For King&Country have performed“Drummer Boy”on their Christmas tour for years, with Luke on the drum and the brothers ending up on opposite sides of a battlefield. That stage moment is now a full feature film, opening in theaters nationwide Friday as the first major release of the holiday movie season.
Joel Smallbone co-directed the film with his brother Ben and acts in it, while Luke served as a producer and has a small role. Development began around 2018, and the project was filmed in Ireland over several months. The story centers on two brothers divided by battle, a love story, and a forbidden bond between a soldier and an enslaved young woman.
If you’ve caught the duo’s Christmas tour, you already know the energy behind this song. The film takes that moment and expands it into something with real emotional weight. Will you be seeing“Drummer Boy”in theaters this weekend? Let us know in the comments.
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