Fox Nation, a streaming service run by Fox News Media, announced in March a partnership deal with celebrated Oscar-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese for an eight-part docudrama series "Martin Scorsese Presents: THE SAINTS", expected to air in November.
Scorsese, known for classic films like "Goodfellas", "The Wolf of Wall Street", and "Taxi Driver", will executive produce, host, and narrate the series. Created by Matti Leshem and written by Kent Jones, a frequent collaborator with Scorsese, the series dramatizes the stories of eight saints, including Joan of Arc, Mary Magdalene, and more. The series will be directed by Elizabeth Chomko.
According to the Israeli entertainment TV show "Erev Tov with Guy Pines," the Israeli actress and model Dar Zuzovsky is set to portray Mary Magdalene, Jesus' faithful follower. Israeli actor Amitai Kedar will also star in the series alongside Zuzovsky as King Herod, he revealed in an interview with Israel Hayom. Filming will begin in the upcoming 2 weeks in unique destinations such as Morocco.
"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," Scorsese said in March. "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."
Casting Israeli-Jewish talents is notable in the current climate, as antisemitism surges worldwide and calls to boycott anything or anyone related to Israel in Hollywood are prevalent.
