FOX has announced the leads for its highly-anticipated first installment of the biblical event series, “The Faithful,” premiering Sunday, March 22, 2026, which will focus on the biblical account of Sarah, Abraham, and Hagar. The cast includes Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated Minnie Driver (“Good Will Hunting,” “Circle of Friends”) as Sarah, Jeffery Donovan (“Fargo,” “Burn Notice”) as Abraham and Natacha Karam (“9-1-1: Lone Star”) as Hagar. 
Danny Cannon (“CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”) will direct and executive produce the premiere. Carol Mendelsohn (“CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”), Julie Weitz (“Game of Silence”) and Rene Echevarria (“Carnival Row”) serve as executive producers. “The Faithful” comes from FOX Entertainment Studios and is distributed worldwide by FOX Entertainment Global. The series, which begins production this summer in Rome and Matera, Italy, will air throughout the Easter and Passover season on FOX and next day on Hulu.
“The Faithful” is based on biblical accounts and promises to showcase a faithful dramatization of the Book of Genesis as told through the eyes of the courageous and passionate, yet flawed women whose descendants would shape the future of faith. Dimensional, dramatic, intimate, even surprising, “The Faithful” is about “discovering and losing love, the challenges of marriage, the joys and heartbreak of children, confronting temptation, and finding faith,” according to FOX.
Episodes of “The Faithful” will be told through the lens of five of The Old Testament’s most legendary women—Sarah and her servant Hagar, Sarah’s great-niece Rebekah, and Rebekah’s nieces, sisters Leah and Rachel. Following is the synopsis for the first installment starring Driver, Donovan, and Karam.
In the premiere installment, Sarah (Driver) feels incomplete without the child that has been promised to her and her husband, Abraham (Donovan), by God. After braving isolation, famine, the ire of Pharaoh, and several more years of barrenness, she resorts to her own plan to bring a child into the world involving her maidservant Hagar (Karam) and Abraham. However, jealousy soon sets in after Hagar gives birth to Ishmael (from whose lineage the Islamic religion traces its roots). Then a miracle happens . . . And personal freedoms are at odds with long-held grievances and shattered love.
Wholly owned by FOX Entertainment, “The Faithful” comes from FOX Entertainment Studios and is distributed worldwide by FOX Entertainment Global. Under her first-look broadcast direct deal with FOX, Carol Mendelsohn serves as executive producer along with Julie Weitz and Rene Echevarria, who penned the pilot and will also serve as showrunner.
More casting and production announcements will be reported here at Reel Faith leading up to the March 2026 premiere.
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