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This live-action Christmas musical adventure for the entire family weaves classic Christmas melodies with humor, faith, and new pop songs in a retelling of the greatest story ever told: the ... Read all This live-action Christmas musical adventure for the entire family weaves classic Christmas melodies with humor, faith, and new pop songs in a retelling of the greatest story ever told: the story of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus. This live-action Christmas musical adventure for the entire family weaves classic Christmas melodies with humor, faith, and new pop songs in a retelling of the greatest story ever told: the story of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus.

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Journey to Bethlehem

2023, Kids & family/Holiday, 1h 38m

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Journey to Bethlehem adds a solidly traditional and surprisingly fun -- albeit occasionally treacly -- entry to the lengthy list of Nativity films. Read critic reviews

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Journey to Bethlehem is an excellent adaptation with enjoyable songs that stays true to the spirit of the story despite taking a few liberties along the way. Read audience reviews

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A young woman carrying an unimaginable responsibility. A young man torn between love and honor. A jealous king who will stop at nothing to keep his crown. This live-action Christmas musical adventure for the entire family weaves classic Christmas melodies with humor, faith and new pop songs in a retelling of the greatest story ever told, the story of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus. A unique new entry into the collection of holiday classic movies, this epic Christmas musical is unlike any before it.

Genre: Kids & family, Holiday, Musical

Original Language: English

Director: Adam Anders

Producer: Brandt Andersen , Adam Anders , Ryan Busse , Stephen Meinen , Alan Powell , Steve Barnett

Writer: Adam Anders , Peter Barsocchini

Release Date (Theaters): Nov 10, 2023  wide

Release Date (Streaming): Dec 8, 2023

Box Office (Gross USA): $6.8M

Runtime: 1h 38m

Distributor: Affirm Films

Production Co: SPACE + ART Entertainment, Affirm Films, Monarch Media, Anders Media, Story Collective

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Fiona Palomo

Milo Manheim

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Omid Djalili

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Geno Segers

Rizwan Manji

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Edou Hydallgo

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A young woman carrying an unimaginable responsibility. A young man torn between love and honor. A jealous king who will stop at nothing to keep his crown. ​   This live-action Christmas musical adventure for the entire family weaves classic Christmas melodies with humor, faith and new pop songs in a retelling of the greatest story ever told, the story of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus. A unique new entry into the collection of holiday classic movies, this epic Christmas musical is unlike any before it.

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‘It’s the most personal story I’ll ever tell,’ director says about new film ‘Journey to Bethlehem’

Adam anders of ‘glee’ fame says ‘journey to bethlehem’ was 17 years in the making.

By Hanna Seariac

For director Adam Anders, “Journey to Bethlehem” is a dream come true.

The new, live-action musical chronicles the story of the birth of Jesus. It stars Antonio Banderas (Herod), Milo Manheim (Joseph), Fiona Palomo (Mary) and Geno Segers (Balthazar) and puts a contemporary twist on the musical element of the movie.

Anders is best known for his work as the producer of the “Glee” albums. His work earned him four Grammy nominations. Before now, much of Anders’ work has been in producing, but “Journey to Bethlehem” marks his directorial debut.

The story of how the film came together starts 17 years ago, Anders told me in a video call. He and his wife were visiting family in Iowa and he couldn’t find “anything to watch” that was both a Christmas movie and a musical.

Over the course of the last 17 years, Anders has tried to get the film made, but for one reason or another, he’s run into delays and roadblocks.

“It’s been challenged all along the way, but I think each challenge has made me learn something,” Anders said. “All the failures in trying to make this movie I think made me understand what I needed to do and do better.”

“It was in COVID where we got shut down,” he continued. “I had six months with nothing to do. I started over. I was like, ‘Let me just learn from all my mistakes and try to get this right.’ So, that ended up being a blessing to have that time to reflect and get it right.”

In the process of making the movie, Anders was praying every day. Throughout the development of the movie, he felt like his faith was growing stronger.

“I’ve had to rely on it to get through some of the hard times and some of the trials. I think even now there’s a strike and all these years trying to get a movie made and then, it’s coming out during the strike is really like, ‘Why? What’s going on?’” he said. But, he emphasized, “You’ve got to trust that there’s a plan and it’s going to work out.”

After nearly two decades, the movie is finally debuting on Nov. 10 in theaters.

“This is the most personal project I’ve ever done, and I’ve actually talked to my wife about it. I don’t know that I’ll ever have one that’s this special to me, to my faith,” Anders said.

