“I Can Only Imagine 2,” the sequel to the 2018 breakout hit “I Can Only Imagine,” will open theatrically on March 20, 2026, in a wide release from Lionsgate.

John Michael Finley will again star as Millard, while Dennis Quaid and Trace Adkins will reprise their roles as Arthur and MercyMe manager Scott Brickell, respectively.

New cast members for the sequel include Milo Ventimiglia as singer/songwriter Tim Timmons, Sophie Skelton taking over the role of Bart’s wife Shannon, Arielle Kebbel as Hilary Timmons, Joshua Bassett as Bart’s brother-in-law Christopher and Sammy Dell as Bart’s son Sam.

The film from Lionsgate and Kingdom Story Company will continue the inspiring true story of MercyMe’s Bart Millard as he faces a deeply personal battle as a father that he can’t fight alone. The sequel will be directed by Brent McCorkle and Andrew Erwin from a screenplay written by McCorkle. Producers include Kevin Downes, Erwin, Cindy Bond, Bart Millard, Daryl Lefever and Joshua Walsh.

The first film took in over $83 million at the domestic box office against a budget of just $7 million. “I Can Only Imagine” told the backstory of how the best-selling Christian single of all time, MercyMe’s song of the same name, came to exist. “So much of Millard’s story is simultaneously relatable and optimistic that the movie works for the same reason the song does: It lightens the burden of the pain people are shouldering today, and gives them something to look forward to,” Variety‘s chief film critic Peter Debruge wrote in his review.