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As America approaches its 250th anniversary, a powerful new film arrives in theaters with the rare gift of reminding us where the American idea was truly forged. In an exclusive conversation with AMFM Magazine’s Paul Salfen, director Jon Erwin and star Kelsey Grammer open up about Young Washington — a decade-in-the-making passion project that follows

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With the nation preparing to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Angel Studios and Wonder Project are bringing audiences a sweeping, big-screen origin story unlike any other. In this exclusive AMFM Magazine conversation, screenwriter Diederik Hoogstraten reveals how he and collaborators Jon Erwin and Tom Provost humanized the iconic George Washington during

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Forged in Failure and the Frontier: Jon Erwin & Kelsey Grammer on “Young Washington” – The Hero’s Journey That Built America Just in Time for the 250t

“The Hat Changed Everything”: William Franklyn-Miller on Unlocking the Leader Within as Young George Washington in Jon Erwin’s Epic Origin Story

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Forged in Failure and the Frontier: Jon Erwin & Kelsey Grammer on “Young Washington” – The Hero’s Journey That Built America Just in Time for the 250t

“The Hat Changed Everything”: William Franklyn-Miller on Unlocking the Leader Within as Young George Washington in Jon Erwin’s Epic Origin Story

Sir Ben Kingsley on the ‘Pure Mandate’ of Storytelling: ‘If Your Motives Are Pure, the Angels Will Come’ in YOUNG WASHINGTON

“It’s Something We Can All Agree On”: Diederik Hoogstraten on ‘Young Washington’ and the July 4th Movie That Could Bring America Together