Ever since “the chosen” belief -based properties should not be trifled with. Amazon and other streamers put big money and production values behind the most epic of biblical stories, and the fruits of that work finally pay off.
Amazon Tuesday, January 28, released the first trailer for the series ”David House“A sweeping biblical story about David against Goliath from the director Jon ErwinWho made Box Office Bank with faith -based hits “I can only imagine” and “Jesus Revolution.” “House of David” is the first project as part of a partnership announced in January 2024 between Amazon Prime Video And Erwin’s new company The Wonder Project to produce projects for a faith-forward audience.
“House of David” has the scope and ambition of something like “Game of Thrones” or Prime Video’s Own “Lord of the Rings” series “The rings of power.” It shows David, the future king of Israel, who fires one stone in his sling bus that can kill the giant Goliath and point the kingdom back in the direction of God. But the series covers David’s origin story and how he finds his faith.
Michael Iskander (Tony-winning musical “Kimberly Akimbo”) plays like David, with Iskander thrown after a four-month international casting search. It also plays Ali Suliman as King Saul, Ayelet Zurer as Saul’s trusted Mrs. Queen Ahinoam, Stephen Lang as Samuel and Martyn Ford as Goliath.
Erwin directed and wrote “House of David” with Jon Gunn (“ordinary angels”) and the series is based on an idea by Erwin – including the Bible. Dallas Jenkins, Creator and Producer director of “The Chosen”, is a shareholder and special advisor for the Wonder Project.
Erwin earlier told Indiewire while he was in production on the show that the idea of “Belief -based” genre needs a bit of a rebrand To be just “inspiring” instead. His company’s vision is to create a “valuable ecosystem”, with “content that restores faith and promotes things that are worth believing in”, and his goal is that Wonder Project can become synonymous with inspirational content in the way Blumhouse is with The With the Wonder horror genre.
“This is an audience that is invisible and underwet, and we can add these values in all types of content and all types of genre,” Erwin said. “There is a lot of content that lifts up and inspires and restores faith in things that are worth believing in.”
“House of David” debuts on Amazon Prime Video on February 27. See the first trailer below.
