Imagine for a moment... You're 12 years old and one day you discover that you possess the same powers as Jesus Christ. Meet Jodie (Bobby Luhnow), a kid who finds himself in awe as he starts to develop incredible and divine abilities. The events and revelations that follow lead the young prodigy and his crew of friends to embark on a supernatural coming of age journey through the Baja region that could change their reality and everything the world believes. Will he rise to answer the divine call?
That's the premise offered in this first teaser for The Chose One. Watch August 16 on Netflix.
The Chosen One is the 2023 Netflix TV series based on the Image Comics title American Jesus, created by Mark Millar.
The show is part of the overarching development deal between Millar and the streamer.
Bobby Luhnow, Dianna Agron and Tenoch Huerta (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) star.
Director Everardo Gout (who has directed episodes of Luke Cage and Snowpiercer) and producer Leopold Gout are attached. The initial season will be six episodes.
Volume one of the series details the miracles of a young boy who, after surviving a near-fatal accident, has miraculous abilities similar to Biblical Christ. However, his destiny and the movement that grows around him is not what people think.
Netflix provides this synopsis of the show: After surviving a freak accident, Jodie, a twelve-year-old boy from Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, discovers he's the returned Jesus Christ. He can turn water into wine, make the crippled walk… he can even raise the dead. How will he deal with his destiny and lead the world through a conflict that's been thousands of years in the making?
