The Chosen(TV show/series, 2019-)

The Chosen is an American Christian historical drama television series. Created, directed, and co-written by filmmaker Dallas Jenkins, it is the first multi-season series about the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. Primarily set in Judaea and Galilee in the 1st century, the series centers on Jesus and the different people who met and followed or otherwise interacted with him. The series stars Jonathan Roumie as Jesus as well as Shahar Isaac, Elizabeth Tabish, Paras Patel, Noah James, and George H. Xanthis. Noting there had never been a multi-season, episode-based portrayal of Jesus and his disciples that could be "binge-watched" in the same way as shows on streaming mediums such as Netflix , Dallas Jenkins put together a writing team and production staff for his series vision. When scripts and direction for The Chosen series started coming together, he created a partnership with Angel Studios, formerly VidAngel. With the intention of differing from previous portrayals of Jesus, Jenkins crafted a story arc which focused more on the people who encountered and foll... ()