The Chosen might be on the home stretch of its hit run — next week’s Season 6 premiere marks the penultimate run of the main series, with the story of Jesus’ (Jonathan Roumie) crucifixion, and Season 7 closes the Bible-based series out with the resurrection. However, the world of The Chosen continues to grow. The latest? The Chosen: The Three Kings, a new series on Fox that serves as the final chapter to the Christmas trilogy.
Here’s what we know about The Chosen: The Three Kings so far.
When does The Chosen: The Three Kings premiere?
It premieres on Monday, December 14, at 8/7c on Fox and next-day on Hulu. It marks the third and final installment to The Chosen world’s Christmas trilogy, following 2017’s The Shepherd and 2021’s Christmas With The Chosen: The Messengers.
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Who stars in The Chosen: The Three Kings?
Taye Diggs stars as Balthasar, alongside Piter Marek as Melchior and Rahul Rai as Gaspar, the “Three Wise Men” from the Biblical story. Meanwhile, Sara Anne and Raj Bond star as Young Mary and Joseph.
It is executive produced by The Chosen creator Dallas Jenkins, along with Ryan Swanson and Tyler Thompson.
What is The Chosen: The Three Kings about?
The official description for the pic reads, “An impossible bright light over the tiny town of Bethlehem astonishes even distant lands. But for three kings, it fulfills a prophecy signaling the birth of a new ruler. Terrified of regime change or even death, they set out on a high-stakes journey to pay tribute to the newborn king. But when they arrive, their shocking discovery changes their lives, and the entire world, forever.”
This special will air in the midst of The Chosen Season 6, after the first six episodes have dropped, but before the double-episode theatrical finale for Crucifixion debuts in March. “This Christmas episode that we are showing in December actually plays into what you’re going to be seeing in Season 6,” Dallas Jenkins told us. “Some of the storylines that are in Season 6 are actually carried out in this episode. So, this is not just a separate episode [that is] disconnected from the show — this flows directly with Season 6 and into Season 7. [And] there are things in Season 6 that you’ll see will pay off in this Christmas episode, and this Christmas episode will also pay off in the Crucifixion movie that comes out in early 2027. It’s quite a thing.”
It all was originally going to be folded into the series’ penultimate round. “What happened was, some of this storyline that you’re going to see in The Three Kings was originally going to be in Season 6,” Jenkins notes. “[But] it just got too big, too long, too expensive. We couldn’t quite make it work, and I thought, ‘You know what we need to do? We need to take this three kings flashback stuff, and we need to rework it and create a special Christmas episode.’ ”
Jenkins announced the pic in September and showed some behind-the-scenes footage of the production while teasing of the turn to broadcast, “This is an opportunity to get even more of The Chosen out to new audiences… a really cool opportunity to broadcast this to a big audience.”
Check out the trailer, embedded above, for a first look at The Chosen: The Three Kings.
The Chosen: The Three Kings, December 14, 8/7c, Fox
– Reporting by Emily Aslanian
