Husband-and-wife producers Mark Burnett and Roma Downey have partnered with Netflix for “Messiah,” a 2019 series about a mysterious man who appears in the Middle East, claiming to be a messiah.
It’s the creation of writer Michael Petroni, co-creator of the 2003 ABC series “Miracles,” which followed an investigator (Skeet Ulrich) probing reports of supernatural events for the Catholic Church. Petroni also wrote the screenplay for the movie version of 2010’s “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader,” and for the 2011 exorcism drama “The Rite,” starring Anthony Hopkins.
“Messiah” also looks into a possibly religious event.
From Variety:
’Messiah’ promises to be a fascinating series for viewers of every faith, and a thrilling drama filled with multi-layered characters set on a global stage,” said Cindy Holland, vice president of original content for Netflix.
The series will chronicle the modern world’s reaction to a man who first appears in the Middle East creating a groundswell of followers around him claiming he is the Messiah. In ten hour-long episodes, the story unfolds from multiple points of view, including a young CIA agent, an Israeli Shin Bet officer, a Latino preacher and his Texan daughter, a Palestinian refugee and the media, among others.
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“‘Messiah’ is a series that will have the audience asking big questions. What if someone showed up in 2018 amid strange occurrences and was thought to be the Messiah? What would society do? How would the media cover him? Would millions simply quit work? Could government’s collapse?” said Downey and Burnett.”It’s a series that could change everything.”
From Deadline.com:
“Messiah promises to be a fascinating series for viewers of every faith, and a thrilling drama filled with multi-layered characters set on a global stage,” said Cindy Holland, Vice President, Original Content for Netflix.
Said Petroni, “Messiah will have every viewer asking the question ‘is he or isn’t he?’ How you answer that question may reveal more about you than it does about the show. ‘Messiah’ challenges us to examine what we believe and why.”
Burnett and Downey have built a strong reputation for faith-based fare, from such TV shows as “The Bible: A.D.: The Bible Continues” and “The Dovekeepers,” along with a feature-film remake of “Ben-Hur.”
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