FOX Nation Partners With Martin Scorsese for New Docudrama ‘Martin Scorsese Presents

THE SAINTS’

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 16^th, 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.