"The Chosen," the fourth season of a hit series.Jonathan RoumieI always start by praying to interpret Jesus".The ChosenIn the skin of the apostles and the holy women"The Chosen" came to theaters a few months ago with its fourth season. Now that June is starting, the episodes are being released on digital platforms: "The Chosen" app, "Acontra+" and "Movistar+", "Netflix" and "Prime Video".
While the season is already available on the seriesAcontra+" will premiere two episodes each week, on Tuesday and Saturday nights. The first episode is already available as of Tuesday, June 4. For its part, "Movistar+" still does not have a premiere date, although they assure that the series will be available soon on their platform.
The origin of "The Chosen"
During a meeting with the press, the representative of "The Chosen" in Spain, Paula Vegahas explained the origins of this series. Apparently when its director, Dallas Jenkins, was working in Hollywood, he collapsed after the box office failure of a project. Dejected, he returned home one day and his wife, wanting Jenkins to find comfort in the Bible, read the passage of the loaves and fishes.
That same night, Dallas Jenkins received a Facebook message: "You don't have to feed five thousand people, just put your loaves and fishes at the service of Christ". Everything lit up, and he thought it was time to change course and move away from Hollywood to pursue other types of projects.
The director decided to record an episode that Christmas to help his Christian community live better that time. The piece is the pastor's episode that those who have followed the series "The Chosen" will have seen.
This short film went viral and many people started making donations, asking Jenkins to continue telling stories about Jesus and his followers. Then "The Chosen" began.
The impact of the series
Today, viewers of the series are no longer just those Christian communities, but live in more than 190 countries, with "The Chosen" reaching 600 million views. In fact, in the first two premiere screenings of the fourth season, 15,000 people went to theaters.
The team of "The Chosen" is well aware that people are eager to know more about the series. For this reason, from the Spanish "YouTube" channel they are going to perform every Friday a live show with a special guest, during which they will talk about this historical drama and visualize the episode. The live show will be available from Friday to Sunday.
However, there is no reason to fear that the series will come to an end with its current premiere. "The Chosen" will have seven seasons and the fifth is already in the process of filming. As has been the case since the beginning of the project, the filming is being carried out in collaboration with experts who are making sure that the story is as faithful to reality as possible in the most important details.
The same happens in the translations and dubbing, in which Catholic priests and Protestant pastors participate so that the dialogues with phrases directly taken from the Gospel are as close as possible to the texts read by the faithful in Spain.
