Country music legend Randy Travis made a special appearance at the Grand Ole Opry on Wednesday night (March 5) to share exciting news—a biopic about his life, titled Forever And Ever, Amen, is officially on the way.
The country legend shared the news alongside Clay Walker, who has been cast to portray Randy Travis in the film. Walker will take on the role of Travis in his 40s and 50s while also serving as an Executive Producer.
“We’re going to be producing the first, the most epic, Randy Travis biopic, a movie about Randy Travis’ life,” Walker proudly shared from the Opry stage as Travis smiled alongside him.
The “Rumor Has It” singer admitted this was a “dream come true” and revealed that this film has been in the works for “a long time.”
“I’m so excited that this is finally going to happen,” he added. “We’re going to start shooting this summer, and you expect the movie sometime out in 2026, but this is going to be epic for all of us and everybody that’s involved in this project.”
After the announcement, Walker performed a cover of Travis’ iconic “Forever and Ever, Amen,” featuring a heartfelt “amen” from Randy Travis himself at the end.
Moments later, Randy Travis and Clay Walker held a press conference backstage at the Grand Ole Opry to reveal additional details about the film.
It turns out, this project was Clay Walker’s idea. He felt it was necessary to honor Randy Travis in a way that hasn’t been done yet.
“No one has ever done as much for country music or been as important to country music as Randy Travis,” he pointed out.
It was revealed that Forever And Ever, Amen will chronicle Travis’ life in three stages, with three different actors portraying him at various ages. Alongside Walker, the film will feature additional actors to depict Travis during his childhood (ages 9-12) and early adulthood (ages 20-30).
According to Mary Travis, the film will touch on all stages of Travis’ life, even the difficult moments.
“I think anytime you go back through your life, there’s a lot of things you would change, a lot of things you’d do different. Do we want to go back there? No, but Randy has never been one that ran from his mistakes. He always owned them. He always tried to become better from them,” she said.
Mary went on to praise her husband and his “pure heart” and “good spirit” before adding, “It’s painful to go back through some of the things that we have to go back through. But he’s not afraid of that. I know that he would do things differently, but you did it. You lived it, you don’t want to do it again. And it’s important to tell those things to make the story complete.”
The team behind Forever And Ever, Amen is an impressive lineup, featuring veteran film producer Eric Groth (Wildcat starring Ethan Hawke) and writer/director Andrew Hyatt (Paul, Apostle of Christ from Sony Pictures) of Sacred Arthouse, alongside Zach Dasher and Korie Robertson of Tread Lively, the minds behind the record-breaking film The Blind and the upcoming series Duck Dynasty: The Revival. The film is being cast by being cast by Anne McCarthy, Kellie Roy, and Morgan Robbins at Engine Casting.
Randy Travis and his wife Mary Travis will executive produce, alongside Clay Walker.
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