One episode down, eleven to go! With A.D. The Bible Continues now airing on Sunday nights, the producers and the network are continuing to put out new videos to promote the series, ranging from a 30-second TV spot to a weekly half-hour talk show — Beyond A.D. — that will begin streaming on the NBC website this Sunday.
You can check out the most recent batch of videos below the jump.
First, two previews for Beyond A.D. (note: the second video does not play outside the U.S., and it is not clear whether the show itself will be available outside the U.S.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxpUGM9NvQ4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn3p5CK_p3A
Next, two new previews for A.D. The Bible Continues:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zAQn28R2bk
Finally, the interviews, which are generally between three to five minutes long.
Juan Pablo di Pace, who plays Jesus, on bringing humour to the character:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI2oghm3HFA
Greta Scacchi, who plays Mary, on the strangeness of Mary having dialogue:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vapcm2-lqBw
Adam Levy, who plays Peter, on the “safety net” the actors had on this series:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClMnFbSAxPU
Chipo Chung, who plays Mary Magdalene, on fixing the mythology of her character:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYGAkZwP7q4
Babou Ceesay, who plays John, on what non-Christians might get from the series:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syJntbR6gbQ
Denver Isaac, who plays James, on being a “son of thunder”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRIIvU5oFj0
Pedro Lloyd Gardiner, who plays Matthew, on playing such important characters:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IQ19ORY3Ts
Fraser Ayres, who plays Simon the Zealot, on the “mystery apostle”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg0y-jqvOvU
Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, who plays Thomas, on the excitement of the script:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtzYUDAIg-Y
Richard Coyle, who plays Caiaphas, on how violent the story and its setting are:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fuBIXijahA
Vincent Regan, who plays Pilate, on where his character came from and went:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTF8k9nTZU8
Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, the series’ producers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD3V2ttMKec
Luciano Capozzi, the costumer designer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvM_KNqt-KQ
Check out earlier trailers and other videos here (though be warned: it appears that the network has taken some of the trailers and TV spots offline already):
- The first trailer (November 26, 2014)
- The ‘By Our Love’ music video (December 19, 2014)
- The ‘The Next Chapter of the Greatest Story Ever Told’ TV spot (January 12, 2015)
- The second trailer (January 17, 2015)
- The Super Bowl spot (February 1, 2015)
- The Newsboys’ ‘We Believe’ music video (February 10, 2015)
- The ‘First Look’ video (February 18, 2015)
- The ‘Special Preview’ video (February 24, 2015)
- The ‘Miracles’ clip, the ‘Igniting a Rebellion’, ‘He’s a Dangerous Man’ and ‘Power, Passion, Sacrifice and Glory’ previews, the Spanish trailer, the ‘33 Days’ video and the WNDU and KPRC interviews (March 10, 2015)
- The ‘On Location’ featurette and the WWLP and Entertainment Tonight interviews (March 16, 2015)
- The ‘Mother Mary’, ‘Peter’, ‘John’ and ‘Mary Magdalene’ sneak peeks, the EPK materials, the ‘The Next Chapter of the Greatest Story Ever Told’ and ‘Beyond A.D. with Jason Kennedy’ previews, and the Tony Evans, Geoff Tunnicliffe, O.S. Hawkins and Joel C. Hunter endorsements (March 20, 2015)
- The half-hour making-of special, the ‘Caiaphas’ and ‘Pilate’ sneak peeks, the Today show set visit, the Zap2it interview, the Roma Downey video on prayer for Guideposts, the Jefferson Bethke and ‘Faith Raves’ videos, and the Sam Rodriguez, Pat Robertson, Ronnie Floyd and Jim Daly endorsements (March 25, 2015)
- The extended and ‘Stay with Me’ trailers, two previews, the Tonight Show interview, the ‘Peter’, ‘John’, ‘Mary Magdalene’, ‘Mother Mary’, ‘Caiaphas’ and ‘Pilate’ character profiles, and the Bishop T.D. Jakes, Robby Dawkins, Matthew Barnett, Danilo Montero, Mark Jobe, Ron Luce, Mark Batterson, Gabriel Salguero, Rick Warren, Cardinal Wuerl and Joel Osteen endorsements (April 4, 2015)
- The Episode 1 recap, the ‘Condemned and Crucified’, ‘Escaping Jerusalem’ and ‘Jesus Reunites with His Apostles’ clips, the ‘The Resurrection of Jesus’ preview, and the ‘Jesus’ character profile (April 6, 2015)