Hosted, Narrated and Executive Produced by
Scorsese, First Four Episodes to Premiere in November 2024
Docudrama to Explore Stories of Eight Men
and Women and Their Journey to Sainthood
FOX Nation has signed a deal for a partnership with celebrated
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese for an eight-part
docudrama series, announced Jason Klarman, FOX News Media chief
digital and marketing officer. Slated for November 2024, “Martin
Scorsese Presents: THE SAINTS” will encompass eight one-hour
episodes exploring the remarkable stories of eight men and women
who risked everything to embody humanity’s most noble and complex
trait — faith.
Developed by Scorsese for Lionsgate Alternative Television,
“Martin Scorsese Presents: THE SAINTS” was created by Matti Leshem.
The docuseries is written by Kent Jones, who frequently
collaborates with Scorsese and directed by Elizabeth Chomko.
Additional executive producers alongside Scorsese and Leshem
include Julie Yorn, Rick Yorn, Christopher Donnelly, Yoshi Stone
and Craig Piligian. Along with Lionsgate, the series was produced
by Sikelia Productions, Weimaraner Republic Pictures, LBI
Entertainment and Halcyon.
In making the announcement, Mr. Klarman said, “Having the
greatest storyteller tell some of the greatest stories of all time
is exactly the kind of exclusive content that is driving FOX
Nation’s success. It’s an honor to welcome the world-renowned
Martin Scorsese to the FOX Nation platform.”
Mr. Scorsese added, “I’ve lived with the stories of the saints
for most of my life, thinking about their words and actions,
imagining the worlds they inhabited, the choices they faced, the
examples they set. These are stories of eight very different men
and women, each of them living through vastly different periods of
history and struggling to follow the way of love revealed to them
and to us by Jesus’ words in the gospels. I’m so excited that this
project is underway, and that I’m working with so many trusted and
talented collaborators.”
“No matter what medium he is working in, Martin Scorsese is one
of the world’s most compelling and evocative creative voices,” said
Craig Piligian, Emmy and Peabody Award-winning producer and
Managing Director, Lionsgate Alternative Television. “This series
will showcase his unique ability to inspire global audiences with
moving depictions of history.”
Entitled “Martin Scorsese Presents: THE SAINTS,” the docudrama
will premiere in two parts, with the first four episodes set to
release on Sunday, November 16th, 2024, and the final set to
conclude in May 2025, spanning the Holy season. Over the full
course of the exclusive docudrama, Scorsese journeys over 2,000
years of history throughout nearly every continent. Each episode
focuses on a singular Saint, including Joan of Arc, Francis of
Assisi, John the Baptist, Thomas Becket, Mary Magdalene, Moses the
Black, Sebastian, and Maximillian Kolbe, examining these
extraordinary figures and their extreme acts of kindness,
selflessness, and sacrifice.
Scorsese’s docudrama adds to FOX Nation’s exclusive content
library with nearly 10,000 hours of faith, historic and
entertainment programming along with various documentaries. Since
its inception in 2018, the popular subscription streaming service,
dubbed “Netflix for Conservatives” by the New York Times, has
attracted a multitude of Hollywood luminaries to host various
programming, including Kevin Costner, Matthew McConaughey, Rob
Lowe, and Dennis Quaid along with comedic stars Dan Aykroyd and Jim
Belushi.
Scorsese is an Academy Award-winning Director and one of the
most influential filmmakers working today. In 2007, his film The
Departed won an Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture.
Scorsese also directed The Wolf of Wall Street and The Irishman,
which both received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and
Best Picture. His latest feature, Killers of The Flower Moon, made
its World Premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, received 10
Oscar nominations and was released exclusively in theaters
worldwide in October 2023 before it began streaming globally on
Apple TV+ in January 2024. He has directed numerous documentaries
including the Peabody Award winning No Direction Home: Bob Dylan,
the Emmy Award winning George Harrison: Living in the Material
World, the Emmy nominated docuseries Pretend It’s a City, and the
critically acclaimed feature docs The Last Waltz and Personality
Crisis: One Night Only.
About FOX Nation
FOX Nation is a direct-to-consumer on-demand streaming service
designed to complement the FOX News Channel experience with a
members-only destination for its most passionate and loyal super
fans. Featuring nearly 10,000 hours of content, the subscription
service includes lifestyle, and entertainment content, as well as
historical documentaries and investigative series from a multitude
of FOX News personalities at a cost of $5.99 a month/$64.99 a year.
Morning Consult recently named FOX Nation as one of the top 10
fastest-growing brands of 2023 among Gen Z adults, with the
platform placing in the top 15 overall. Launched in 2018, FOX
Nation is available at foxnation.com and via app for iOS devices,
Android devices, Fire TV, Apple TV, Google TV, Android TV, Roku,
Xbox One, FuboTV, Vizio TVs, and Samsung TVs, as well as DIRECTV,
DIRECTV STEAM, YouTube TV, Comcast Xfinity, Cox Contour, The Roku
Channel, DISH and SLING.
About Lionsgate Alternative
Television
A division of global content leader Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A,
LGF.B), Lionsgate Alternative Television is a major force in
unscripted programming. Encompassing Pilgrim Media Group, Renegade
83, Blackfin, Daisybeck Studios and eOne’s U.S. and U.K. unscripted
labels, the group is responsible for a prolific roster of hit
non-scripted franchises including Naked and Afraid, Street Outlaws,
Wicked Tuna, The Yorkshire Vet and Ex on the Beach, as well as
acclaimed limited series Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez
and Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre. Lionsgate Alternative
Television produces unscripted content across sports, documentary,
historical, competition reality, true crime, family, game shows,
dating and more.
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