Jesus is heading to Disney.
The first three seasons of The Chosen are now streaming on Disney+, with plans for the fourth season to be added soon. This is the second major streaming platform the series appears on. Viewers can still watch the first season of The Chosen on Netflix, or on the show’s own app.
Series creator Dallas Jenkins announced the news on his Facebook page, saying, “Seasons 1-3 are getting to another new audience.”
In the meantime, Jenkins is still working behind the scenes on releasing the fourth season of The Chosen, which premiered in theaters, on streaming. In an April 21 livestream, Jenkins shared the new season will release “in four to seven weeks.” The company behind The Chosen has been dealing with undisclosed legal issues related to season 4 since March.
More than 200 million people worldwide have watched The Chosen, according to data released this year, making it one of the most popular shows available on streaming.
“Part of the goal at The Chosen is to get the show in front of as many people as possible,” said Kyle Young, the executive vice president of distribution and marketing for The Chosen. “It took the first four years of the series to reach 100 million people. And then, in the last 15 months, we’ve reached another 100 million people.”
Stan Jantz, CEO of the Come and See Foundation that translates the series into other languages, said the goal is to have 1 billion watch The Chosen. Jantz also said the ultimate milestone is to see it translated into 600 languages, which would represent 95 percent of the world.
