ACADEMY AWARD-WINNER LOUIS GOSSETT, JR. WILL STAR IN FILM ADAPTATION OF BESTSELLING FAITH-BASED NOVEL THE REASON CONTACT: Shanon Stowe 931-307-1988; shanon@iconmediagroup.com  Charlotte, NC (February 29, 2016) –Academy Award-winning actor Louis Gossett, Jr. (An Officer and a Gentleman) will star in the faith-based movie THE REASON, an adaptation of the bestselling novel by William Sirls. BroadStreet Publishing will re-release The Reason in July. The Reason, Sirls’ first novel, was originally slated to release via Westbow Press, the self- publishing arm of Thomas Nelson, before it caught the…