Dallas Jenkins teased three scenes from the upcoming sixth season of “The Chosen” throughout a livestream Sunday evening — noting that the scenes within the subsequent installment of the biblical drama are each “heavy” and crammed with “joy and beauty and meaning.”
Jenkins, the creator behind “The Chosen,” mentioned he believes the sixth season of the biblical drama “is going to impact more people than any season we’ve ever done.”
“This is the moment when we’re going all in,” Jenkins added. “All the five seasons previously have led to this, to Seasons 6 and 7.”
In the primary of three teaser clips, Jenkins provides followers a glimpse of what the primary episode within the sixth season will appear like. The 30-second clip depicts the second Jesus is arrested and the chaos that follows amongst his disciples, concluding with questions on Judas’ whereabouts.
(*6*) Jenkins mentioned after sharing the clip.
“The theme of Season 6 in many ways is how devastated and confused the followers of Jesus were, but they still had to trust and they still had to have faith.”
The highly-anticipated sixth season will depict the ultimate 24 hours within the lifetime of Jesus Christ, generally known as Good Friday. Audiences will see Jesus’ arrest and crucifixion together with the confusion amongst his disciples that in the end leads them to scatter.
The second clip Jenkins shared is a scene from the primary episode of Season 6, exhibiting the disciples strolling away from the Garden of Gethsemane after witnessing Jesus’ arrest.
“This is the kind of stuff that we don’t always think about. What happened in that moment, how did they react to it? We did what we believe is a plausible capture of what they would have been talking about,” Jenkins mentioned.
He added that this scene presents a lesson on the place to show “when we are in the midst of suffering, sadness, confusion, doubt, pain.”
The livestream concluded with a bonus clip capturing Judas within the aftermath of his betrayal.
Jenkins mentioned filming the sixth season of the biblical drama was “by far the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my career.”
Many scenes within the upcoming season might be “heavy” and painful to look at, he added, however he urged viewers to stay with the sequence as it will likely be “worthwhile.”
“I also can promise you that this season is not just heavy,” Jenkins mentioned. “It’s also got joy. It’s also got beauty … it’s not just going to be a full season of just pain and misery.”
Jenkins provides updates on Seasons 6 and seven
Season 6 of “The Chosen” will start a phased launch this fall, and official launch dates might be introduced this Friday, Jenkins mentioned.
“We are putting the finishing touches right now on the season,” Jenkins mentioned.
He defined that Season 6 is “taking abnormally long” as a result of all six episodes and the finale might be launched in dozens of languages — as an alternative of translations being added after the present’s launch.
Visual results within the upcoming season are additionally extra intensive, he added, and every episode has an extended runtime than earlier seasons.
“There’s just a ton of work that is going into it,” Jenkins mentioned. “The visual effects team has been working nights and weekends to try to get this across the finish line … it’s just a very, very difficult season, (with) very, very difficult content to finish.”
“I just cannot wait for you to see it,” he added. “It really is coming together beautifully.”
The first six episodes within the sixth season of “The Chosen” will premiere solely on Prime Video in fall 2026, adopted by the worldwide theatrical launch of the season finale in spring 2027, Jenkins announced at ChosenCon in February.
Filming for the seventh and last season of “The Chosen” will start in a month, with the script and different particulars at present getting into their last phases.
“I’m still recovering from Season 6. I don’t know how I’m going to do this,” Jenkins advised the Deseret News when reflecting on the upcoming filming for Season 7, which is able to embody manufacturing in Goshen, Utah.
“We’ll come back to Utah. We’ll be there for about a month,” Jenkins added. “Hoping to get in a couple naps beforehand, though, because I’m exhausted.”