The film certainly has faith elements in it, but Anders also wants to convince everyone to attend, regardless of if they are religious or not. He thinks everyone wants to “get in the Christmas spirit, whether you’re a believer or not” and his movie is a way to do that.

“It’s inclusive. It’s fun. The music is amazing,” he said. “Music unites people and it crosses borders and barriers and it pulls down the fence.”

“And because we’re telling the love story of Mary and Joseph, it’s like the original ‘Romeo and Juliet.’ We have a great villain in Herod and we have comic relief in The Wise Men. It’s everything you need to have a great family movie to sit down and watch and enjoy,” he added.

The process behind making the movie and music for the movie was intense, Anders said. He moved to Spain for six months to film and had to weave together the script with the songs.

“My favorite song in the movie is probably ‘Mother to a Savior and King’ because it’s so powerful and beautiful,” he said. “My wife and I, ... our first date was writing a song together, and now 25 years later, we’re still writing songs together. We feel like it’s the best song we’ve written.”

In addition to Anders directing the film, he and his wife, Nikki Anders, picked up credits as composers and producers.

While making the movie, Anders was laser-focused on coming up with a “fun and vibrant” film that also honored the story.

“It’s a true story for me. It’s part of my life and my faith. And it means so much to me,” he said. “So, I hope that comes across in the movie, even though we’re having fun with it.”

“I think it’s the most personal story I’ll ever tell, like I said. And I hope I’ve done it justice.”

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Christmas announces its coming earlier every year. We haven’t even hit Thanksgiving and here is this peculiar Nativity movie for, um, someone’s whole family, directed and co-written by Adam Anders. Anders, making his feature debut here, is a former “Glee” writer and music producer, and his co-writer, Peter Barsocchini, is a veteran of “High School Musical.” While their treatment of the ancient world is informed, to say the least, by their prior work, the scenario also feels like Hallmark pulped through a Disney strainer.

For instance, the future Jesus-mom, Mary (Fiona Palomo), bridles at her arranged marriage, and actually says, “What about my dream of becoming a teacher, like my father?” She is talked down by girlfriends on a shopping trek who sing, “Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary/It’s good for you.”

The familiar story line is festooned with “kicky” touches, like a meet-cute between Mary and Joseph (Milo Manheim) at a fruit market, and the angel Gabriel (the rapper and singer Lecrae) struggling with stage fright before making his presentation to the Blessed Virgin. Later, in a dream, two Josephs ponder the pregnancy issue, with the anti-Mary manifestation singing “Don’t make concessions/for her transgressions.”

Antonio Banderas appears as Judea’s King Herod, dead set on making sure the newborn (other) King doesn’t stick around for long.

“Did he lose a bet?” one may wonder, seeing Banderas in this role. Apparently not; he clearly relishes playing a singing and dancing villain. In his introductory number, he croons about how, yes, it’s good to be king.

“Mine is the kingdom/mine is the power,” he belts out. And Joel Smallbone, as his scheming son Antipater, sidles up beside him to harmonize on “mine is the glory.”

The magic of movies does depend on a certain suspension of disbelief, but “Journey” tests the viewer beyond rational credulity, even as it persists in asserting the reality of its existence.

Call it a Christmas anti-miracle?

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• "The magic of movies does depend on a certain suspension of disbelief, but 'Journey' tests the viewer beyond rational credulity, even as it persists in asserting the reality of its existence."  Glenn Kenny : The New York Times
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• "If Disney made Christian movies, they would look like this, with Mary in the mould of Beauty and the Beast’s Belle, Joseph giving Aladdin vibes and Banderas stealing every scene (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of )"  Catherine Bray : The Guardian

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Exclusive: Journey to Bethlehem Filmmaker Adam Anders on the Daunting Task of His Christmas Movie

Adam Anders opened up about the challenges that came with making a bold musical about the greatest story ever told.

You may never see a Christmas musical quite like this. In Journey to Bethlehem , director Adam Anders creates a lavish spectacle capturing “the greatest story ever told” with the tale of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus. Anders, who co-wrote the film with Peter Barsocchini, was the executive music producer for Glee before producing The Prom. But with Journey to Bethlehem, the filmmaker takes a big leap of faith — literally — in helming a musical which he wrote, directed, and produced.

The mammoth undertaking features 12 original new songs, performed by a cast featuringFiona Palomo ( Outer Banks ), Milo Manheim ( Zombies ), Antonio Banderas ( Puss in Boots ), King + Country’s Joel Smallbone, and multiple Grammy-winner Lecrae, among many others. The story tracks a young woman with a big responsibility. Themes of love and honor are woven into the cinematic fabric, too, as one couple (Palomo and Manheim) attempt to hold their own against jealous king Herod (Banderas) who is desperate to maintain his crown.

