CASTING CALL: Production Dates late August through mid-September 2026

The Wise Shall Understand – The Film (current working title). Based on the book The Wise Shall Understand: Daniel and Revelation

Seeking Principal and Supporting Actors

Location: Filmed in the Christian Valley of BC (North of Westbridge, off Highway 33 south of Kelowna. Approximately 200 km from Kelowna. Transportation is available.) Cast will have their own cabin for lodging during the shoot, with meals provided in a central meeting hall.

Production Dates: Late August through mid-September 2026

Compensation: Paid. As an independent faith-based feature film, compensation will vary based on role size, filming days required, and experience level. Details will be discussed with selected candidates.

How to Apply: Complete the form at the bottom of this page.

About the Production

The Wise Shall Understand (working title) is an independent faith-based dramatic feature film produced by End Times Prophecy Ministries. The film combines compelling character-driven storytelling with themes of faith, hope, sacrifice, and biblical prophecy.

Our goal is to create a high-quality production that reaches audiences both inside and outside the Christian community.

Who We’re Looking For

Actors comfortable with:

• Faith-based storytelling
• Biblical dialogue
• Emotional dramatic performances
• Character-driven storytelling

Prior experience with Christian, faith-based, or inspirational projects is helpful but not required.

Synopsis

When world events begin fulfilling the Bible prophecies she grew up hearing, a young woman must navigate love, loss, betrayal, and mounting deception as the world races toward its final chapter.

Movie Description

A faith-based prophetic drama set against the backdrop of accelerating end-time events.

Leah Tate grew up believing that Bible prophecy would happen in her lifetime. As she goes to college and begins her career, those warnings begin to feel less real—until war erupts in the Middle East and the world starts changing faster than anyone imagined.

While prophecies unfold on the world stage, Leah struggles through the joys and sorrows of ordinary life: falling in love, facing betrayal, enduring heartbreak, and suffering profound loss. As society unravels, she must decide whether the faith that carried her through life’s trials will be enough to carry her through humanity’s final chapter.

Character Briefs for Casting

All principal roles require actors comfortable with biblical dialogue, prophetic content, and prayer scenes. These must feel natural, not performative. The theological content is specific and must be delivered with conviction. Actors should be comfortable portraying characters whose lives and decisions are deeply influenced by biblical faith.

LEAH TATE: Female | 22-25 | Lead

Leah is intelligent, compassionate, thoughtful, and quietly resilient. Raised in a Bible-prophecy-centered home, she spent her college years trying to balance ordinary life with extraordinary beliefs about the future.

She longs for normalcy, love, and stability, but increasingly finds herself pulled toward a destiny she cannot ignore.

The audience experiences the story through her eyes.

Character Arc: Moves from uncertainty and hesitation to conviction, courage, and leadership.

Casting Notes: Needs warmth, vulnerability, emotional depth, and strong dramatic range. Must convincingly portray romance, grief, and spiritual conviction.

JOSH TATE: Male | 50-60 | Supporting Lead

Leah’s father. A carpenter, widower, and Bible prophecy teacher. Josh is practical, humble, wise, and deeply loving.

Having lost his wife years earlier (also shown in the movie), he has spent his life preparing his children for difficult days without allowing fear to define them.

Character Arc: Transitions from husband and protector to mentor who must let his daughter stand on her own. His life spans from about ages 40 – 55 in the movie.

Casting Notes: Strong fatherly presence. Needs authenticity, warmth, wisdom, and occasional humor.

RYAN BENNETT: Male | 23-28 | Lead

Ryan begins as Leah’s co-worker. Kind, intelligent, hardworking, and emotionally grounded. He initially knows little about Bible prophecy but becomes increasingly interested as world events unfold.

Ryan represents the audience member discovering these ideas for the first time.

Character Arc: From skeptic and observer to committed believer willing to sacrifice for truth.

Casting Notes: Natural charisma. Strong chemistry with Leah is essential.

CALEB TATE: Male | 24-28 | Supporting Lead

Leah’s older brother. A carpenter and devoted believer.

Caleb is practical, dependable, protective, and deeply loyal. While outwardly strong, he quietly carries profound losses, including the death of his mother and the collapse of a serious relationship.

Character Arc: Learns that faithfulness often means enduring disappointment without losing hope.

Casting Notes: Appearance similar enough to Leah and Josh to be believable as family. Needs emotional depth beneath a rugged exterior.

DAMIEN MERCER: Male | 28-33 | Major Supporting

A military veteran and Leah’s neighbor. Damien is intelligent, confident, and initially skeptical of faith. Haunted by experiences from military service, he begins searching for answers as global events spiral out of control.

His journey becomes one of the most dramatic spiritual transformations in the story.

Character Arc: From hardened soldier to haunted betrayer.

Casting Notes: Strong screen presence. Military authenticity preferred.

TERRI TATE: Female | 35-40 | Supporting

Leah and Caleb’s mother. Although she dies early in the story, Terri remains emotionally present throughout the film through letters (voice over) she prepared for her children before her death.

Her wisdom continues guiding Leah long after she is gone.

Casting Notes: Warm, nurturing, emotionally powerful. Limited screen time but tremendous impact. (Ideal, but not required, would be that the actress playing Terri has two real-life children to play Leah and Caleb at ages 10 and 12, as all three appear in their scenes together.)

LUKE TATE: Male | 68-72 | Supporting

Josh’s father and Leah’s grandfather. Wise, steady, and deeply rooted in faith. Luke helps establish the spiritual foundation of the Tate family and provides some of the story’s most memorable moments of wisdom. Limited screen time.

Casting Notes: Dual Role: The actor portraying Luke will also portray a supernatural counterfeit of Luke later in the film, requiring significant dramatic range – warmth in Act I (when Leah is 10), evil masquerading as warmth until exposed as evil in Act III (when Leah is 25).

JUSTIN KELLER: Male | 50’s | Supporting

A pastor of 23 years who disfellowshipped families for teaching what was actually Bible truth that his denomination has rejected. He thinks he is a good man, proud, conviction about the Bible truths he knows and strong rejection of things he doesn’t know.

Casting notes: Justin must project genuine spiritual authority – a sincere man with a big blind spot. He has scenes that require real theological tension.

MIRIAM KELLER: Female | Late 40’s | Supporting

Justin’s wife. She is the film’s second conversion arc, resulting in a confrontation with Justin that is the strongest scene she has.

Casting notes: Miriam carries a quiet, sustained grief balanced with growing acceptance of truths her husband rejected. Her scenes are an anchor to several of the scenes she is in.

Additional roles

• Young Leah (Age 10)
• Young Caleb (Age 12)
• Police Officer
• News Anchors / Reporters
• Restaurant Staff
• Community Members
• Various speaking and non-speaking roles