Ahead of the theatrical release of “The Chosen,” Season 5, the Bible-based drama took over Times Square in New York City on Thursday (Feb. 13). As crowds gathered to see cast members, creator Dallas Jenkins went live to showcase large promotional posters for “The Chosen: Last Supper.”
The three images, featuring scenes from the new season, were taken by legendary photographer Annie Leibovitz. She’s a “huge fan of the show,” Jenkins said, “and wanted to bring this to the world.”
The photographer spent four days on set, capturing the images. “I admire what Dallas Jenkins is doing so much,” Leibovitz said in a statement. “He is the artist of our time doing the Bible.” She added that she has wanted to tackle a Bible-based project for more than a decade and finally had the right opportunity.
Dallas Jenkins: Annie Leibovitz’s Images Will ‘Elevate the Show’
On an Instagram livestream Thursday, Jenkins said looking up at the artwork in Times Square was “unbelievable and overwhelming.” Noting that images from “The Chosen” were right next to an iconic poster from “Wicked,” he said, “A Jesus show has taken over. Look at this!”
Partnering with Leibovitz will bring new viewers to “The Chosen,” according to Jenkins. The photographer “tells stories in seconds, and then you look deeper and you find more,” he said. “And we’re trying to tell stories of some of the most iconic people who ever lived. They actually lived and breathed and had fear and doubt and felt things like joy and betrayal.”
With all the emotions contained in Season 5, the show needed someone like Leibovitz to communicate that visually, Jenkins said. “When she agreed to do it, we knew that it was going to elevate the show and bring something to it with her portraits that we can’t do.”
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Season 5 of “The Chosen” premieres in theaters on March 28. The eight-episode season will release in three parts during a four-week run. Later this year, it will be available on streaming.
‘The Chosen’ Actors Gather in Times Square
At Thursday’s event, several cast members from “The Chosen” looked at the new artwork in amazement. Jenkins asked some of them to describe seeing their enlarged faces above Times Square, shot by “the greatest, most iconic photographer of all time.”
Elizabeth Tabish, who plays Mary Magdalene, said the experience was “surreal and exciting.” Andrew James Allen, who plays Pontius Pilate, said being photographed by Leibovitz has been on his bucket list since he was a teenager. “Then seeing your face in Times Square, it just doesn’t compute,” he told Jenkins.
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