The Sound of Freedom studio calls it the Angel Promise. Its original films and shows also need a 70 out of 100 score from paying members before they’re released.
Angel Studios, the faith-friendly studio behind Sound of Freedom and The King of Kings, has written a new set of rules into its business. It’s calling them The Angel Promise.
The short version: no sex on screen, no nudity, no F-words and no misuse of God’s name in its original movies and series.
Co-founder and chief content officer Jeff Harmon announced the policy Thursday, Oct. 29, in an interview with Fox News Digital.
“We promise there’s never going to be nudity, and there’ll never be sex on screen,” Harmon said.
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What are Angel Studios’ new content rules?
The Angel Promise has three parts.
Audience approval. Films and series need a score of at least 70 out of 100 from members of the Angel Guild, the studio’s paying member community, to be distributed through Angel. The company says the Guild has about 3 million members.
Content standards. No sex acts or nudity on screen. No F-word in any story. No profanity at all in titles made for kids 12 and under. And no irreverent use of God’s name in Angel original films or series. Sincere and devotional references are still allowed.
Parental controls. Angel is expanding the tools parents can use to filter what their kids watch.
Harmon framed the move as a response to mainstream studios. In the same interview, he said Hollywood generally lives in a bubble and has drifted away from the values-based audience it used to serve.
Does the Angel Promise ban violence?
No. Violence isn’t on the list.
That fits the studio’s slate. Sound of Freedom dealt with child trafficking, and the upcoming Young Washington is a war drama. A few critics pointed out the gap right away.
Harmon also suggested the profanity rules, other than the one about God’s name, could be adjusted over time. The standards on sex and nudity are meant to be permanent.
It’s also not clear yet whether the rules apply to movies Angel distributes but didn’t make, or only to its own originals.
Where did Angel Studios come from?
Angel started as VidAngel, a streaming service that let families skip or mute sex, nudity, profanity and violence in mainstream Hollywood movies. Disney and other major studios sued, and the filtering business ended.
The founders rebuilt the company around making their own content. Now, instead of editing scenes out after the fact, they’re setting the rules before cameras roll.
What has Angel Studios released?
Sound of Freedom, starring Jim Caviezel, was a surprise box office hit in 2023. The animated The King of Kings followed in 2025.
The studio has leaned hard on the Guild model the whole way, letting members vote on what gets made. According to reports, the Guild has helped direct about $300 million toward filmmakers.
The Angel Promise turns that system into a permanent rule. Harmon has said the goal is to protect the company’s standards long after its founders are gone.
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Hat Tips:
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Fox News Digital, Rachel del Guidice (Oct. 29): Jeff Harmon interview and Angel Promise details.
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Deadline (Oct. 30): Harmon’s Hollywood comments and the Guild’s membership.
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World of Reel (Oct. 30): the policy’s silence on violence and VidAngel history.
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Comic Basics (Oct. 31): reverent references, possible profanity changes and Guild funding figure.
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The Christian Post (Oct. 30): the 70-point Guild threshold.
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