Martin Scorsese is returning as host, narrator and government producer for the second season of his Fox Nation docudrama The Saints.
It’s going to premiere on 16 November, in line with Fox Nation, with the brand new season attributable to open with an episode devoted to Saint Patrick.
The sequence, created by Matti Leshem, explores the lives of great Christian saints, with Martin guiding viewers by their tales.
Season one featured figures reminiscent of John the Baptist, Mary Magdalene and Joan of Arc.
The brand new season’s first 4 episodes shall be launched weekly from 16 November to 7 December, with an extra batch of episodes attributable to premiere in 2026.
Season two will embody episodes centered on Saint Patrick, Saint Peter, Thomas Becket and others.
And a 7 December instalment, centred on Carlo Acutis – referred to as “God’s Influencer” – shall be directed by Martin’s daughter Francesca Scorsese, marking her first formal directorial collaboration together with her father.
The episode examines Acutis’ use of the Web to unfold Christian teachings, which earned him the title of the primary “millennial saint”.
Francesca beforehand appeared in We Are Who We Are, the HBO miniseries directed by Luca Guadagnino.
Her work on The Saints marks her transfer behind the digital camera after years of appearing.
Martin has had an extended affiliation with Christian themes all through his profession.
He directed The Final Temptation of Christ in 1988 and Silence in 2016, each exploring the stress between religion and human battle.
He’s additionally growing a brand new characteristic movie about Jesus Christ.
The Saints was created by Matti Leshem and developed by Martin for Lionsgate Different Tv.
It’s written by Kent Jones, who started his profession as Martin’s video archivist and went on to co-direct a number of documentaries with him, together with A Letter to Elia.
The brand new episodes shall be directed by Matti, Francesca, Rubin Stein, Devereux Milburn and Elizabeth Chomko.
Govt producers on the challenge embody Craig Piligian, Julie Yorn, Rick Yorn, Lisa Frechette and Christopher Donnelly. Manufacturing corporations concerned are Lionsgate Different Tv, Sikelia Productions, Weimaraner Republic Footage and LBI Leisure.
