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Dallas Jenkins Reveals ‘Miraculous’ Path to New Christmas Movie

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October 25, 2024

All the credit for making Dallas Jenkins’ upcoming Christmas movie a reality goes to God and a mom who really likes “The Chosen.”

Dallas Jenkins is known best as the creator of “The Chosen.” Before the hit biblical drama took off, the Illinois native had another project on his mind: he wanted to turn the 1972 novel, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” into a holiday movie starring Lauren Graham (“Gilmore Girls”), Judy Greer (“Ant-Man”), and Pete Holmes (“Night Court”), among others.

The journey to securing the rights to Barbara Robinson’s beloved book, though, was nothing short of “miraculous,” Jenkins recently told CBN News.

“I was born to make it,” he said of the movie, which bears the same name as the novel. “I’m the only one who can do this story justice. The combination of humor … with the message of Jesus being told, but in a way that it doesn’t feel preachy. There’s a reason this book has been read in public schools — and it’s not because the message has been watered down. It’s just because it’s told so well, it doesn’t feel like it’s coming at you with a Bible hammer. It feels like just an entertaining story that has a strong, good message.”

For those who don’t know the premise of the book, it chronicles the lives of six misfit children in the small town of Emmanuel. On the 75th anniversary of the local church’s Christmas pageant — a children’s presentation of the nativity — the six outcast kids strong-arm their way into the holiday custom and take over the pageant, much to the chagrin of the townspeople and churchgoers. Ultimately, though, it is the wayward Herdman children — Imogene, Ralph, Claude, Leroy, Ollie, and Gladys — who reveal the true meaning of Christmas, the Gospel message.

So moved by the book, Jenkins and his wife, Amanda, started the tradition of reading the novel each holiday season — a Christmas custom the Christian showrunner said he can’t complete without crying.

That tradition gave way to another tradition: Jenkins began a years-long quest to secure the rights to make the movie, especially after re-reading the novel the first time, and realizing it was “such a Jesus story” and one worthy of the Hollywood treatment.

For years, Jenkins had a repeating memo on his calendar — “pray for Pageant” — a reminder to pray for the chance to turn the acclaimed novel into a film. As the old adage goes: the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

Jenkins, a few years ago, reached out to the group of guys who held the film rights for the novel. As it turned out, the studio that owned the rights forgot to renew them, allowing them to lapse.

That was good news for Jenkins, but the best news came when one of the men who held the rights told the director and producer his mother was a fan of “The Chosen.”

Recalling the phone call, Jenkins said the man told him, “Just a few days ago, my mom called me and said, ‘Have you seen this show called ‘The Chosen?” And I said, ‘No.’ And she goes, ‘You have to see it.’ And he goes, ‘Well, that’s funny, because the creator of the show is always bugging me, because he wants to do ‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.’ And she says, ‘You better give him the rights! He’s the only one who can make this movie! How come you didn’t tell me the creator of ‘The Chosen’ wanted to do this movie?’”

That ultimately ended with Jenkins finally — after years of prayer and pestering — securing the rights to turn “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” into a movie, which debuts in theaters Nov. 8

“[It’s] a calling fulfilled to see this movie finally come to life,” said Jenkins. “The fact that I’m even talking to you about it is, in and of itself, a miracle I didn’t think ever was going to happen.”

Even with the delayed timing, Jenkins said he’s grateful for the way it all unfolded.

The successful filmmaker doesn’t see either the timing of “The Chosen” or “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” as coincidences.

“I know that 10 years ago, I wouldn’t have known how to handle this,” he said. “And I probably wouldn’t have made as good of a product because I would not have been quite a surrendered to God in the process of it.
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November 21, 2024

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കോഴിക്കോട്: മലയാള സിനിമ നടൻ മേഘനാഥൻ(60) അന്തരിച്ചു. ശ്വാസകോശ സംബന്ധമായ രോഗത്തെ തുടർന്നാണ് അന്ത്യം. കോഴിക്കോട് ബേബി മെമ്മോറിയൽ ആശുപത്രിയിൽ ചികിത്സയിൽ ആയിരുന്നു. നടൻ ബാലൻ കെ നായരുടെ മകനാണ്. ഒട്ടേറെ സിനിമകളിലഭിനയിച്ച മേഘനാഥൻ്റെ 1983 ൽ ഇറങ്ങിയ അസ്ത്രമാണ് ആദ്യചിത്രം. ചെങ്കോൽ, ഈ പുഴയും കടന്ന്, ഉത്തമൻ തുടങ്ങി 50ഓളം ചിത്രങ്ങളിൽ അഭിനയിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്.

