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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
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
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
How many movies have depicted Matthias, the apostle who replaced Judas Iscariot?
Brief notes on films that have depicted Matthias before, during, and after his appointment to the Twelve.
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Peter T Chattaway
Box office: Thunderbolts* holds well enough in a week with no new major films
Also: The King of Kings is now the first Bible movie to be in the top ten for at least five straight weeks since The Passion of the Christ.
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Peter T Chattaway
Newsbites: The Chosen! The Resurrection of the Christ! The Way of the Wind!
The Chosen: Last Supper is coming to Prime Video on different dates in different countries; the sequel to The Passion of the Christ might start shooting…
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Peter T Chattaway
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Box office: Thunderbolts* has one of the lowest opening weekends of any summer-launching Marvel movie
Also: Sinners had the one of the best third weekends of any R-rated movie ever, and The King of Kings is the first Bible movie to land in the top ten…
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Peter T Chattaway
Box office: Sinners has a super-good hold, while the top new movie of the week is... Revenge of the Sith?
Also: The King of Kings had a big post-Easter drop, but it is also now the top-grossing "faith-based" film of the decade, and the top-grossing South…
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Peter T Chattaway
Bible movies on Netflix: the second-half-of-2024 viewership stats
For the first time since Netflix started releasing its semi-annual viewership data, the top Bible movie and the top Bible TV series were both "Netflix…
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Peter T Chattaway
Box office: Sinners wins Easter with the best opening weekend of any purely original film this decade
Also: The King of Kings had the best second weekend of any biblical or faith-based film since The Passion of the Christ.
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Peter T Chattaway
Box office: Jesus films take three slots in the top ten for the first time ever
The animated The King of Kings had one of the four best openings of any "faith-based" movie ever, while The Chosen: Last Supper is now the…
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