‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever’: A Christmas Film for the Whole Family

Dallas Jenkins, the director of ‘The Chosen,’ has adapted a timeless holiday story for the big screen.

Essek Moore as Ollie Herdman, Ewan Wood as Leroy Herdman, Lorelei Olivia Mote as Alice, Matthew Lamb as Claude Herdman, Molly Wright as Beth, Beatrice Schneider as Imogene Herdman, Mason Nelligan as Ralph Herdman, Kynlee Heiman as Gladys Herdman, Sebastian Billingsley-Rodriguez as Charlie in "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever." Allen Fraser/Lionsgate

If you want a filmmaker to turn a classic book into an excellent movie, get the guy who’s already adapted the bestselling book of all time—the Bible—for the screen.

Dallas Jenkins, the director behind the wildly popular TV series “The Chosen,” is bringing Barbara Robinson’s beloved children’s book “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” to cinemas. Jenkins has the perfect résumé. “I’ve had a little bit of practice with it by doing ‘The Chosen’ on the most classic book of all time,” he told The Epoch Times. “I think I’ve established a little bit of my credibility in adapting books.