Largest crowd-funded television project in history builds on success
The most successful crowd-funded television or film project ever, raising more than $10 million, "The Chosen," is launching its second season on Easter Sunday.
The multi-season TV series on the life of Jesus from the perspective of his disciples is winning over a growing audience, with nearly 90 million views via "The Chosen" app.
While adhering to the biblical narrative, the series inserts dialogue and storylines and develops the characters. Producer and director Dallas Jenkins, the son of prominent evangelical author Jerry Jenkins, plans seven seasons he estimates will cost a total of $100 million.
He announced in a livestream the first episode of Season 2 will be released at 8 p.m. Eastern on Sunday.
The show features a "pay if forward" system to cover the streaming costs, allowing anyone to view a program for free.
Jenkins said the rest of the second season is not ready. But he hopes to release each new episode as it is completed, with an average of about one per week.
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