Dallas Jenkins Reveals How ‘The Chosen’ Season 6 Compares to ‘The Passion of the Christ’
The creator and director of The Chosen is giving fans a sneak peek at the Season 6 crucifixion scene, revealing that it won't be as violent as the Mel Gibson blockbuster The Passion of The Christ -- but that it won't be family-friendly, either. Dallas Jenkins revealed those insights about Season 6 during an interview with Crosswalk Headlines at the 2025 K-Love Fan Awards in Nashville, where The Chosen Season 5 won film of the year for its successful theatrical release.
Although Season 5 begins streaming on Prime Video June 15, fans already are anticipating Season 6, which will depict the final hours and days of Jesus' life prior to His death. (Season 7 will portray the resurrection.)
The 2004 movie The Passion of The Christ was rated R for its intense and graphic depiction of the crucifixion. For two decades, it was the highest-grossing R film of all time.
"We're working on Season 6 right now," Jenkins told Crosswalk Headlines. "In fact, we're going to be filming the actual crucifixion here in the next two weeks, and it's -- yeah -- it's not family-friendly. I don't think the crucifixion was. I don't think we'd be doing an authentic betrayal if we tried to clean it up.
"At the same time," Jenkins added, "we have different tools in our toolbox than what Mel Gibson had. We've had five seasons of emotional connection, and so when you get to the crucifixion, I don't need to do a lot of physicality and violence to get the point across. So we'll still do some of that, but it won't be quite as explicit as Mel's."
The Chosen is perhaps the most influential faith-based project in modern film history, having been viewed by more than 250 million people worldwide and drawing a remarkably diverse list of supporters, from Chris Pratt to Whoopi Goldberg.
Asked how he hopes The Chosen will be remembered once all seven seasons are complete, Jenkins pointed to its spiritual impact.
"I hope that after watching The Chosen, especially all seven seasons, you know and love Jesus more," he said. "And when you know and love Jesus more, what do you want to do? You want to be discipled. You want to worship. So what we've been seeing over the last couple of years is there's been an increase in Bible sales, an increase in Bible literacy. … And so if that continues and grows, I think that's the best legacy we could have."
Season 6 will debut Spring 2027.
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Michael Foust has covered the intersection of faith and news for 20 years. His stories have appeared in Baptist Press, Christianity Today, The Christian Post, the Leaf-Chronicle, the Toronto Star and the Knoxville News-Sentinel.
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Originally published June 03, 2025.
