role. In addition to that, the comedian has a very personal connection to ROLL WITH IT’s story. 

“It’s kind of the last story idea my husband and I worked on before he passed,” Pierce shared . “It sat on my desk for a long, long time. I think I was in the middle of doing a Hallmark movie and one of the directors said, ‘Have you ever done a movie around your persona?’ And I said, ‘Well, as a matter of fact I have.’”

Pierce told him about the script, which follows a woman who must win a karaoke contest prize to save her home from falling into a sinkhole. 

ROLL WITH IT’s production had its usual ups and downs, with studios passing on it, producers quitting, and COVID delays. However, it’s finally ready to hit theaters. 

The movie is set to play in 700-800 theaters for a three day run. 

“I pray that people will understand the power of prayer, and how God answers prayer in ways we don’t see Him coming,” Pierce said of her hope for the movie’s impact. “That’s what’s so sweet about this story. The widow, she goes into her prayer closet a lot. And she’s praying, and she’s getting desperate, and she’s getting hurt, because it doesn’t look like God’s coming through. And of course, He does it in a way that she totally didn’t see coming. It has very little to do with karaoke. It has everything to do with his plan. And I love that.”

Movieguide® previously reported on ROLL WITH IT and Pierce’s dedication to making family-friendly content:

Chonda Pierce may be the first one to laugh at her own jokes, but her chuckle is quickly echoed by other people watching her on tour or on screen.

“Even the clean comics, we have way of talking about our viewpoint of society. If the [comic] is a person of faith–or the person that just chooses to talk cleaner–we still have a valid explanation of society and our culture.”

You may recognize her from her documentaries UNASHAMED, LAUGHING IN THE DARK or ENOUGH. She’s also been in a handful of Christmas Hallmark movies, including CHRISTMAS LAND and the 12 WISHES OF CHRISTMAS.

Her jokes are relatable for both the church choir and people off the street. Pierce refuses to use course language in her routines, and that includes unsavory jokes, but that doesn’t mean she’s not making an impact on those within earshot.

“As a wife and mother and woman of faith, I’m going, ‘C’mon. Did you really have to fall into the trap of thinking I gotta be edgy and dirty to keep an audience?’” Pierce tells Movieguide®.

“There’s a huge, wide, vast audience that is longing for good, entertaining TV and movies [without trashy remarks], and that’s just me on my soapbox,” she said.

Pierce’s philosophy confuses some people in mainstream audiences. Years ago, the comic appeared on THE VIEW opposite Whoopi Goldberg.

“She couldn’t fathom that someone like me was so successful and doesn’t cuss,” Pierce said. “People are genuinely surprised, but it doesn’t surprise me to run across someone whose entertaining and clean because I grew up in church culture.”

Pierce continued, “It does still amaze me that occasionally mainstream media will be very surprised when something good or clean or wholesome does so well.”

In the spirit of clean comedy, Pierce just wrapped the feature movie, LAUGH LOVE KARAOKE.

“On the personal nature, it’s always been on my bucket list to star in a major motion picture,” Pierce said. “I’m well into my 60s so that usually doesn’t happen, unless you’re Betty White.”

LAUGH LOVE KARAOKE was directed by Chris Dowling (RUN THE RACE, PRICELESS, WHERE HOPE GROWS), and also stars McKaley Miller (MA), Judith Hoag (“Nashville,” “Big Love”), Carl McDowell (“Ballers”), Evan Hofer (RUN THE RACE) and comedian Mark Christopher Lawrence (“Chuck,” THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS), with a screenplay by Dowling.

“It was a labor of love and a lot of fun,” Pierce said. “It’s not a FIREPROOF or I CAN ONLY IMAGINE. It’s funny, but it’s got some edginess to it, which is very much like a Chonda Pierce concert.”

She continued, “My life has been filled with ups and downs. That’s a lot of what LOVE LAUGH KARAOKE is about. One moment, you’re laughing, and one moment you’re crying, and that is what life is. Jesus says, ‘I come to give you life more abundantly,’ and that means all of life.”

