Amazon MGM Studios has signed a wide-ranging take care of Dallas Jenkins’ 5&2 Studios, giving the studio unique US streaming rights to the primary 5 seasons and way forward for faith-based collection The Chosen and new unscripted collection The Chosen in The Wild With Bear Grylls for Prime Video.
The pact additionally contains theatrical distribution and streaming rights to new releases, The Chosen‘s remaining two season six and 7 seasons, which follows the New Testomony tales concerning the crucifixion and the resurrection.
On high of all of this, Amazon MGM Studios has inked a first-look collection and have take care of 5&2 Studios. Season 5 of The Chosen will hit theaters on March 28 throughout Holy week and drop on Prime Video this June. The collection will likely be accessible on Prime Video in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Sub-Saharan Africa, UK, and Latin America at a later date this 12 months. Jenkins writes, directs and produces The Chosen through 5&2 Studios. The Chosen follows the lifetime of Jesus Christ towards the backdrop of Roman oppression in first-century Israel the place the prophet is betrayed by mates and highly effective leaders are plotting his demise.
Immediately’s information was introduced through 5&2 Studios’ stay stream on YouTube, that includes a dialog with Vernon Sanders, head of tv, Amazon MGM Studios; Traci Blackwell, improvement govt, Amazon MGM Studios; and Jenkins, Chairman and Chief Inventive Officer of 5&2 Studios and creator/EP of The Chosen and The Chosen In The Wild with Bear Grylls.
The Chosen in The Wild With Bear Grylls is a six-episode unscripted collection from 5&2 Studios distributed worldwide by Lionsgate together with The Chosen. From Judas to Jesus, faith-based creator and survivalist Grylls takes the forged of The Chosen, in addition to Jenkins, on their very own adventures into the wilderness. The collection follows as Grylls pushes The Chosen ensemble to their final limits, whereas discovering their private journeys.
“The Chosen has had famend success fascinating audiences throughout generations, and we’re trying ahead to collaborating with Dallas and 5&2 Studios on a bigger scale,” mentioned Sanders. “As we glance forward, we see large alternatives to develop further faith-inspired content material for our international Prime Video clients.”
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CAA represented 5&2 Studios on the deal, along with Andrew Kramer of Willkie Farr & Gallagher, LLP. Lionsgate hammered out the wide-ranging deal. The 5&2 Studios deal is just like different Lionsgate third-party offers ala the one the Santa Monica, CA studio negotiated for Hulu to take U.S. streaming rights on Schitt’s Creek. On the time in 2022, that multi-year deal was the most recent in a string of nine-figure library transactions within the streaming sector, with exhibits like The Workplace, Buddies and Seinfeld switching home houses.
Just lately, Prime Video closed a multi-year settlement for Lionsgate motion pictures giving the streamer an unique early window to the studio’s pics after their unique first-run window on Starz. The deal commences with Lionsgate’s 2026 theatrical releases and in addition contains the studio’s 2025 slate and a dedication for licensing library motion pictures and TV.
