The Chosen Ones is a live-action, Christian-based, superhero TV series. It is set in the heart of New York City, featuring a diverse cast of characters with superpowers, and deep Christian themes. Comparable franchises include X-Men, Justice League, and Heroes.
Logline
A team of young adult New Yorkers, who have been granted God-given superpowers, form to protect the world and fight against those who use their powers for evil, all while preparing to fight a mysterious figure that is yet to arrive.
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Website (includes store with official TCO merch) -
https://www.thechosenones.net/
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IMDb: The Chosen Ones - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33512296/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
The Story
Good vs evil. Light vs darkness. Hero vs villain. For many are called, but few are chosen. When a group of seven young adults in New York City suddenly find themselves with a diverse range of powers, they each must navigate their personal lives with this new revelation. One that brings conflict, and fun, into their worlds, and one that could save the world itself. Things get much more serious, however, after a being known as the Light Figure disappears, and it’s evil counterpart, the Dark Figure, arises and wreaks havoc upon the city, leaving civilians frightened and police confused. With no other known protection around, these seven individuals, including Kenny Johnson, Mark Grover, brothers Benjamin & Jeremy Graham, Zachary Morales, Ashley Reese, and Lorena Alvarez, soon cross paths and take it upon themselves to fight this dark being, try to discover why they and other people have these powers, and learn what is yet to come, all while living their own lives of success, loss, drama, faith, and love among their families and friends. These answers can only be found in the Heavenly realm.
Genre & Production Info
Action, Drama, Faith, Supernatural
TV-PG - TV-14
7 Seasons Planned
Why I Wrote The Chosen Ones
I first wrote The Chosen Ones in 2012 for a college semester project. I got an A-. I’ve always loved stories that focused on the intertwining lives of everyday-people who had bigger purposes in life. I also enjoy writing stories that people can relate to and characters that people love. I was also highly inspired by the after-school and Saturday morning 90's cartoons that I enjoyed growing up, so writing a superhero show with Christian-based elements was the perfect blend of all my interests when creating this story.
I wanted to share the Truth, love and thought-provoking messages that break stigmas. The Chosen Ones is a unique project because it is a Christian-based superhero TV series that takes place in New York City. The show reflects the diverse culture, backgrounds, and communities of the characters while addressing everyday themes of normal and Christian life. There are many Christian films and TV shows that have been produced and almost none of them have been filmed in New York City. We Christians in the city have stories to tell, too. We are not afraid to talk about theological and controversial topics that Christianity can address and we will delve into them through creative stories as wisely and respectfully as possible.
One of the themes that I'd like to give notable focus to is the Hispanic & Latino lifestyle. New York City has a significant Latino population and yet it is severely underrepresented in media. As a Puerto Rican in New York City, I have stories I want to tell that accurately represent the Latino population. Two of our main cast members are Latino and we have many more planned for recurring characters. And I hope to be able to give back to the Latino population beyond TV someday as well. That being said, New York City has a very diverse population and our cast reflects this, so we hope to accurately portray the city's population and explore the cultures of different characters.
Another significant theme I plan to address is masculinity. Being a man is an honor. Being a man is also not easy. I want to show through our male characters what it means to be man and what is true masculinity. Where each character shines as a man and where they struggle. And how critical brotherhood is. When one is burdened, his brothers will bear his burdens with him. When one is weak, his brothers are strong. When one has fallen, his brothers stand him back up. This does not mean our female characters will be neglected. They are at the center of the story just like our male characters and they will get their time to shine and portray true femininity as well (especially with thanks to our female writers and story consultants). Masculinity is a personal theme to me so I want to personally address it.
I plan to give the opportunity to the cast and crew to use their artistic gifts and talents that God gave them to their highest potential. If any cast member has other talents beyond acting, such as singing, dancing or athletics, I'd love to write episodes that showcase their skills. Our awesome music composers have created theme music for every main character that will play in scenes that focus on them, in addition to the rest of the TV show score. Our story team is comprised of comic book nerds and storytellers passionate about superhero and supernatural themes. You can also give it up to our amazing editor (who does editing, animation, and graphics) who has designed nearly all of our photos and edited our trailer you see in this page.
At the end of the day, we want to write good stories, share the Gospel, and make people think about life and how God is involved in it all, using superhero elements and our artistic, God-given gifts and talents.
How You Can Help
The pilot has been ready to go since 2012 and we finally filmed it (well about 75% of it) last year. We didn't film about 25% of our pilot due to budget and time constraints and limited resources. Still, we were able to film scenes for a proof-of-concept which we screened to a private audience in August 2025 and have sent to a few producers and studios and awaiting response. Our main trailer won Best Cinematography at the Hard Faith Film Fest NYC in December 2025 and was nominated for Best Trailer at the International Christian Film & Music Festival in May 2026. The Chosen Ones takes place in New York City. If you know anything about New York City, then you know that nothing is ever easy so we're happy that we even got to complete production. However, we have stories to tell here in the city and with your help we can make that possible!
We're now fundraising to film and produce the series ourselves until we can get a studio to sign us!
Goal: $500,000 MINIMUM (PER EPISODE)
This money will help us with everything for production including for equipment, location permits & reservations, transportation, lodging, food & catering, and paying our cast & crew, as well as gaining the attention of some notable names we are pursuing for the series. Seven percent of our funds will also go to our legal services. Other funds will also go to any additional fees such as hiring an agent, creative designs, etc. We sincerely appreciate any donation given.
We are looking at multiple studios that we can pitch to. This is a massive TV show and will need all the help we can get which is why we believe pitching to a studio will be our best path, though, many studios also prefer we get a head start on the work to then pitch to them completed work first. Please feel free to contact me if you can help in any other way beyond crowdfunding.
Contact:
Robert John Rivera Jr.
Series Creator, Showrunner, & CEO
New York City, NY
Email: TeamChosenOnesTV@gmail.com
Pitch Deck available upon request.
Thank you for supporting The Chosen Ones!
"For many are called, but few are chosen." - Matthew 22:14
