What happens after the miracle? After the hit song? After the “happily ever after”? Actor Dennis Quaid and co-director Andy Erwin return to discuss I Can Only Imagine 2 — a continuation of the powerful story inspired by MercyMe frontman Bart Millard.

Rather than revisiting past success, the sequel explores what happens when life gets complicated after the applause fades. Bart, now a father, must navigate the challenges of raising a teenage son while wrestling with his own legacy, expectations, and unresolved questions about fatherhood.

When singer Tim Timmons joins the tour, his radical daily gratitude becomes a catalyst for change — challenging Bart to rediscover joy, humility, and perspective in the midst of success.

In This Episode

• Why Andy Erwin was initially skeptical about making a sequel

• The idea that sparked the film: “What happens when the happily ever after breaks?”

• Why this film is more continuation than sequel

• Dennis Quaid on portraying memory, legacy, and the father-son chain

• The powerful theme of gratitude as “hope with teeth”

• How Tim Timmons’ character reshapes the emotional core of the story

• Healing generational wounds and completing the chain of fatherhood

• Why audiences are craving authentic stories that wrestle with life’s big questions

About the Film

I Can Only Imagine 2
Directed by Andy Erwin

The film continues the story that began with I Can Only Imagine, following the next chapter of Bart Millard’s life as a father, artist, and man learning that success doesn’t eliminate struggle — and that gratitude may be the shortest road to joy.

With themes of redemption, legacy, and generational healing, the film challenges viewers to reflect on their own relationships with their fathers — and their children.

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