“The King of Kings” adapts the writing of Charles Dickens to a recent, A-list screenplay in what the producers tout as “the primary main animated religion movie since ‘The Prince of Egypt.’”

The movie follows the younger gifted storyteller, Dickens, as he engages the vivid creativeness of his youngest son, Walter, Charles and their cat Willa who embark on an journey by means of the biography of Jesus Christ.

Loosely primarily based on Dickens’ brief story “The Lifetime of Our Lord,” the movie options the voice appearing of Kenneth Branagh as Charles Dickens, Uma Thurman as Catherine Dickens, Mark Hamill as King Herod, Pierce Brosnan as Pontius Pilates, Ben Kingsley as Priest Caiaphas, Forest Whitaker as Peter, and stars Oscar Isaac in voicing Jesus Christ.

One scene early within the film portrays Walter telling his dad that he solely needs to hearken to a whiz-bang regal story. It harkens to “The Princess Bride” grandfather scenes but can also be fully new in animation.

Dickens wrote “The Lifetime of Our Lord” circa 1846 in personal to learn to his household as an annual Christmas custom. The general public remained unaware of the story till it was printed over half a century after Dickens’ lifetime in 1934.

The film honors the story by exhibiting the visible high quality doable in at present’s animated filmmaking. The characters show remarkably expressive motion, feelings, textures and posture.

“The King of Kings” is the directing debut of the seasoned storyboard artist and visible results animator Seong-ho Jang. (“Joint Safety Space,” “Spartacus,” “Journey to the West,” “Final Knights”).

Jang, who can also be the co-producer and co-writer, is well-known in South Korea and the animation group for his profession of setting benchmarks and realizing new prospects in animated media high quality.

Rob Edwards (“Wreck-It Ralph:) is the veteran co-writer of “The King of Kings.” He has contributed to screenplays together with “Treasure Planet,” which earned an Oscar nomination, and “The Princess and the Frog,” nominated for each an Academy Award and a Golden Globe.

Edwards additionally consulted on Disney’s “Tangled” and “Frozen,” and has been a author for episodes of “Full Home,” “In Dwelling Coloration” and “The Contemporary Prince of Bel-Air.”

Co-producer of “The King of Kings” with Jang is Woo Hyung Kim (The Little Drummer Woman), a BAFTA award winner and nominee for the Palme d’Or on the 2013 Canne Movie Competition.

Notably, within the nation of origin of each co-producers Jang and Kim, South Korea, Christian religion grew quickly beginning within the Seventies. Christians now make up 31 p.c of the inhabitants, the most important portion of any East Asian nation. South Korea despatched extra missionaries to the world than any nation besides the US, which is bigger in measurement by an element of 5 or extra.

Church participation in South Korea soared till the late 2000s, when it’s reported that younger individuals began expressing disgruntlement with church corruption scandals and Seoul megachurch superficiality.

Just like the Christian church’s decline in the US that referred to as for prayer and soul looking out, and has stabilized and proven indicators of recent progress, the Christian inhabitants of South Korea is recognizing that the religion thrives on the straightforward and related message of sharing the Gospel itself and fascinating with its message to your life.

May it’s that Jang, Kim and Edwards have hungered to use their talents to inform the story that strikes their spirits? Secular work of their previous contains Jang’s “The Demons Strike Again” and Kim’s work at Disney. They each labored on the award-winning “The Style of Cash.” “The King of Kings” as a inventive ardour signifies a breakout of the producers, artists and writers’ love and religion in Jesus.

“The King of Kings’” music, each for the worlds of Charles Dickens and Jesus Christ, consists by celebrated musical director, Tae Seong Kim. In the meantime, the acclaimed voice appearing performers coming collectively for the film is basically attributable to the casting work of Jamie Thomason, some of the profitable casting administrators working in animation at present.

“The King of Kings” teaser introduces Angel Studios’ distinctive giveaway tied to the movie. Winners will take their households from Dickens’ London to the Holy Land. You’ll be able to enter by pre-ordering film tickets on-line.

It’s energizing to know that Dickens was greater than the creator of Tiny Tim and the writer of “A Christmas Carol;” a whole lot of hundreds of individuals to this present day attend native yearly Dickens Faires, and there’s even an issue about the best way the author might have modified the celebration of Christmas along with his pen.

That Dickens was devoutly impressed by the lifetime of our Lord and utilized his nice skills to inform of Him will now be recognized in a most spectacular and celebratory manner.