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February 2024

February 03, 2024

Watch: The Chosen’s creators on Season 4’s big plot twist

What did Jesus -- and Dallas Jenkins -- know, and when did they know it?

May 2023

May 11, 2023

Interview: Emilio Estevez on immersive travel, the road as church, and The Way

The 2010 film, which stars Estevez's father Martin Sheen as a lapsed Catholic on a...

March 2023

March 27, 2023

Interview: David Helling on directing His Only Son

The first-time feature-film maker talks about tackling one of the Old Testament's more controversial stories...

November 2022

November 15, 2022

Interview: Vanessa Benavente on playing Jesus’ mother in The Chosen

The Peruvian actress talks about playing Mary as a woman with a sense of humour...

November 24, 2021

Exclusive: The Chosen producer Derral Eves on the big-screen special Christmas with The Chosen: The Messengers

Plus, watch a five-minute clip with Joseph and Mary from the brand-new Christmas episode.

March 2020

March 15, 2020

Exclusive: I Am Patrick star John Rhys-Davies on playing Ireland’s patron saint and why he defends Christianity despite lacking “the gift of faith”

The Indiana Jones and Lord of the Rings star also talks about the one Bible-movie...

March 08, 2020

Interview: The Chosen writer-director Dallas Jenkins on harmonizing the gospels, finding the emotional impact of Jesus’ ministry, and how his series resembles The West Wing and Friday Night Lights

The Chosen aims to be the first multi-season series about the life of Jesus.

April 2019

April 19, 2019

Exclusive: Mary Magdalene producer Iain Canning on setting the record straight and making a “quieter” Bible movie

Also: how the filmmakers dealt with Mary's exorcism and with Jesus' humanity.

December 2018

December 22, 2018

Exclusive: Breakthrough and Miracles from Heaven producer DeVon Franklin on telling inspirational stories, and what he’s working on next

Franklin, who also produced The Star, also drops a hint or two about his next...

November 2018

November 07, 2018

Exclusive: Instant Family director Sean Anders on balancing humour and sincerity in a movie about foster parents and their children

Also: "white saviour" issues, the camaraderie between Christian and same-sex couples, and how his kids...

September 2018

September 05, 2018

Interview: Corin Hardy, Taissa Farmiga and Demián Bichir on faith and fear in The Nun, the newest film set in the Conjuring universe

The director and co-stars of the newest film in the Conjuring universe talk about finding...

June 2018

June 12, 2018

Interview: James Faulkner on playing Paul, Apostle of Christ, now available in digital form and coming to DVD next week

The actor, who also had a small role in the 1981 TV-movie Peter and Paul,...

March 2018

March 16, 2018

I Can Only Imagine and Steve McQueen: American Icon co-director Jon Erwin on rooting for the underdog and following your dreams

The filmmaker has a new documentary out on DVD and a new dramatic film in...

August 2017

August 01, 2017

Interview: Becoming Truly Human director Nathan Jacobs on being “none of the above” and giving the religiously unaffiliated a chance to be heard

The documentary, on people who self-identify as “none of the above” on religious surveys, comes...

April 2017

April 26, 2017

Jonah: On Stage! takes epic live theatre to the big screen

Jonah and the whale will be swimming soon to a theatre near you. For the...

March 2017

March 09, 2017

Exclusive: The Shack co-star Aviv Alush on being the first Israeli actor to play Jesus in an English-language movie

The actor also talks about the film's approach to themes like death, grief, and God.

September 2016

September 22, 2016

The Hollars producer Tom Rice on looking for Christian themes in movies that aren’t necessarily “Christian movies”

Rice -- who has also produced films like The Way Way Back and Mississippi Grind...

September 21, 2016

Exclusive: Randy LaHaye on playing the Antichrist, planning his own movie about the Resurrection, and rebooting the Rapture with Vanished | Left Behind: Next Generation

Tim LaHaye's grandson talks about how the newest Left Behind film was inspired by Twilight...

July 2016

July 12, 2016

Interview: Christy Beam (Miracles from Heaven, 2016)

The author of the book -- who is played by Jennifer Garner in the movie...

June 2016

June 07, 2016

Exclusive: James Wan on his return to horror, respecting the experiences of those who encounter the paranormal, and getting a priest to bless the set of The Conjuring 2

The man who launched the Saw and Insidious franchises talks about his latest film based...

May 2016

May 24, 2016

Exclusive: Patrick and Paul Aiello on the making of Risen

The brothers began developing the film almost a decade ago -- one as a producer,...

May 20, 2016

Exclusive: Almost Holy director Steve Hoover on his film, about a Ukrainian pastor who “kidnaps” drug-addicted youth

Hoover set out to make a film about an unusual pastor. He didn't expect to...

April 2016

April 08, 2016

Exclusive: Midnight Special director Jeff Nichols on parental fears and scientists who believe in something greater

The director of the sci-fi film talks about how it resembles, and doesn't, his earlier...

March 2016

March 10, 2016

Interview: Cyrus Nowrasteh (The Young Messiah, 2016)

The director of The Young Messiah talks about creating new characters for the film, the...

January 2016

January 25, 2016

Exclusive: Risen star Joseph Fiennes on playing doubters and men of faith — sometimes at the same time

The actor, who has starred in everything from a stage play about Jesus to films...

January 05, 2016

Interview: Pastor Chris Whaley (The Masked Saint, 2016)

In which the pro wrestler turned pastor turned novelist talks about seeing his story on...

December 2015

December 23, 2015

Interview: Dr Bennet Omalu, who is played by Will Smith in Concussion, talks about faith, science, the future of football, and why he wanted to become an American

The doctor, who was born in Nigeria, talks about how his beliefs motivated his research...

November 2015

November 02, 2015

Interview: Juan Pablo di Pace on the humanity of A.D. The Bible Continues and playing Jesus like “a little child”

The Argentinian actor talks about playing the crucifixion scene with "real fear", among other things.

October 2015

October 22, 2015

Exclusive: Room screenwriter Emma Donoghue on how her family, her research into autism, her religious background and a real-life abduction all informed her story

Also: why it was important for the film's young protagonist to be male, and why...

October 21, 2015

Exclusive: Room screenwriter Emma Donoghue on shifting perspectives, computer-generated partial nudity, and whether it’s better to read the book or see the film first

The film, which has won audience awards at the Toronto and Vancouver film festivals, follows...