The creator and director of The Chosen is teaming up with the studio behind the Jesus Revolution to make a popular children’s book into a holiday movie.
Dallas Jenkins recently announced that Lionsgate and Kingdom Story Company are bringing to the big screen a movie adaptation of Barbara Robinson’s The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
Jenkins will write and direct the film, which will be in theaters next holiday season.
“This is a dream come true and the movie I’ve most wanted to make my whole career. And I wouldn’t want to do it with anyone other than Lionsgate and Kingdom, who make great movies while supporting filmmakers,” Jenkins said on YouTube.
“Based on the beloved book and play, The Best Christmas Paegeant Ever centers on the Herdmans –absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world. But this Christmas, they’re taking over their local church Pageant – and they just might unwittingly teach a shocked community the true meaning of Christmas,” Lionsgate said in a press release.
The Lionsgate and Kingdom Story Company’s adaptation of the book will begin production next month in Canada.
Jenkins told the Desert News that he and his wife, Amanda, fell in love with the
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