{"id":2232970,"date":"2026-01-13T14:27:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2232970"},"modified":"2026-01-13T14:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:27:06","slug":"wonder-projects-its-not-like-that-confronts-grief-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wonder-projects-its-not-like-that-confronts-grief-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Wonder Project\u2019s \u2018It\u2019s Not Like That\u2019 confronts grief, love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article_content\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"article-byline\"> By <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"reporter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/by\/leah-marieann-klett\"> Leah MarieAnn Klett<\/a><span class=\"quiet\">, Assistant Editor <time datetime=\"Tuesday, January 13, 2026\" itemprop=\"datePublished dateModified\">Tuesday, January 13, 2026<\/time><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"reporter-twitter\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leahmarieann\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/assets\/img\/twitter-color.svg\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"story-summary\">\n<header>\n<h2>Quick Summary<\/h2>\n<p><button class=\"summary-toggle\" data-js-toggle=\".story-summary\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" viewbox=\"0 0 48 48\"><title>AI Summary<\/title><path d=\"M2 13l22 22 22-22\" stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/header>\n<ul class=\"ul\">\n<li>Wonder Project&#8217;s &#8216;It&#8217;s Not Like That&#8217; explores grief and second chances in a faith-driven drama.<\/li>\n<li>The series, starring Scott Foley and Erin Hayes, premieres on Jan. 25 with two episodes.<\/li>\n<li>The eight-episode season will roll out weekly on Wonder Project&#8217;s Prime Video channel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<footer>\n<p class=\"summary-disclosure\">An artificial intelligence-powered tool created this summary based on the source article. The summary has undergone review and verification by an editor.<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"btn-summary-toggle\" data-js-toggle=\".story-summary\">See <span\/> Summary<\/button><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/section>\n<figure data-index=\"0\" class=\"img-box align-center center\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><picture width=\"850\" height=\"403\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.christianpost.com\/images\/cache\/image\/15\/82\/158238_w_850_403.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.christianpost.com\/images\/cache\/image\/15\/82\/158238_w_850_403.png\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" alt=\"It's Not Like That\" width=\"850\" height=\"403\"\/><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption\"><span class=\"photo-des\">It&#8217;s Not Like That<\/span> | <span class=\"credit\">Screenshot\/YouTube\/Wonder Project<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s Not Like That\u201d explores grief, faith and the complications of love after loss in a new faith-fueled drama debuting on Prime Video\u2019s faith-based subscription service,<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/wonder-project-to-launch-streaming-service-on-prime-video.html\" target=\"_blank\"> Wonder Project.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Releasing Jan. 25, the series stars Scott Foley as Malcolm, a recently widowed pastor raising three children, and Erinn Hayes as Lori, a newly divorced mother of two teenagers. Once close family friends, Malcolm and Lori are forced to navigate their shared history while confronting the emotional weight of single parenthood and unresolved grief.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir families once did everything together, but now Lori and Malcolm must navigate their newly minted singledom, parenthood and the complexities of Malcolm being a modern-day pastor,\u201d the show\u2019s synopsis reads. \u201cIs this the beginning of a love story? It\u2019s not like that. Or is it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first trailer for the series depicts how it will approach grief without easy resolutions. In one scene, Malcolm\u2019s daughter, Penelope, played by Cassidy Paul, rebuffs her father at school drop-off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t need to walk us in. Mom never did,\u201d the daughter says, before leaving her dad alone in the parking lot as he imagines his late wife, Jenny, standing beside him.<\/p>\n<p>Malcolm later returns to his church, acknowledging the difficulty of reentering ministry after loss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been almost a year. I think it\u2019s time,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Over coffee, Lori encourages him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone has really missed you,\u201d she tells him. \u201cYour sermons, your voice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI lost my wife, and now I\u2019m overloaded on widower sympathy,\u201d he replies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI get it. The moms at school just want to gossip about me and rescue you,\u201d Lori says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, well, death trumps divorce,\u201d Malcolm jokes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"It&#039;s Not Like That | Official Trailer | Wonder Project\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VWdIl7ofD28?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>As Malcolm attempts to reestablish a sense of normalcy, he goes out with his friend David, Lori\u2019s ex-husband, played by J.R. Ramirez, who advises him to \u201ctry not to lead with preacher\u201d when talking to women at a bar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy wife\u2019s dead,\u201d Malcolm replies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lori, meanwhile, wrestles with her growing closeness to Malcolm and his children. When a friend questions the amount of time she spends with them, Lori explains she \u201cpromised Jenny\u201d she would look after the family.<\/p>\n<figure data-index=\"2\" class=\"img-box align-left left\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><picture width=\"400\" height=\"500\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.christianpost.com\/images\/cache\/image\/15\/82\/158239_w_400_500.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.christianpost.com\/images\/cache\/image\/15\/82\/158239_w_400_500.jpg\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" alt=\"Wonder Project\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\"\/><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption\"><span class=\"photo-des\">Wonder Project<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Later, she voices her uncertainty directly to Malcolm: \u201cWe\u2019ve been getting closer,\u201d she says. \u201cI don\u2019t know if this feeling is because I\u2019m lonely, or you miss Jenny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their children also struggle with the evolving relationship. Penelope pushes back, saying, \u201cWe\u2019re not going to just erase mom,\u201d while Lori and David\u2019s son, Merritt, played by Caleb Baumann, observes, \u201cI love how we\u2019re supposed to just pick up where we left off like nothing\u2019s happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The trailer ends with the two meeting in the rain and walking away hand in hand, as a message appears on screen: \u201cSometimes life needs a fresh start.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s Not Like That\u201d premieres with two episodes on Jan. 25. The eight-episode season will roll out weekly on Wonder Project\u2019s Prime Video channel.<\/p>\n<p>Jon Erwin, Justin Rosenblatt and Kelly Merryman Hoogstraten of Wonder Project are executive producers for the new series, along with Alex Goldstone for 42 and Anonymous Content, as well as Kingdom Story Company. Dallas Jenkins, the creator and director of \u201cThe Chosen,\u201d is an advisor for the Wonder Project.<\/p>\n<p>Created by Hoogstraten and Erwin, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewonderproject.com\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wonder Project<\/a> aims to fill a gap in the streaming market by \u201centertaining the world with courageous stories, inspiring hope and restoring faith in things worth believing in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the platform is streaming season two of \u201cHouse of David,\u201d starring Michael Iskander.<\/p>\n<p>The first season of the biblical epic reached more than 40 million viewers worldwide and debuted as one of the top 10 new series on Prime Video in the U.S., while the second season has already surged into the platform\u2019s Top 10 most-streamed shows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a platform this big to support us with the resources we needed to tell this story, and still allow us creative control, is unprecedented,\u201d Erwin told The Christian Post. \u201cThe success of projects like \u2018The Chosen\u2019 and \u2018Jesus Revolution\u2019 created the space for something like this to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article_credit\">\n<p>Leah M. Klett is a reporter for The Christian Post. She can be reached at: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/mailto:leah.klett@christianpost.com\">leah.klett@christianpost.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.christianpost.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor Tuesday, January 13, 2026 Quick Summary AI Summary Wonder Project&#8217;s &#8216;It&#8217;s Not Like That&#8217; explores grief and second chances in a faith-driven drama. The series, starring Scott Foley and Erin Hayes, premieres on Jan. 25 with two episodes. 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