Fox has revealed the roll-out for its anticipated Biblical event series The Faithful, from Carol Mendelsohn. The series will air weekly in three two-hour installments beginning Sunday, March 22, leading into the finale on Easter Sunday, April 5.
The series, which begins production this summer in Rome and Matera, Italy, will air throughout the Easter and Passover season on Fox and the next day on Hulu.Â
The event series is based on The Old Testament’s Book of Genesis and told through the eyes of the courageous and passionate, yet flawed women whose descendants would shape three of the world’s great faiths: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The Faithful is about discovering and losing love, the challenges of marriage, the joys and heartbreak of children, confronting temptation and finding faith.
The Faithful unfolds through the interwoven stories of five legendary women of the Bible’s Old Testament whose lives were marked by quests for independence, deep-seeded desires and the desperate need for something far greater than they have ever known. Sarah, desperate for a child, takes an impassioned and complicated step through Hagar that forever alters her family’s path before experiencing an unexpected miracle late in life. Rebekah, intent on securing her favored child’s destiny, intervenes in her sons’ lives, setting into motion a legacy of sibling rivalry and division. And once inseparable sisters, Leah and Rachel become rivals in love and motherhood, building a fractured but foundational family whose descendants will carry the weight of history. Through longing, sacrifice, and perseverance, these women leave an enduring imprint on a story much bigger than their own.
Mendelsohn serves as executive producer along with Julie Weitz (Game of Silence) and Echevarria, who penned the pilot and will also serve as showrunner. The Faithful comes from Fox Entertainment Studios and is distributed worldwide by Fox Entertainment Global.Â
