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Newsbites: The Chosen's Joseph! Scorsese's Jesus!
Amazon, which is already distributing The Chosen itself, is now involved in the spin-off series about Joseph and his jealous brothers.
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Peter T Chattaway
Watch: The disciples meet in a new clip from Light of the World
Right from the start, they're competing for status.
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Peter T Chattaway
Box office: How to Train Your Dragon soars to franchise-best opening
Also: Celine Song's Materialists had the best opening of any non-IP film directed by a woman in over two years.
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Peter T Chattaway
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Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints gets a second season
Saints profiled this season will include the Virgin Mary, Peter, Paul, Patrick, and the first (not-quite-yet-canonized) millennial saint, Carlo Acutis.
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Peter T Chattaway
Interview: Testament director Paul Syrstad on expanding and modernizing the book of Acts
The creator of the Angel series talks about "nerding out on the Bible," exploring relationships that are only hinted at in the text, and dealing with…
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Peter T Chattaway
Newsbites: Testament! The Chosen! House of David! The King of Kings... in Korean!
Two New Testament shows launch new seasons online; the Wall Street Journal looks at the money behind shows like House of David; and a Squid Game co-star…
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Peter T Chattaway
Box office: Ballerina underperforms with the weakest debut of any John Wick sequel or spin-off
The Ana de Armas-starring revenge flick, like last week's Karate Kid: Legends, fell well behind initially optimistic predictions.
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Box office: Karate Kid: Legends can't knock Mission: Impossible out of the #2 spot
Also: Lilo & Stitch is already the 2nd-highest-grossing American movie of the year.
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Peter T Chattaway

May 2025

The Chosen S5E1 to make its online debut on YouTube next week
The episode, which played in theatres two months ago, will start streaming on Prime Video in the US in mid-June, and in other countries in mid-July.
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Peter T Chattaway
Newsbites: The Chosen! Light of the World! The Resurrection of the Christ!
The Chosen announces new theatrical and streaming dates; Light of the World gets a music video; and Mel Gibson is already prepping The Resurrection of…
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Peter T Chattaway
Flashback: The first four Karate Kid movies
Some notes on the three 1980s films that starred Ralph Macchio, and the 1990s film that starred Hilary Swank.
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Peter T Chattaway
Box office: The Lilo & Stitch remake beats the Mission: Impossible sequel in a record-setting weekend
Also: Neal McDonough, who worked on the Tom Cruise movie that beat the original Lilo & Stitch at the box office 23 years ago, starred in his third movie…
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Peter T Chattaway
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