The King of King is the story of Jesus Christ told by Charles Dickens to his children.
The Direct spoke with the cast and filmmakers behind Angel Studios' upcoming animated filmThe King of KingsatWonderCon.
Fred Tatasciore: One of the primary things is it’s a Charles Dickens story.
And so it’s because it’s a lot to unpack in this story…
I brought my kid into a church in Santa Fe last winter.
And it was like, it’s terrible.
It’s a lot to explain.
And so what makes this different is two things.
One is it’s palpable.
It’s not something you have to close your eyes or turn your way from.
You’re partaking in it.
You’re seeing it.
But it’s not just totally psychotic, you know?
James Arnold Taylor: Certainly, with the aspect of Charles Dickens.
It wasn’t published until 1934, I think.
And he was very adamant about teaching his children about Christ.
So we get to keep coming back and forth into them.
And watching it with little kids, they relate to Walter.
And I think that’s really kind of the cool part…
It’s very palatable.
I think, no matter what you believe, that’s kind of the beautiful thing about it.
Also the cinematography of it.
I’ve been involved in this for about six years, doing voices for it.
Originally, I did what they call the scratch vocals.
So, I was originally Jesus and Charles Dickens and everybody, but I got to stay.
And as a family, they read it every Christmas.
So, what this movie does is pick up on that idea.
And, we have Charles Dickens telling the story of Jesus' life to his young son, Walter.
And, Walter is basically our audience.
So, it’s a great unit.
It’s a unique perspective.
You have to see it to really get it.
But the idea is that Dickens' storytelling is so immersive that his son feels like he’s there.
He feels like he’s walking among Jesus and the disciples.
What’s that?'
Rob Edwards: Well, that’s the thing.
And the way Jay wanted to tell it was like, no, no, let’s tell this.
Let’s animate it, and let’s tell it for a family.
But there’s a hyper reality to it.
Rob Edwards: Well, it is epic.
There’s this point in it when you’re watching it, and you forget that it’s animated.
You know, you are truly inspired by it.
And the animation that they do is like, it’s so photo real at times.
That you don’t want to [do].
You make them just real.
People give a shot to be as realistic with people’s fears and their apprehensions as possible.
It’s just, we’re nervous about something, uprisings or, you know, so, yeah.
So, that was an approach, too.
The full video interviews can be viewed here:
The King of Kingsreleases on April 11.
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