On a brief break from filming season 4 of The Chosen, creator Dallas Jenkins agreed to a Zoom call with Deadline to discuss his new berth on The CW and the success of his series about the life of Jesus. He’s dressed the part: Jenkins is wearing a T-shirt that reads My Rabbi Walks on Water, one of several items that he’s now peddling through the show’s merch website.
Like he really needs the money from selling Chosen-inspired coffee cups and hoodies. What began as a crowdsourcing project on the Angel Studios app has turned into a global hit with over 110 million viewers in 175 countries, with plans to make The Chosen available in 600 languages. The series has generated 6.5 million followers across social media, made $35 million at box office in special-event theatrical releases and has spawned best-selling books, DVDs, graphic novels, and yes — walking on water tees.
In June,...
Like he really needs the money from selling Chosen-inspired coffee cups and hoodies. What began as a crowdsourcing project on the Angel Studios app has turned into a global hit with over 110 million viewers in 175 countries, with plans to make The Chosen available in 600 languages. The series has generated 6.5 million followers across social media, made $35 million at box office in special-event theatrical releases and has spawned best-selling books, DVDs, graphic novels, and yes — walking on water tees.
In June,...
- 10/20/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
The CW is making some last-minute changes to its schedule, which means we have some renew/cancel news.
The network has immediately pulled Down to Earth With Zac Efron and Fantastic Friends from their Tuesday slots.
News of the shows being yanked from the schedule is not entirely surprising:
Down to Earth With Zac Efron touched down on the network's summer slate with just over 300,000 viewers.
A week later, the numbers were down to 232,000 viewers.
Fantastic Friends started with 161,000 viewers and dipped slightly to 158,000 in week two.
While the numbers are not terrible (by CW summer standards), they are notably lower than what The Chosen, Nancy Drew, and Son of a Critch have been doing on the schedule this summer.
The swift cancellations come weeks after the network pulled the Australian drama series Barons from its schedule.
Down to Earth With Zac Efron previously aired on Netflix as an original series,...
The network has immediately pulled Down to Earth With Zac Efron and Fantastic Friends from their Tuesday slots.
News of the shows being yanked from the schedule is not entirely surprising:
Down to Earth With Zac Efron touched down on the network's summer slate with just over 300,000 viewers.
A week later, the numbers were down to 232,000 viewers.
Fantastic Friends started with 161,000 viewers and dipped slightly to 158,000 in week two.
While the numbers are not terrible (by CW summer standards), they are notably lower than what The Chosen, Nancy Drew, and Son of a Critch have been doing on the schedule this summer.
The swift cancellations come weeks after the network pulled the Australian drama series Barons from its schedule.
Down to Earth With Zac Efron previously aired on Netflix as an original series,...
- 7/28/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
The writers strike caused a lot of films and TV shows to shut down production a couple months ago – and a lot more that were able to continue filming without writers have since been shut down by the Screen Actors Guild strike. But if a production happens to be independent, it can receive a waiver that will allow it to continue filming and its actors will continue working, even if they’re SAG members. Deadline and Variety report that some of the projects that have received SAG waivers include the Sam Raimi-produced horror film Don’t Move, the Mel Gibson / Mark Wahlberg thriller Flight Risk, the thriller The Watchers, and Hannibal TV series creator Bryan Fuller’s Dust Bunny, starring Mads Mikkelsen and Sigourney Weaver.
Nearly fifty movies and TV shows have received waivers so far. Some of them have even already been completed, but needed a waiver so the...
Nearly fifty movies and TV shows have received waivers so far. Some of them have even already been completed, but needed a waiver so the...
- 7/20/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The CW continues to try out different programming in the wake of Nexstar taking over the network, and it looks like The Chosen was a risk work taking.
Sunday's 90-minute broadcast-tv premiere had 520,000 viewers and a 0.1 rating, easily outperforming the rest of the network's summer shows.
Nancy Drew and Riverdale would love these numbers, and The Chosen's performance is even more impressive when you consider that it's been available on streaming platforms for quite a while now.
The CW picked up The Chosen earlier this year with a commitment to air all three seasons and more if the show succeeds.
The Chosen is set to air through Christmas Eve, but the network has yet to decide on the fourth season.
The show can continue production on its fourth season despite the SAG-AFTRA strike.
It will be fun watching if the show can hold up on The CW, but there's...
Sunday's 90-minute broadcast-tv premiere had 520,000 viewers and a 0.1 rating, easily outperforming the rest of the network's summer shows.
Nancy Drew and Riverdale would love these numbers, and The Chosen's performance is even more impressive when you consider that it's been available on streaming platforms for quite a while now.
The CW picked up The Chosen earlier this year with a commitment to air all three seasons and more if the show succeeds.
The Chosen is set to air through Christmas Eve, but the network has yet to decide on the fourth season.
The show can continue production on its fourth season despite the SAG-AFTRA strike.
It will be fun watching if the show can hold up on The CW, but there's...
- 7/17/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
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