Martin Scorsese’s next project is a docuseries about the saints
Martin Scorsese’s next project will be a docuseries about the saints. Watch the trailer below.
The new series, called Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints will see the legendary director host, narrate and executive produce the show which will release episodes weekly from November 17 to December 8.
The series will be released in two parts, with the final four episodes airing in April 2025 to be “spanning the Holy season.”
Each episode will focus on a singular saint, with episodes dedicated to Joan of Arc, John the Baptist, Sebastian, Maximilian Kolbe, Francis of Assisi, Thomas Becket, Mary Magdalene, and Moses the Black.
According to a press release, the series will span 2,000 years of history and will tell the story of “eight men and women who risked everything to embody humanity’s most noble and complex trait — faith.”
You can watch the trailer here:
In a press statement about the series, Scorsese said: “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.”
Jason Klarman, the Fox News Media chief digital and marketing officer, added: “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 honour to welcome the world-renowned Martin Scorsese to the Fox Nation platform.”
Back in October, it was revealed that Scorsese will direct the filming of a tribute concert in honour of The Band‘s Robbie Robertson.
Robertson died in August 2023, aged 80, and previously Scorsese documented The Band’s farewell show in The Last Waltz, which was released in 1978 and is widely considered an all-time classic music documentary. Robertson also scored several of Scorsese’s films, including Raging Bull, Casino, The Wolf Of Wall Street The Irishman and Killers Of The Flower Moon.
It was confirmed in October that Scorsese will direct the ‘Life Is A Carnival: A Musical Celebration Of Robbie Robertson’ tribute concert, which took place at LA’s Kia Forum last month (October 17), for a future release.
Meanwhile, Scorsese is also producing a new Beatles documentary coming to Disney+ this month.
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