The bold live-action holiday musical adventure is ideal for the entire family as it features classic Christmas melodies filled with faith and humor, but the brand new pop songs are an interesting twist, making this a potential new holiday classic. Adam Anders shared more about taking on the project in this exclusive MovieWeb interview.

The Daunting Task of Journey to Bethlehem

If there was anybody perfectly suited for creating an all-out musical about the story of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus, it was Adam Anders. The man is at the helm of Anders Media Inc., which produces film and television content for global audiences. But the fact that Anders has sold more than 100 million records and worked alongside artists such as Miley Cyrus , Jonas Brothers, and Cee-Lo Green, gives him an edge for something like Journey to Bethlehem.

Still, it’s fitting to ask if the filmmaker was daunted by the idea of taking a classic story, one that's so meaningful to so many people, and giving it a contemporary musical spin. More so, if he was intimidated by how the staunch Christians might feel about the character of Mary breaking out into song. “That's always a fear when you touch a subject like this, a story that's so revered and so important to billions of people,” he said. “You're going to have a target on your back. There's no doubt.”

He referenced executive producing the faith-based FOX live television event The Passion , starring Tyler Perry , which generated a No. 1 soundtrack on Billboard, noting that, “the press was not kind on either side — Christian press or mainstream,” adding:

’It's not Christian enough for Christian press,' or, 'It's too Christian for me.’ It was like I couldn't win. But I learned in that process that I'm never going to make everyone happy. If I make it for everyone, I make it for no one. So, I just have to follow my vision. And that's what we did.

Anders, a Christian himself, said he didn’t want to “hurt” the story of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus. “What I wanted to do is make it digestible for everyone. I wanted to tell a story for everyone, not just Christians. Most people celebrate Christmas, and they're like, 'Well, it's Santa.' So — here's what we actually celebrate. Here's the story. And I was very clear in the beginning of the movie, because I say, ‘inspired by a true story.’ And that was important to me as a filmmaker to say that, because number one, it's 'inspired by,' it's not a documentary. They didn't break into song and dance to pop music [back then]. I know that. But I am also a believer. So that's an important distinction.”

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Creating his own story.

Treating the story with reverence, love, and care was key. At the same time, Anders wanted to make it accessible in a way that people could relate to today. He was torn between telling the story in a more literal way, and jumbling the timeline to tell the story he felt he needed to. Fortunately, a friend came to him with advice, prompting a shift in perspective. Anders explained:

“The Wise Men probably showed up three years after Jesus was born, but every nativity scene has them there. So, every artist can take creative license throughout history. Why can't I? And I was really distracted, because I'm going to have a target on my back with this story. And he said something amazing to me, and I don't know if he knows how much it meant to me, but he said, ‘Nobody's going to remember your movie [because] your timeline is accurate. They're going to remember it if it's great. Just make a great movie.’”

Anders set out to do just that. The genesis of the story came from an idea Anders had more than 17 years ago. He had attempted to watch a musical but couldn’t land on anything that suited him. He began to wonder how a musical of the nativity scene would play out. Nearly two decades later, we have Journey to Bethlehem.

He may not have realized the extent of this undertaking. There were 12 set pieces involved and a detailed production schedule in Spain. “It was nuts,” he said. “There is no overtime in Spain, which made it even more difficult because I had 10 hours a day, and I was shut down every single day, so if anything went wrong, you're just crossing off shots on my list, and like, ‘Okay, that’s going to be very short. There was a ticking time bomb every day. That was probably the hardest part.”

He managed to complete the shoot in 30 days. While he cannot reveal how much the production cost, he shared: “I don't know if I can talk about it, but it was way too little, I can tell you that. You know, musicals cost a lot of money because it's like making two productions at once. But we did it for a very responsible number.”

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When asked how he felt the TV show Glee and the musical The Prom, prepared him for this film, Anders shared:

“I can look back and see all of it was preparation for this, frankly. After The Prom , I was ready to make this movie. Because I had a lot of responsibility on that movie. Ryan Murphy directed it, and he made me a producer on it. And what an amazing thing to produce Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, James Corden, and Ariana DeBose. I gained a lot of confidence there working with a cast at that level, and here, with Antonio Banderas. Like Quincy Jones once said, I just make music I like, and I am lucky people agree. So that's really what it is as a creative person.”

