Coming Soon: Movie Backs ‘Intelligent Design’

High school students are among target audience.

“Intelligent design” has been overwhelmingly rejected by the world’s scientists. How will it play among moviegoers?

Proponents and detractors of the concept, which purports to be an alternative to evolution, will soon find out, as a new film that argues in favor of the controversial idea moves closer to release.

“Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed” will appear in theaters in April, according to an executive for the Premise Media Corp., which is producing the documentary. It has already sparked a backlash among scientists, who worry that it will mislead the public—and students—by falsely suggesting that intelligent design has...