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Judith Hoag (Ruby) McKaley Miller (Samantha) Evan Hofer (Spencer Taylor) Mark Christopher Lawrence (Nick) Shari Rigby (Evelyn) Elisabeth Hasselbeck (Lady's Night Karaoke Singer) Carl McDowell (Jaxson Wilson) Amy Holland Pennell (Chloe Hixon) Michael W. Smith (Redneck Karaoke Singer) Brett Gentile (Mayor Gary Griggs) Jessejames Locorriere (Ernie) Chonda Pierce (Bonnie Taylor) Jamie Alexander (Mark Hixon) Cory Scott Allen (Eric) Angela Fox (Old Lady Emerson) Natasha Lloyd (Stacy) Luke Sutton (Bar Patron) Heather Land (Leona)

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A small town Biscuit Barrel waitress is forced to enter the Cheatham County Fair Karaoke Showdown as a last resort to save her house from foreclosure.

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A small-town Biscuit Barrel waitress must enter the Cheatham County Fair Karaoke Showdown as a last resort to save her house from foreclosure.

Genre: Comedy

Original Language: English

Director: Chris Dowling

Producer: Ken Carpenter , J. Clarke Gallivan , Ben Howard

Writer: Chris Dowling

Release Date (Theaters): May 9, 2023  limited

Runtime: 1h 55m

Production Co: Third Coast Content

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Chonda Pierce

Bonnie Taylor

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McKaley Miller

Mark Christopher Lawrence

Spencer Taylor

Elisabeth Hasselbeck

Lady's Night Karaoke Singer

Shari Rigby

Carl McDowell

Jaxson Wilson

Chris Dowling

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Andrew D. Tenenbaum

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When her minimum-wage waitressing job at the local Biscuit Barrel is not enough to make ends meet, ordinary woman Bonnie Taylor decides to enter the karaoke competition at the Cheatham County Fair in hopes of winning the grand prize to protect her home from foreclosure.

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2023 Directed by Chris Dowling

A small town Biscuit Barrel waitress is forced to enter the Cheatham County Fair Karaoke Showdown as a last resort to save her house from foreclosure.

Judith Hoag McKaley Miller Evan Hofer Chonda Pierce

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Review by TheQuietGamer ★★★½

I’m not exactly Chonda Pierce’s target audience by any means, but the comedian’s stand-up material had a pretty big presence in my childhood regardless. Her clean brand of humor and willingness to openly discuss struggles faced in her everyday life through a lens of faith made her a huge hit with Christian mothers back in the day, and growing up my own mom would regularly replay her CDs in the car on long trips. The woman is a holdover from that era when comics could get famous by being relatable and actually funny, as opposed to simply amassing a lot attention on Twitter through drama involving politics or whatever. It’s what allowed talents of her ilk to build loyal, lifelong…

Review by Roundaboot ★★

I think its brave to make a film about karaoke with exclusively shitty music

Review by ivy wolk

my dad played “The Carney”

Review by landteller ★★★★★ 1

My roommate’s dad produced this movie…bow to me peasants

Review by Sean O’Connor ★★★

I’ve gotten to meet a number of people over the past year who helped make Roll With It , and it was cool to see their work (and a few of their faces!) on the big screen tonight.

If you’re a fan of Chonda Pierce, you’ll really enjoy this, not just because she carries the movie, but also because this is a very personal story for her. 

There are also two very enjoyable cameos from CCM artists, both of whom are named Michael. Enjoyed that :)

Review by Nabil Khan ★★

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Never been the first to review something. With this one I can see why.

A woman is going to lose her house in 30 days if she doesn't come up with 20k for a tax lean. The story of what she does for 90 minutes till she pays the lean. Also she has a decent singing voice. It might help

Poor Acting, unrealistic circumstances/alot of suspension to disbelief. You could tell you were watching a movie because noone swore in a movie where someone's life was falling apart. Heavy Christian overtones. Really curious why this was a fathom event.

Review by Caden Willaby ★★★★

I enjoyed this! Such a heartfelt story. I was connected to Bonnie's story. This gave me Tammy vibes and I loved it.

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For a christian movie, I thought the language was a little bit inappropriate. Especially in the beginning. Some others thought the same thing.

Had a rough couple of days so I was looking for a "good" clean, funny movie. This wasn't it. About grief and redefining oneself after the loss of a husband. Hit way too close to home for me.

