{"id":38085,"date":"2024-07-09T09:57:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T13:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=38085"},"modified":"2024-07-09T11:47:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T15:47:43","slug":"dallas-jenkins-premieres-trailer-for-holiday-movie-the-best-christmas-pageant-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2024\/07\/dallas-jenkins-premieres-trailer-for-holiday-movie-the-best-christmas-pageant-ever.html","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Jenkins Premieres Trailer For Holiday Movie &#8216;The Best Christmas Pageant Ever&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38091\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38091\" style=\"width: 989px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2024\/07\/dallas-jenkins-christmas-movie-credit-movie-trailers-source-youtube.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-38091\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2024\/07\/dallas-jenkins-christmas-movie-credit-movie-trailers-source-youtube.png\" alt=\"christmas movie\" width=\"989\" height=\"581\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Movie Trailers Source\/YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s officially Christmas in July. Dallas Jenkins, the creator of the hit series \u201cThe Chosen,\u201d recently shared the trailer for his upcoming holiday film, \u201cThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever,\u201d set to release in theaters on November 8. The movie, distributed by Kingdom Story Company and Lionsgate, is based on Barbara Robinson\u2019s 1972 novel of the same name. Jenkins directs the movie, and the screenplay is a collaboration between \u201cThe Chosen\u201d showrunner Platte F. Clark, Darin McDaniel, and Ryan Swanson.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.deseret.com\/entertainment\/2024\/07\/01\/best-christmas-pageant-ever-release-date\/\">an interview with Deseret News<\/a>, Jenkins described the creation of the holiday movie as \u201ca dream come true,\u201d calling the project \u201cthe movie I\u2019ve most wanted to make my whole career.\u201d He said, \u201cAnd I wouldn\u2019t want to do it with anyone other than Lionsgate and Kingdom, who make great movies while supporting filmmakers.\u201d\u00a0 Jenkins once described \u201cThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever\u201d as \u201cthe movie that I was born to make,\u201d adding, \u201cIf I could only make one more movie for the rest of my life, this is it.\u201d The book and the upcoming movie chronicles the lives of the Herdman children. The six kids are known for being troublemakers, and one day, they show up at a church where Judy Greer, the director of the annual Christmas program, is in over her head.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cT7x4HpCICc?si=lWwc9AX9v28LX8hl\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>At that point, the Herdmans take over the pageant, leaving the townspeople worried they will ruin everything. Ultimately, though, the misfit kids make the program better than anything they\u2019d seen before. The story, Jenkins explained in an Instagram post, is \u2014 at its core \u2014 a story about \u201cthe least of these.\u201d He said, \u201cIt\u2019s similar to what \u2018The Chosen\u2019 is trying to do, actually. It\u2019s trying to take the story of Christmas and the story of Jesus down from stained glass windows and pretty paintings and reveal what it actually is. And through the eyes of these kids, they actually do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He sees the upcoming debut as his shot at making \u201ca new Christmas classic.\u201d The film stars Lauren Graham of \u201cGilmore Girls\u201d fame, Judy Greer from Marvel Cinematic Universe films like \u201cAnt-Man,\u201d comedian Pete Holmes, and \u201cThe Chosen\u201d star Elizabeth Tabish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s officially Christmas in July. Dallas Jenkins, the creator of the hit series \u201cThe Chosen,\u201d recently shared the trailer for his upcoming holiday film, \u201cThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever,\u201d set to release in theaters on November 8. 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