Category Archives: Kevin Sorbo

“There’s nothing wrong with wanting to save the world, through fact or fiction,” he reflected. “The real world needs saving, especially today’s world. I think the reason all of these superhero movies work so well is that the world wants a hero. Most of the world is filled with good people who are tired of the violence, the war and the hate that has terrorized so many.”

Kevin Sorbo just keeps on saving the world. The actor, best known for portraying the title role in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, is back for a new adventure in CONtv’s new epic trilogy Mythica.

The first installment A Quest for Heroes premiered at the end of March, and Kevin – who plays the wizard Gojun, mentor to heroine Marek (Melanie Stone) as she pulls together a team of adventurers to save her endangered sister – sat down with us to talk about his latest role.

“Mythica is in the fantasy genre, like Hercules, but has more of a Lord of the Rings feel to it,” Kevin explained. “They’re both highly successful and fun to watch. There’s always an audience for these types of films; we all love to be carried away to a world that does not exist.”

What keeps drawing him back to these epic adventures?

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Over and over, we are told that Hollywood’s only agenda is making money. It’s not about ideology or social engineering, it’s about chasing the bucks.

There’s no doubt that Hollywood love things that make money–it just doesn’t love everything that makes money. But that may be changing.

Take, for example, the independent film God’s Not Dead, starring Kevin Sorbo (Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys) as an atheist professor who challenges a Christian student (Shane Harper) to prove the existence of God or fail the course.

Released to theaters on March 21 by Pure Flix Entertainment, the film–now available on DVD, DVD/Blu-Ray combo, digital HD and Amazon Prime Instant Video–cost about $2 million to make. As of June 18, the indie film garnered a worldwide total box office of $62 million.

Stack that up with the worldwide $100 million earned by Heaven is for Real ($12 million budget), about a little boy who glimpses Heaven and returns to tell the tale; the $10.5 million made by the Christian family movie Mom’s Night Out ($4.5 million budget); and the worldwide $67.8 million made by Son of God, the theatrical cut of the New Testament version of Mark Burnett and Roma Downey’s megahit History Channel miniseries The Bible (under $22 million for the entire 10 hours), you may understand why Tinseltown could be getting sweet on God-centric themes.

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