On the Screen: ‘Jesus Revolution’ explores a revival which impacted a generation
DAVID ADAMS watches ‘Jesus Revolution’…
“Not the real Jesus”: How ‘The Chosen’ star Jonathan Roumie became a poster child for Christian causes
KATHRYN POST and JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, report…
Essay: The long strange trip of Lonnie Frisbee
In an article first published on Religion News Service, GREG LAURIE – US pastor, author and producer of the new biopic ‘Jesus Revolution’, says Lonnie was the face and a catalysing force of the Jesus Movement that rippled through the late 1960s and early 1970s…
Film series ‘The Chosen’ explores its Catholic side in the Eternal City
Vatican City RNS This week Pope Francis met none other than Jesus in St Peter’s Square. While greeting faithful on Wednesday, the Pope spoke with Jonathan Roumie, who portrays Christ in the series The Chosen and was visiting Rome to promote the show. “Meeting the Pope was essentially having a childhood dream be realised,” Roumie […]
How and why ‘The Chosen’ plans to film season two during a pandemic
Religion Unplugged Dallas Jenkins, showrunner for The Chosen, announced on a YouTube livestream recently that the show would be starting production on the second season this northern hemisphere autumn. This comes while the film industry is still reeling from the effects of the pandemic, and Hollywood film and TV productions are only now restarting in […]