Jesus is all over the small screen, and that’s no accident

c. 2015 USA Today

Need proof that biblical entertainment is Hollywood’s holiest trend? Then look no further than Morocco, where three TV projects—National Geographic Channel’s Killing Jesus, NBC’s A.D. The Bible Continues, and CNN’s Finding Jesus—were filmed on neighboring sets last year.

“You got this kind of Life of Brian-esque world you’re living in, where on all of our days off, there’s 36 disciples sitting around the pool and three Jesuses at the bar,” said actor Stephen Moyer, who ditched the fangs from True Blood to play Roman governor Pontius Pilate in the Ridley Scott-produced Killing Jesus.