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Chonda Pierce is awesome! The Christian message of helping others, forgiveness and kindness was great! Loved Ernie too!

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Shout Studios Acquires North American Rights to ‘Roll with It’ Starring Chonda Pierce | Exclusive

The faith-based film will be released this spring

Shout! Studios, a multi-platform media company, has acquired North American distribution rights to the upcoming comedy feature “Roll with It,” starring comedian Chonda Pierce. Described in the official release as “an inspiring story of strength, survival, family values and faith, with Pierce playing a single mother who, with help from her friends, readjusts to life after the loss of her husband,” the film was written and directed by Chris Dowling.

The cast also includes Judith Hoag, McKaley Miller, Evan Hofer, Carl McDowell and Mark Christopher Lawrence. The announcement was made today by Melissa Boag, Shout! Studios Executive Vice President.

Pierce, who has plantinum-certified country albums and makes regular appearances at the Grand Ole Opry, co-wrote the script with her late husband David Pierce and serves as executive producer with her longtime manager, Andrew Tenenbaum.

“Roll with It” also features cameos from Christian music legend Michael W. Smith, Shari Rigby and Elisabeth Hasselbeck.

This multi-year movie deal provides Shout! Studios with all distribution rights in North America, including home entertainment (digital, video-on-demand, broadcast and all packaged media) and theatrical for cross-platform releases. Shout! Studios is planning a strategic rollout of the feature across multiple platforms, beginning with a digital launch in the spring 2024.

“We are thrilled for this terrific opportunity to bring this inspiring comedy movie across multiple entertainment platforms,” said Boag in an official statement. “Roll With It, led by the multitalented and pitch-perfect Chonda Pierce, will surely have audiences laughing and grooving to the beat! We look forward to presenting this movie to fans and families through home entertainment soon.”

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For a christian movie, I thought the language was a little bit inappropriate. Especially in the beginning. Some others thought the same thing.

Had a rough couple of days so I was looking for a "good" clean, funny movie. This wasn't it. About grief and redefining oneself after the loss of a husband. Hit way too close to home for me.

Good. Clean. FUNNY.

Clean, Family oriented, real life, wonderful, uplifting

Chonda Pierce is awesome! The Christian message of helping others, forgiveness and kindness was great! Loved Ernie too!

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Dune: Part 2 Ending Explained - How It Sets Up a Third Movie

Is this actually a happy ending for paul atreides.

Warning: This article contains full spoilers for Dune: Part 2! And if you're just here to find out whether there's a post-credits scene at the end, there isn't one. Denis Villeneuve's latest movie has no scenes after the credits start rolling.

Dune is one of those epic sci-fi novels that’s just too big to capture in one movie properly. With Dune: Part 2 hitting theaters, we’ve finally gotten the complete story of Paul Atreides and his rise to power as the Lisan al Gaib. Or have we? House Atreides may have gotten its revenge by the end of the movie, but it’s clear there’s a lot more story to tell where Paul and his family are concerned.

With that in mind, let’s break down the ending to Dune: Part 2 and where it leaves characters like Timothée Chalamet’s Paul, Zendaya’s Chani, and Florence Pugh’s Princess Irulan. Where does the story go from here, and why does it appear that these movies are diverging from the books? Here’s everything you need to know about the possible future of the franchise.

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If the first Dune movie showed us the downfall of House Atreides on Arrakis, the sequel is about how Paul turns the tables on his betrayers. In Dune: Part 2, we see Paul win the hearts and minds of the Fremen. These desert nomads have been conditioned by years of carefully planted Bene Gesserit prophecies to expect the coming of a messiah called the Lisan al Gaib. Paul, with his unparalleled combat skills and his rapidly growing ability to see the future, seems to be the savior they’ve been waiting for.

Paul finally cements his hold over the Fremen when he undergoes two critical tests. First, he successfully rides a Sandworm and passes the rite of adulthood every Fremen must undergo.

Second, he follows in his mother’s footsteps by drinking the Water of Life and transmuting it, fully awakening his prescient abilities in the process. It’s there that Paul begins communing with his unborn sister Alia (Anya Taylor-Joy) and realizes that Baron Harkonnen (Stellan Skarsgård) is actually their grandfather.

