At the 2024 ChosenCon,The Chosen’sDallas Jenkins talked meeting Mel Gibson and filming Season 5 amidst current controversies.
We can’t wait to debut this picture because it’s so beautiful.
Then the Olympics happened and I thought, ‘Huh.
That’s good timing.
This is gonna really help.’
We honestly weren’t doing it as some sort of culture war.
We don’t care about the culture wars.
We just said, ‘You know what?
Let’s check that you see something closer to the real thing.’
So let’s put this out there."
“We’re not gonna fight.
We’re not going to say anything snarky.
We’re just gonna go, ‘What do you think?’
I think the people spoke because it got more engagement than any of our pictures released.
But there’s really nothing controversial about the fact that we are a Jewish show.
Our show is set in Israel…
It’s the roots of our faith.
We’re unabashed about that, we’re unashamed about that.
So, of course, we stand with, kneel for Israel.
We don’t anyone to be victimized by hate or by violence and that needs to be said.
Israel doesn’t have the monopoly on people who don’t deserve this… (noise interference).
We are a Jewish show.
We stand with them.”
Through the years,The Chosenhas found a loyal fan base among Millennials and Gen Z audiences.
When I was in college, I didn’t have anything like this.
I was a person of faith.
But when you’re younger, you’re a little bit more eager to see good stuff.
It’s been really gratifying and always moving to us when younger people have seen it.
We have more to come and more people to reach.
So we’re just getting started."
Both of us have a similar approach.
And Mel and I are broken, flawed people who are tasked with telling this story.
So we bonded a little bit on that."
What he did is different from mine.
We just wanted to congratulate each other on that."
Filming is expected to begin in early 2025 with Jim Caviezel reprising his role as Jesus.
The ChosenSeason 7 will also center on the Resurrection and is set to debut in 2028.
Seasons 1-3 ofThe Chosenare streaming onDisney+andHulu.
Seasons 1-4 are available to stream on the show’s free app,Peacock, andAmazon Prime Video.
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