"But reps for Bell claim that the actor was blindsided by the announcement, as she had recorded the audio 15 years ago. She only learned that Fox planned to release a podcast with her name attached the day before the announcement, when her team received an invitation to appear on Fox & Friends the following day, her reps told Rolling Stone."
"Her team added that she never gave permission for the original audiobook The Truth and Life Dramatized Audio Bible, released in 2010 and acquired by Fox News Media via a licensing deal with a company called Gulfstream Studios to be repurposed into a new podcast. Reps for Cox, McDowell and Rhys-Davies confirmed to Rolling Stone that they were similarly shocked by the news, with some only learning of the new podcast as news of Bell's confusion circulated on Thursday."
Fox News Media released a 52-episode audiobook series titled The Life of Jesus Christ Podcast under its new Christian vertical Fox Faith, with each episode introduced by Ainsley Earhardt. The project lists a voice cast including Kristen Bell, Sean Astin, Neal McDonough, Brian Cox, Malcolm McDowell, John Rhys-Davies, and Julia Ormond, and Fox said more than 100 actors signed on. Several performers say their recordings date back 15 years and originated in The Truth and Life Dramatized Audio Bible (2010), which Fox acquired via a licensing deal with Gulfstream Studios. Representatives for multiple actors say they were blindsided and had not consented to repurposing the decade-old audio into a 2025 podcast.
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