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For KING + COUNTRY Stars’ Big Plan to Bring Message of Jesus, ‘Redemption of Humanity’ to People Across America

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6 days ago

November 16, 2024

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For KING + COUNTRY, one of the most popular Christian and inspirational bands around, is gearing up for the Christmas season in a big way.

Just months after singers Joel and Luke Smallbone brought their family’s story to the big screen in biopic “Unsung Hero,” the duo are heading back to theaters with a new project, “A Drummer Boy Christmas Live.“

The cinematic experience, which will run from Dec. 5-9, will make For KING + COUNTRY’s popular Christmas show accessible to people across the nation.

And the brothers promise to deliver a “sonic journey that blends the sights and sounds of the season with the musical mastery, heartwarming storytelling, and dazzling production.” Joel Smallbone told CBN News he’s elated to bring the show to audiences:

“One of the things that we love is Christmas tours,” he told CBN News. “And we’ve done one almost every year since the beginning of the band.”

But with the Christmas season so short, he said they came up with another option: bringing the Christmas show to movie theaters so even more people can see it. The band performed a show at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, rallied 12,000 fans — and created “A Drummer Boy Christmas Live.”

“It’s really beautiful,” Smallbone said. “This year, more than ever, I feel like we desperately just need to kind of keep the main thing the main thing, and these great hallmarks of humanity that are love, and joy, and peace, patience, kindness, goodness — let’s put them back in the driver’s seat this Christmas.”

Ultimately, Smallbone said “A Drummer Boy Christmas Live” is all about honoring the true meaning of Christmas.

“This is singing about baby Jesus, and this is singing about the redemption of humanity, and this is singing about BC to AD,” he said.

As for upcoming plans after the theatrical experience, Smallbone said For KING + COUNTRY is, for the first time since the beginning of the band, spending a year away from touring.

“We’re … going away to write and record … and we’re also going away to work on our next feature film that is going to production next fall,” he said, explaining that the band will come back to perform after these upcoming projects.

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Bible Prophecy Playing Out in Israel: New ‘Patterns of Evidence’ Film Seeks to Unpack the Truth

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November 13, 2024

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A documentary filmmaker is on a mission to explore the authenticity of ancient Bible prophecies.

Tim Mahoney, whose new film, “Patterns Of Evidence: The Israel Dilemma – Ancient Prophecies,” hits theaters Nov. 13, 14, and 17, told CBN News the events unfolding in the Middle East today are intricately tied to what we see happening in the Old and New Testaments.

Mahoney said the roots of his new movie were set in 2007 when he was working on another project surrounding the Israelites’ fleeing Egypt to head for the Promised Land.

As he navigated that story, he realized a great deal about God’s promises to Abraham had been misunderstood or had gone unknown to some.

“When we look at what happened last October with the attack in Israel, and then, shockingly, what happened with the campuses around the United States with the anti-Semitism, I realized that a lot of people don’t have any understanding of biblical prophecy,” Mahoney said. “The land of Israel was promised to Abraham’s descendants, and, so, that’s what this film is about — what are these ancient prophecies and how should we understand them?”

He said “Patterns Of Evidence: The Israel Dilemma – Ancient Prophecies” explores God’s covenant with Abraham and its establishment at Mount Sinai. Mahoney said he looks in the film for evidence of what’s discussed throughout the Old Testament.

“[Moses] wrote that in the future, these people would have a kingdom,” he said. “So, I’m looking for the kingdom. And secondly, he says that, if you have this kingdom … you need to obey God. And that’s part of the prerequisite — you’ve got to obey God. He says, if you obey God, there’s blessings, and, if you disobey God, there’s curses.”

Mahoney said the Bible also discusses what happens if God is disobeyed — that the people will be scattered and persecuted. And that’s not all.

“Then it says, ‘But God will be merciful to a small group of you, and you will return to the land,’” he said. “So, we’re looking for those five events.”

Ultimately, Mahoney said he wants people to understand the impact and importance of prophecy.

“What I want people to realize is that there are words that have been written down in the past, and, as time has gone on, these events that were foretold are happening,” he said. “And what I want people to see is that God is true to His word, and these prophecies that were given.”
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