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Crowdfunding, production and distribution platform Angel Studios has acquired animated feature film The King of Kings for its 2025 release slate, opening April 11 exclusively in theaters timed to Holy Week and Easter. Inspired by Charles Dickens’ short story The Life of Our Lord, the CG film is created by South Korea’s Mofac Animation and marks the directorial debut of VFX supervisor Seong-ho Jang (Joint Security Area).
Angel Studios also debuted a teaser trailer for the pic, which you can watch below.
“As billions around the world observe Holy Week, The King of Kings will launch in theaters on April 11,” said Jared Geesey, Chief Distribution Officer for Angel Studios. “With its star-studded cast and stunning animation, The King of Kings has captured the hearts of the Angel Guild, and we are honored to open it at Easter as part of our 2025 slate.”
Dickens wrote The Life of Our Lord and read it yearly to his family as a Christmas tradition, but the piece was largely unknown until it was published in 1934, six decades after Dickens’ death. The story follows Dickens, his son Walter, and their cat Willa as they become immersed in the story of Jesus.
Mofac and the project’s original distributor Blue Harbor Entertainment brought The King of Kings to Angel Studios, as it the project aligns with the platform’s faith-based entertainment focus. “This project has been a passion project of mine for nearly a decade,” said Jang. “I am so excited to bring it to the world, and Angel is the ideal partner to take this film to the market on a global scale.”
As previously announced, the film features the voices of Academy Award winner Kenneth Branagh (Belfast) as Charles Dickens, Academy Award nominee Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction) as Catherine Dickens, Pierce Brosnan (Tomorrow Never Dies) as Pontius Pilate, Golden Globe winner Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina) as Jesus Christ, Mark Hamill (Star Wars) as King Herod, Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker (Black Panther) as the Apostle Peter, Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley (Gandhi) as High Priest Caiaphas and Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit) as Walter Dickens.
The screenplay is written by Jang and Rob Edwards (The Princess and the Frog), with cinematography by Woo-hyung Kim (The Little Drummer Girl). Producers include Jang and Kim. Blue Harbor Entertainment will receive an ‘in association with’ credit on the film.
The King of Kings is the second animated feature slated by Angel Studios for release next year, and will be followed by musical family feature David, about the childhood of the unassuming shepherd boy who fought a giant and went down in history as a great prophet and king, on November 21.
