It sounds like the set-up to a bad joke. An Evangelical, a Catholic and a Jew walk into a Mormon recreation of first-century Jerusalem. But itâs not too far from what Dallas Jenkins has achieved with a multiseason series about the life of Jesus, called The Chosen.
The Chosen is the most successful online series you have never heard of. Its first season raised more money than any crowd-funded entertainment project ever, $10 million from over 19,000 people. The second season equalled that. It has been released in more than 180 countries via a dedicated free app, thechosen.tv/app, and has been translated into 50 languages.