By the climax of Dune: Part 2, Paul and his mother, Rebecca Ferguson’s Lady Jessica, have managed to whip the Fremen of the north and south of Arrakis into a religious fervor. Paul fears the holy war he knows his people will unleash upon the galaxy, but he ultimately chooses to embrace his messianic role rather than avoid his destiny. However, he refuses to challenge Javier Bardem’s Stilgar to ritual combat, not wanting to waste such a valuable warrior and ally.

After reuniting with his old teacher, Josh Brolin’s Gurney Halleck, Paul reclaims the Atreides family’s stash of atomic weapons and uses them to launch an all-out assault on the city of Arakeen. With the Padishah Emperor (Christopher Walken) and the Baron both in the city, it’s the perfect time for the heir to House Atreides to settle all scores.

Paul swiftly kills the Baron and gives the Emperor an ultimatum. Either Shaddam IV abdicates the throne or the Fremen will destroy all the spice on Arrakis, forever dooming an Imperium that’s become so heavily dependent on this rare substance.

It’s here that Paul duels Austin Butler’s Feyd-Rautha with the fate of the universe hanging in the balance. Feyd, despite his tricks, loses the duel, and the Emperor is left with no choice but to surrender.

Paul’s ultimate goal is to marry Princess Irulan and cement his claim to the throne. This angers Chani and seems to bring a swift end to their whirlwind romance. As Chani summons a sandworm and returns to the desert, Paul and his Fremen unleash their fury on the Houses that refuse to recognize their new emperor. Jessica and Alia reflect that Paul Muad’Dib’s holy war has truly begun, and the universe will never be the same.

Does Dune: Part 2 Have a Post-Credits Scene?

The first Dune movie didn’t have a post-credits scene of any kind, and the same holds true for the sequel. There’s no mid or post-credits scene to be found in Dune: Part 2.

This is a bit surprising considering that there’s clearly more story left to be told. Dune: Part 2 may wrap up director Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of the original Dune novel, but author Frank Herbert penned a further five sequels. That’s not even counting the many prequels, sequels, and spinoffs created by Herbert’s son Brian and author Kevin J. Anderson.

Despite that wealth of material, Dune: Part 2 gives no hint as to what’s coming next. But fear not, we’re about to break down everything you need to know about where the third movie is heading.

Dune: Part 2’s Missing Characters

Before we get into Dune: Part 3, it’s worth taking a step back to explore the important characters who don’t appear in Part 2. This sequel changes up the source material by leaving several major characters on the cutting room floor.

One of those is Stephen McKinley Henderson’s Thufir Hawat. Thufir plays a small but critical role in the second half of the book. Captured by the Harkonnens, Thufir is put to work as the Baron’s new Mentat. The Baron believes Thufir can be controlled through his desire for vengeance, all based on the lie that Lady Jessica betrayed her Duke. But Thufir continues to quietly scheme against the Harkonnens and maneuver Feyd-Rautha against his uncle. In the end, Thufir chooses to die rather than betray Paul.

Henderson did reportedly film scenes for Dune: Part 2, but those scenes were cut from the final product. The same goes for actor Tim Blake Nelson, who was cast in an undisclosed role and doesn’t appear in the final film.

It’s speculated that Nelson was meant to play Count Fenring, the husband of Léa Seydoux’s Lady Margot and one of the greatest swordsmen in the Imperium. Fenring himself is part of the Bene Gesserit’s long scheme to produce the Kwisatz Haderach, but he proved to be a dead end because of his infertility. That’s why Lady Margot seduces Feyd-Rautha, in order to secure his genetic material for the Bene Gesserit’s ongoing breeding program. It may be that Villeneuve felt it was simpler to leave Fenring out of the picture.

The movie also eliminates Paul and Chani’s son, Leto II. Named in tribute to his late grandfather, Leto only appears briefly in the book before being killed in an attack by the Emperor’s soldiers. In the book, his death is a sign that Paul, for all his power, isn’t all-seeing and all-knowing. Not yet, anyway.

