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Newsbites: The First Christmas! The Carpenter's Son! The Resurrection of the Christ!
Kevin Costner is hosting a TV special about Mary and Joseph; The Carpenter's Son flops at the box office; and a Resurrection of the Christ cast member…
Nov 19, 2025
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Peter T Chattaway
Video round-up: New clip from the animated David! New trailer for The Carpenter's Son!
In which David sings of adventure to his sheep, while Mary asks Joseph if he doubts his visions.
Nov 5, 2025
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Peter T Chattaway
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Should Israeli actors star in Bible movies?
Social-media users are protesting the fact that Netflix's upcoming Mary movie has a mostly Jewish-Israeli cast rather than, say, a Palestinian one.
Nov 17, 2024
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Peter T Chattaway
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The nitpicker's guide to Journey to Bethlehem – part one
Who the Magi were, what the Star of Bethlehem was, what marriage customs were like, who Herod's son was, and more in the first half-hour of this movie.
Dec 20, 2023
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Peter T Chattaway
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A few thoughts on Journey to Bethlehem
Things that work, and things that don't, in the film that puts a pop-rock-musical romantic-comedy spin on the Nativity story.
Nov 16, 2023
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Peter T Chattaway
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Watch: The Magi do musical comedy in a new Journey to Bethlehem featurette
Also: co-writer/director/composer Adam Anders talks about how he adapted scripture in a new nine-minute video.
Nov 1, 2023
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Peter T Chattaway
Exclusive: Journey to Bethlehem director Adam Anders on his years-long quest to make a musical about the Nativity
The Grammy-nominated music-producer-turned-director on making the first big-screen musical about the birth of Jesus and filling it with comedy, romance…
Oct 23, 2023
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Peter T Chattaway
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