Martin Scorsese has signed a deal with Fox Nation, the streaming platform for Fox News Media, to host, narrate and executive produce an eight-episode documentary titled Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints.
The religious series is set to air in two parts, debuting on November 16 and running until May 2025. Each episode will dramatize the life of a different saint, including Joan of Arc, Francis of Assisi, John the Baptist, Thomas Becket, Mary Magdalene, Black Moses, Sebastian and Maximilian Kolb. According to a press release, the series is billed as an exploration of the “extraordinary stories of eight men and women who risked everything to embody humanity's most noble and complex trait – faith.”
Scorsese is the latest high-profile Hollywood name to join the Fox Nation team, along with Kevin Costner (Yellowstone: One-Fifty), Rob Lowe (Liberty or Death: Boston Tea Party) and Dan Aykroyd (A history of the world in six glasses).
The Oscar-winning director has focused his lens on Christianity in much of his work and in his controversial 1988 film, The Last Temptation of Christdrew backlash from religious groups over its depiction of Jesus being gripped by human desires, doubts and his own divinity.
After its premiere Killers of the Flower MoonScorsese said in the Los Angeles Times In January he met with Pope Francis and “responded to the Pope's call to artists in the only way I know how: by imagining and writing a script for a film about Jesus.” Based on the book by Japanese author Shusaku Endo A life of Jesusthe director said that the film will depict the teachings of Jesus and will mainly take place in the present day.
“Right now, 'religion,' you say that word and everybody's up in arms because it's failed in so many ways,” Scorsese told the LA Times. “But that doesn't necessarily mean the initial impulse was wrong. Let's go back. Let's think about it. You can reject it. But it can make a difference in how you live your life — even in rejecting it. Don't dismiss it out of hand. That's all I'm talking about. And I say this as someone who will be 81 in a few days. Do you know what I'm saying?”
Rick Yorn, a producer on many of Scorsese's projects and Leonardo DiCaprio's manager, is among The Saints executive producers.
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