Lionsgate & Kingdom Story Company Team With ‘The Chosen’ Creator Dallas Jenkins For ‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever’, 2024 Theatrical Release Planned
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Lionsgate and Kingdom Story Company have nabbed The Best Christmas Pageant ever which The Chosen creator/producer/director Dallas Jenkins will direct and adapt from Barbara Robinson’s comedic family book and play.
Cameras roll next month in Canada for a 2024 holiday theatrical release. Jenkins pursued a 15-year journey to secure the rights to The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, rights which have been stewarded by Darin McDaniel, Chet Thomas, and Gerald R.
Molen. The book has sold over 7M copies since it was published in 1972. The Best Christmas Pageant 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.
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