Angel Studios Pledges No Profanity, Nudity, or Sex Scenes in Future Films and Shows

Angel Studios, the film studio and streaming platform best known for Sound of Freedom and its early work distributing The Chosen, has announced a new company-wide standard it calls “The Angel Promise.” According to a press release published through Business Wire and reported by Protestia, the promise bans profanity, nudity, and sex scenes from all of the studio’s upcoming film and television projects.

The studio, which reports more than three million subscribers, says the pledge covers every new project it takes on. It also promises stronger parental controls, so families can more easily decide what is appropriate for their households.

What sets the announcement apart is how the founders say they have locked it in. In June 2026, founders Neal and Jeff Harmon transferred more than 10 million shares of Class B stock, valued at roughly $39.3 million, to the Angel Mission Trust. The shares are locked up permanently for the purpose of governing the company. If a future board or executive team breaks the promise, the trust can cast more than 100 million votes to remove the board and executives and replace them with leaders who will keep it.

“Our hope is that this Trust can help Angel be the longest lasting entertainment company for families,” the founders said in the announcement.

Angel Studios uses a member-driven model in choosing projects. Its Angel Guild, a body of thousands of investors and members, watches and votes on early footage and completed films known as “Torches.” Projects that meet the guild’s voting requirements move into a review process to decide whether Angel Studios is the right home for them.

The studio’s track record has been mixed at the box office. Its breakout hit, Sound of Freedom, earned about $250 million on a $14.5 million budget, and His Only Son earned $13.8 million on a budget of just $250,000. Other releases fared less well, including Cabrini, which earned about $20 million against a $50 million budget, and Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Assassin, which earned about $12 million on a $25 million budget.

Angel Studios no longer distributes The Chosen, but the series remains closely associated with the studio in the public mind, and the new pledge signals the direction the company wants to take as it builds its own slate of family-oriented titles.

Whether the promise holds over time will depend on the trust mechanism the founders put in place, and on whether audiences keep showing up for the kind of films Angel says it wants to make. For now, the studio has drawn a clear line: its future projects will be made without profanity, nudity, or sex scenes, and families will have stronger tools to control what enters their homes.