{"id":9238,"date":"2026-04-15T02:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T02:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/for-king-countrys-joel-smallbone-to-co-direct-star-in-drummer-boy-movie-musical-hometown-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T02:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T02:03:11","slug":"for-king-countrys-joel-smallbone-to-co-direct-star-in-drummer-boy-movie-musical-hometown-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/for-king-countrys-joel-smallbone-to-co-direct-star-in-drummer-boy-movie-musical-hometown-news\/","title":{"rendered":"For KING + COUNTRY's Joel Smallbone to co-direct, star in 'Drummer Boy' movie musical – Hometown News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A version of “The Little Drummer Boy” by the Australian duo for KING + COUNTRY has been returning to the charts every holiday season for the past few years. Now it seems the song has inspired a movie.<\/span>
Joel Smallbone will co-direct and star in the film,<\/span> Drummer Boy<\/span><\/em>, set to hit theaters Nov. 6. A press release describes it as a “Christmas musical about two brothers who find themselves on opposite sides of the American Revolutionary War.”<\/span>
Joel’s co-director is his brother Ben Smallbone; there are seven Smallbone siblings in all, including Joel’s bandmate Luke Smallbone. Joel and Ben say in a statement that the “fabric of the film” is “a nation built on 250 years of independence” and “a Christmas story that began over 2,000 years ago.”<\/span>
They go on to say that Drummer Boy<\/em> is a movie “created by brothers, about brothers,” adding, “We\u2019re humbled beyond words to bring it to life.\u201d
Joel also has a role in Young Washington<\/em>, a film about George Washington’s early years. It stars Ben Kingsley, Kelsey Grammer, Mary-Louise Parker and Andy Serkis, and will hit theaters on Independence Day weekend.
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