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Watch: Jesus blesses a betrothed couple in a clip from The Chosen Season 5
A few thoughts on the scene's sources and implications.
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Peter T Chattaway
The Chosen sneak-peeks two more scenes from Season 5
Plus: Did ancient Judean towns have "municipal coroners" issuing "death certificates"? And other anachronisms.
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Peter T Chattaway
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Trailer round-up: The Chosen Season 5! The King of Kings!
The life-of-Jesus series and the animated Charles Dickens adaptation are both coming to theatres mere days or weeks before Easter 2025.
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Peter T Chattaway
Did the baby Jesus burp, cry, or get sick?
A few thoughts prompted by The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
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Peter T Chattaway
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The Chosen Season 5 sneak peek – a few quick notes
Spoiler-ish thoughts re: a three-minute clip that played in theatres last Saturday.
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Peter T Chattaway
Newsbites: Scorsese's Saints! Netflix's Narnia! Land of Nod! Last Supper! The Chosen!
Scorsese's docudrama series, which includes episodes about John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene, starts coming out later this month. Also: will Narnia…
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Peter T Chattaway
Video round-up: Light of the World! The Book of Clarence! The Chosen!
A promo video, a music video, and an upcoming livestream.
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Interview: The Promised Land director Mitch Hudson on making a comedy series about Moses
Hudson has wrangled crowd scenes as an assistant director on The Chosen; now he'll get to direct a cast of thousands (or at least hundreds) in his own…
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Peter T Chattaway
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Bible movies on Netflix: the first-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 about…
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Peter T Chattaway
Newsbites: The Chosen universe! The Passion sequel!
Dallas Jenkins and Mel Gibson could both be diving into the Old Testament and bringing the Resurrection to the big screen in the next few years.
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Peter T Chattaway
Newsbites: The Chosen! The Promised Land! The King of Kings! The Carpenter!
The Chosen is about to announce some new shows; The Promised Land sends out a call for extras; The King of Kings gets a distributor; and The Carpenter…
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Peter T Chattaway
Newsbites: House of David! Carpenter's Son! Judas' Gospel! Noah's Ark 2!
The upcoming Amazon series about Saul and David may be pumping up the action; Nicolas Cage is attacked by bees; a revisionist Judas film gets a…
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Peter T Chattaway
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