Martin Scorsese has previously stated that he is working on a film about Jesus, and he is presently developing a project about saints.
Scorsese will host, narrate, and produce Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints, an eight-part docudrama for Fox Nation, the streaming service said on Wednesday.
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The series will explore the lives of eight beatified men and women, including Joan of Arc, Francis of Assisi, Thomas Becket, Mary Magdalene, and Maximilian Kolbe, a Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in Auschwitz to spare the life of a family’s father.
The first four episodes of Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints will premiere in November. The remaining four will air in May 2025.
The Oscar winner, who briefly considered becoming a priest before turning to filmmaking, revealed to the Los Angeles Times in January that his next film would be an adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s novel “A Life of Jesus”.