Finally, there’s Alia. In one of the more notable changes from the book, Lady Jessica’s daughter never actually appears in the flesh. She’s still yet to be born by the end and appears only as an adult through Paul’s prescient visions. By comparison, in the book Paul and Lady Jessica stay with the Fremen for years before the holy war begins, enough time for Alia to be born and grow to age 2.

This two-year-old Alia is a tricky character to handle because she’s a young child who speaks with the mind and personality of a fully grown adult. How do you find a child actor who can convincingly pull off such a role? Do you dub over her lines and hope for the best, as in David Lynch’s Dune? Villenueve clearly opted for the path of least resistance, accelerating the timetable and ending the movie before Alia is actually born. Assuming Dune: Part 3 happens, we’ll reconnect with Alia as a fully grown adult.

How Dune: Part 2 Sets Up More Sequels

Dune: Part 2 definitely wraps up on an open-ended note, just as the novel does. As the credits roll, we’ve just seen the opening salvo in a holy war that promises to reshape the galaxy. Paul has gotten his revenge, but at what cost? Is this even a happy ending?

Not really. Herbert famously said that the Dune series is a cautionary tale about the need to be wary of charismatic leaders. Whether or not his intentions are noble, Paul has just ushered in a war that threatens to claim billions of lives. The fallout of that war carries into the second book in the series, Dune Messiah.

Messiah picks up more than a decade after the events of Dune. In this era, Paul rules the galaxy from his throne on Arrakis, but not all is well in the Imperium. More than 60 billion people have been killed in the holy war. Paul has yet to father any children, and Princess Irulan is conspiring against her husband with the Bene Gesserit, the Spacing Guild and the technological experts known as the Tleilaxu. Even some of the Fremen are beginning to doubt their leader and lament the loss of their old way of life. All the while, Alia becomes a religious figure in her own right, with many Fremen worshipers hailing her as “St. Alia of the Knife.”

Even more than in the first novel, Paul struggles with the weight of his prescient visions in Dune Messiah. When the past, present and future are open to you, how do you decide to do anything? How do you move through the world when every step is laid out before you? When you can sense every tragedy that lies ahead, do you allow fate to play out or seek to rewrite the future? Paul is determined to guide humanity along the best possible path, but in the end, the sacrifices necessary might be too much for him to bear.

Villenueve has voiced his desire to film a third Dune novel based on Messiah, and it appears that the screenplay is nearly complete . However, the ending to Dune: Part 2 suggests that Part 3 won’t be a 1:1 adaptation of Messiah.

The biggest change in this sequel involves the fate of Chani. In the book, Chani is aware of Paul’s plan to marry into the throne and accepts it as a necessary burden. She serves as Paul’s concubine in Dune Messiah, living in a tense coexistence with Irulan and hoping to bear Paul’s children. Chani is unaware that Irulan is poisoning her food with contraceptives, purposely denying the Emperor an heir.

In the movie, Chani is as shocked as anyone to learn of Paul’s plan for Irulan. She leaves Paul and returns to the desert rather than live the life of a concubine. It’s the culmination of a clear effort to give Chani more agency and a more proactive role in the movies compared to the book. Irulan, for her part, comes across as more sympathetic to Paul in the movie, suggesting the two might actually make for a good match.

In short, Chani is being set up to have a vastly different role in Dune: Part 3. She won’t be by Paul’s side, and that could fundamentally change both of their character arcs in the next movie. Chani may even become the figurehead of that faction of Fremen who reject the Lisan al Gaib and his holy war. Is their love affair doomed for good, or will Paul and Chani return to each other’s side in the third movie? Will Chani’s story ultimately play out the same as in the book, or will this one change ripple out and continue to affect the series in surprising ways? We’ll have to wait a few years until the next Dune movie hopefully becomes a reality.

What did you think of Dune: Part 2? What are your theories about the next movie in the series? Let us know in the comments.

For more on this epic sci-fi adaptation, check out IGN's Dune: Part 2 review , learn how practical effects help make Arrakis real , find out why the film shows that we need a feel-bad sci-fi movie series , dig in on why Dune 2 is a perfect adaptation , and brush up on the all-important Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen .

Note: this article was originally published on March 1, 2024 and udpated on March 8, 2024 with the latest information about the Dune series.

Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter .

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