
With its theatrical release wrapped, The Chosen has revealed the streaming dates for Season 5 on Amazon Prime. Prime released a teaser trailer to advertise the show’s release. According to the streamer, the show will premiere on Prime in three parts, with the first two episodes premiering on June 15, followed by three more on June 22, and the last three on June 29. Prior to its streaming release, Season 5 grossed $60 million at the box office, with the show having grossed $140 million through its last three years of theatrical releases. The Chosen is set to have just two more seasons as Jesus makes his way from the Last Supper, to the Cross during season 6, and His resurrection during Season 7. Amazon signed a deal that earned it exclusive streaming rights to past and future seasons of The Chosen, as well as theatrical releases.
The show’s creator, Dallas Jenkin, previously told The Christian Post that season 5 was the “biggest season yet.” “I’m probably more excited to bring this season to the world than any season we’ve ever done. It’s our biggest season yet. It’s on the biggest stage. This demands to be seen on the big screen more than in any season we’ve ever done, even the cameras we use, the lenses we used.” He spoke about the things that he’s most excited about from the season. “This was meant to be big, and yet, my favorite stuff about this season are the small moments, the intimate moments, the time we spend with Jesus and His followers at the Last Supper. […] He spends some time with the women followers and his mother before he does with the men. And there’s so much beauty and intimacy mixed with the pain of what’s to come that that is just imbued throughout this season and the performances from our cast.”
The season has received praise from those who watched its theatrical release. “Season 5 is where we approach the crux (pun intended) of the action. A king enters a city on a donkey, palms aflutter. By the end of the season, he’s betrayed with a kiss, sold out for coins—’the price of a slave,’ as Judas puts it,” wrote Christianity Today. “As annoying as I found the pitch for branded hoodies and mugs that opened the theatrical screening and as skeptical as I am about some of the franchise’s upcoming spinoffs—Bear Grylls!—and, yes, amid all those debates about Latter-day Saints influence and a pride flag on set and Scriptural embellishment, I’m convinced this is an earnest show, created out of love for the gospel and a desire to share it with others. I walked out of that theater more a believer in Jesus, and (for now) a believer in this show, a conversion experience I share with other critics.”