Pilot for Live-Action Book of Mormon Videos to Be Released in September
“I have a vision of artists putting into film, drama, literature, music, and paintings great themes and great characters from the Book of Mormon.”
-President Ezra Taft Benson, October 1988 General Conference
At the 2018 Book of Mormon Central Conference, Rob Jex of the LDS Church Priesthood and Family Department delivered a presentation on the current filming and future release of the Church’s Book of Mormon videos.
Attendees of the BMC Conference got an insiders’ glimpse of never-before-seen pictures and a pre-released trailer that will be released on Mormon Newsroom in May. The trailer dates the first video release on September 21st, 2018. This will mark the beginning of a season of 8 10-20 minute episodes covering 1 Nephi 1-18.
First-season episodes will include:
- Lehi’s Faithful Departure
- Obtaining the Plates
- Ishmael and his Family
- Lehi’s Vision of the Tree of Life
- Nephi’s Visions
- Liahona and the Broken Bow
- Nephi is Commanded to Build a Ship
- Crossing the Great Waters
Brother Jex reported that the films will cover 40-60 important scenes and about 60% of the book. The script and spirit of these videos will strive to align themselves as closely as possible to the text.
