Latter-Day Saint filmmakers are planning a new TV series inspired by ‘The Chosen’, except instead of featuring Jesus in the Gospels, it will feature characters and stories from the Book of Mormon.
According to the promo material, the TV series The Promised, created by Ashley Troncoso, “aims to unite faith-based and secular audiences through the highest-quality scripture series ever made” by having similar production values as Dallas Jenkin’s mega-hit Jesus show.
Described as a story “as inspired as The Chosen, as epic as The Lord of the Rings, and as gritty as Apocalypto,” the series will take place “600 years before the coming of Christ” where “Amidst the Neo-Babylonian siege of Ancient Jerusalem, two Judahite families band together in faith as they seek the fulfillment of God’s promises to the House of Jacob.”
The series delves into the story of Lehi, a Hebrew Prophet who, according to the Book of Mormon, was a descendant of Joseph of Egypt.
According to their heretical and plagiarized unholy scriptures that were written by the scoundrel Joseph Smit, h during the reign of King Zedekiah (approximately 600 BC), Lehi led his family out of Jerusalem after the people rebelled against his message and tried to kill him.
Like Noah, taking his family Nephi, Sariah, Laman, Lemuel, and others with him, they built a boat and sailed it across the ocean, landing in North America and establishing the land.
Troncoso says that “Season one is kind of a prequel to the Book of Mormon, the end of the last scene of the last episode is Lehi’s family leaving Jerusalem.” They have made a teaser available, which they hope will drum up interest and investors, and had a table read for the first episode just a few days ago. They are aiming for a 2027 release date.