Experience Journey to Bethlehem in theaters November 10. You can check out a music video from Steven Curtis Chapman and We the Kingdom that's used in the film (and featuring clips) below:

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Scene stealing megalomanic King Herod (Antonio Banderas) hams up marvellously in this enjoyable if totally forgettable pre-Nativity Christmas story. He presides over the kingdom of Judah towards which three magi are heading when they espy a bright star in the sky portending an event of great importance. Meantime, the well educated Mary (Fiona Paloma) is regaling against an arranged marriage with a man she's never even met! Anyway, times being what they are, she has to acquiesce and meets the fairly easy on the eye Joseph (Milo Manheim). It's not exactly hate a first sight, but one night she get... read the rest.

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Journey to Bethlehem

Journey to Bethlehem is an upcoming 2023 Christian musical film directed by Adam Anders in his feature-length directorial debut. Written by Anders and Peter Barsocchini, the film stars Milo Manheim and Fiona Palomo as Joseph and Mary, with Antonio Banderas as King Herod.

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• Fiona Palomo as Mary
• Milo Manheim as Joseph
• Lecrae as Gabriel
• Joel Smallbone as Antipater
• Antonio Banderas as King Herod
• Antonio Cantos as Joachim
• Stephanie Gil as Rebekah
• Rizwan Manji as Caspar
• Geno Segers as Balthazar
• Omid Djalili as Melchior

The film and its cast was announced in March 2023, with newcomer Fiona Palomo as Mary, Zombies star Milo Manheim as Joseph, and Antonio Banderas as King Herod. [2] [3]

Journey to Bethlehem is scheduled to be theatrically released on November 10, 2023, by Sony Pictures and Affirm Films. A teaser trailer premiered in front of Affirm's Big George Foreman , before being released on YouTube. [4]

• ↑ "SONY AFFIRM ANNOUNCES CAST FOR UPCOMING NATIVITY MUSICAL" . Movieguide . March 1, 2023 . Retrieved June 15, 2023 .
• ↑ "Milo Manheim Plays Joseph In 'Journey to Bethlehem': Everything We Know About the Movie Musical" . J-14 . May 1, 2023 . Retrieved June 15, 2023 .
• ↑ "Journey To Bethlehem - Teaser Trailer" . YouTube . April 28, 2023 . Retrieved June 15, 2023 .

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Journey to bethlehem.

2023 Directed by Adam Anders

The greatest story ever comes alive!

A young woman carrying an unimaginable responsibility. A young man torn between love and honor. A jealous king who will stop at nothing to keep his crown.

Fiona Palomo Milo Manheim Antonio Banderas Joel Smallbone Stephanie Gil Moriah Peters Rizwan Manji Omid Djalili Geno Segers Lecrae Antonio Gil Alicia Borrachero María Pau Pigem Antonio Cantos Pedro Aijón Ricard Serra Juan José Marco Eric Halverson Juan Jesús Di Manuel Daniela Riveri

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Adam Anders

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Adam Anders Brandt Andersen Steve Barnett Ryan Busse Stephen Meinen Alan Powell

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Adam Anders Peter Barsocchini

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Luci Lenox Lisa Zagoria

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Sabrina Plisco

Cinematography Cinematography

Xavi Giménez

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Nikki Anders Peter Barsocchini Daniel Gutman Vicky Patel Leo Lavazza Nick Moceri José Luis Escolar

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Eduardo Hidalgo Edou Hydallgo

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David Temprano

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Ángela Marín

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Matt Boardman

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Zachary Woodlee

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Adam Anders Nikki Anders Peer Åström

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Lena Mossum

Affirm Films SPACE + ART Entertainment Monarch Media Night Light

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Review by brooke ★★★ 1

i need milo manheim biblically

Review by Grant Keller ★★★½ 1

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Finally, a Disney Channel original film about the birth of Christ that features Joseph going to the shadow realm to have a sing off with an evil version of himself

Review by tom_wilson ★★ 2

the book was better :/

Review by JessSoda ★★★★★ 3

I want to f*** Jesus’s dad

Review by PJ ★★★★

need milo manheim until he’s got me saying hallelujah

Review by h 🦭 ★★ 1

jesus christ superstar ran so this could walk

Review by joshurfriend ★★★½

home girl fell pregnant after seeing milo manheim one time and i can’t say i blame her. cant wait to watch this movie 100 more times before the year is over. milo the man you are.. more milo in everything always. the songs were stellar and are already on repeat. album of the year material and i’m so serious. laughed out loud a good few times. lives were changed. donkey beefs were squashed. felt god in the theater.

