Fan CastingThe Nativity Story of Jesus Crist

This is a conflation of the stories of the birth of Jesus found in biblical accounts by Matthew and Luke. Mary (Vanessa Hudgens) lives in the small town of Nazareth. She's still young enough to play with the other children of the town, although she must also work to help her poor family get by. The people of the town can barely pay the king's taxes. When one of their neighbors loses his daughter to involuntary servitude to pay off a tax debt, Mary is forced into a betrothal by her parents to Joseph (Lukas Charles Stafford), a young homebuilder who has had his eye on Mary. They're told they must not consummate the marriage for a year. Mary's not happy with the arrangement. She barely knows Joseph; she certainly does not love him. But then an angel (Alexander Ludwig) appears to Mary, telling her she's been chosen by God to bear the Son of God, who will save their people. From sin and is the Messiah and the son of God.