Former WWE wrestler Shawn Michaels stars in Christian comedy "The Resurrection of Gavin Stone"

Shawn Michaels in "The Resurrection of Gavin Stone" | Screen capture/Youtube/The Resurrection of Gavin Stone

Former WWE wrestler Shawn Michaels joined the cast of the upcoming faith-based comedy "The Resurrection of Gavin Stone" as Doug, a former biker turned Christian.

This film will be Michaels' first faith-based film and also his first project that does not involve wrestling.

The WWE hall of famer previously wrote about his faith in his autobiography, "Wrestling for My Life: The Legend, the Reality, and the Faith of a WWE Superstar."

"As long as I did the good things associated with religion, I thought I was in good shape spiritually, too," Michaels wrote.

The former wrestler revealed in his book that even before he joined the WWE, he "began to drink more and started taking drugs and pills and chasing women."

In an interview with Christian Post, Michaels speculated that many in WWE were happy for his change because of the improvement in his character.

"From the standpoint of being happy for me, my life was not headed in a great direction the last time I had been around so just the fact that things were better for me, I think they were happy about that," he said.

"The Resurrection of Gavin Stone" stars Brett Dalton as Gavin Stone, a former child actor who gets arrested and sentenced to community service at a megachurch in his hometown. He pretends to be a Christian so that the pastor would cast him as Jesus in the church's Easter play. Other cast members include D.B. Sweeney, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes and Neil Flynn.

The film was directed by Vertical Church Films founder, Dallas Jenkins. The script was written by Andrea Nasfell. Jenkins said the movie is "relatively low-budget." In 2014, he estimated the budget at $2 million. He added that it was funded entirely by Hollywood investors.

The movie premieres on Jan. 20, 2017, by WWE Studios in cooperation with Vertical Church, Walden Media and BH Tilt. It will be shown in about 800 to 1,000 theaters across the U.S.