Review by Jack Mayer ★★★½

Timed the actual journey, it took about 1 minute and 43 seconds

Review by Mik Knapp ★★★★

Mary and Joseph meet cute 🤭

Review by brooke ★★★

SOMETHING ABOUT THIS GIRL, MAKES ME BEEEEEEELIEVE HER. EVEN WHEN THE WORLD WANTS ME TO LEEEEEEEEEAVE HER

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milo, milo, milo… the things i watch for you… someone put me out of my misery and just pls deliver him at my door with a bow on the head pls im begging 😭

Review by Aaronaut ★★★★

Antonio Banderas put his whole buss in boots into this

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Journey to Bethlehem review – Antonio Banderas steals show as evil Herod in Bible musical

If Disney made Christian movies, they would look like this, with Mary in the mould of Beauty and the Beast’s Belle, Joseph giving Aladdin vibes and Banderas stealing every scene

I f you feel the need to watch a faith film, you could do far, far worse than this one, a decently staged musical treatment of the nativity that feels like a Christian version of a live action Disney movie. Mary (Fiona Palomo) is a heroine in the mould of Belle from Beauty and the Beast or Jasmine from Aladdin: bookish and dreaming of a world in which she gets to make her own life decisions, instead of being married off to some guy called Joseph (Milo Manheim) whom she’s never met. Luckily, he turns out to be quite puckish and hunky (also in the Aladdin vein), while your comic relief type characters take the form of the Three Wise Men.

As in Disney, however, it’s the villain who is really memorable. Antonio Banderas can’t decide between stealing his scenes and chewing the scenery, so opts for both as evil King Herod, here costumed to evoke the devil in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. The old adage about the devil having the best tunes is also borne out, with the three perkiest musical numbers going respectively to Herod, Herod’s son (Joel Smallbone), and a fun double-role number for Manheim, embodying Joseph’s faithful and suspicious sides, as he tries to figure out whether or not to believe his pregnant fiancee’s story about an immaculate conception.

It’s a shame that the film overall can’t live up to these high points. There are too many forgettable ballads, and once Mary is pregnant, she doesn’t get all that much to do. Herod’s narrative peters out as well. Arguably, these are problems embedded in the source material; the gospels are hardly renowned for sharp characterisation or satisfying individual narrative arcs. Still, time and effort has been spent on the film-making craft here, despite a relatively modest budget, with an appealingly lively colour palette and some decent location work giving the whole thing a semblance of reality that is only occasionally undermined by dubious FX work. The choreography in particular outstrips that of another famous musical based around a big paternity mystery – Mamma Mia.

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A young woman carrying an unimaginable responsibility. A young man torn between love and honor. A jealous king who will stop at nothing to keep his crown. Startattle.com – Journey to Bethlehem 2023.

• Starring : Antonio Banderas / Milo Manheim / Fiona Palomo
• Genre : Adventure / Family / Musical
• Country : United States
• Language : English
• Director : Adam Anders
• Production : Affirm Films / Anders Media / Monarch Media / SPACE + ART Entertainment / Story Collective
• Distributor : B&H Film Distribution / CanZion Films / Sony Pictures España / Sony Pictures Releasing Australia / Sony Pictures Releasing International

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Journey to Bethlehem release date

• November 10, 2023 : USA
• November 10, 2023 : Canada
• November 30, 2023 : Australia
• December 6, 2023 : Spain

Journey to Bethlehem cast

• Antonio Banderas as Herod
• Milo Manheim as Joseph
• Fiona Palomo as Mary
• Antonio Cantos as Joachim
• Stephanie Gil as Rebekah
• Geno Segers as Balthazar
• Omid Djalili as Melchior
• Rizwan Manji as Gaspar
• Lecrae Moore as Angel Gabriel
• Joel Smallbone as Antipater
• Moriah as Deborah
• Antonio Gil as Jacob
• Alicia Borrachero as Rachel
• Maria Pau Pigem as Ana
• Ricard Serra as Census Taker

Journey to Bethlehem 2023

Journey to Bethlehem is a live-action Christmas musical adventure directed by Adam Anders, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Peter Barsocchini. It is a retelling of the greatest story ever told, the story of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus. Journey to Bethlehem is set to be released by Sony Pictures in US theaters nationwide on November 10, 2023.

The epic Christmas musical is produced by Adam Anders, Brandt Andersen, Steve Barnett, Ryan Busse, Stephen Meinen, and Alan Powell. Journey to Bethlehem stars Antonio Banderas, Milo Manheim, Fiona Palomo, Antonio Cantos, Stephanie Gil, and Geno Segers.

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