Martin Scorsese says his new FOX Nation series 'The Saints' was a story he always wanted to tell

FOX Nation presented an exclusive screening of Martin Scorsese's caller series, "The Saints," connected Thursday nighttime successful New York City. 

"Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints" volition premiere successful 2 parts, with the archetypal 4 episodes acceptable to merchandise connected Sunday, November 17 and the last acceptable to reason successful April and May 2025, spanning the Holy season. The exclusive screening astatine the Whitby Hotel successful Midtown Manhattan featured a sheet hosted by Scorsese himself, on with a cocktail reception with the legendary filmmaker. 

The exclusive docudrama explores the singular stories of 8 men and women who risked everything to embody faith. Attendees including FOX News Media executives, radical who helped make the series, spiritual leaders, friends of Scorsese and others got a sneak peek of gripping episodes astir Joan of Arc and Maximilian Kolbe. 

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FOX Nation presented an exclusive screening of Martin Scorsese's caller bid "The Saints" connected Thursday nighttime successful New York City.  (AP)

The 81-year-old Scorsese said this task has been connected his caput for decades and has been trying to find clip since helium made "Raging Bull" successful 1980. 

"I grew up practically surviving successful the St. Patrick's Old Cathedral downtown, contemplating, meditating those statues of the saints, antithetic saints, and wondering astir their stories," Scorsese said. 

"What is simply a saint? Is it thing superhuman? Can they execute thing easier than we tin due to the fact that we’re quality beings? I realized, ‘No,’" Scorsese continued. "The constituent is they’re human."

Scorsese said that full-length films astir saints were salient erstwhile helium was increasing up, but specified stories person not been told successful caller years. 

"Maybe the information that determination are saints, were saints and inactive are saints is thing that’s mislaid connected our newest generation. Because we don’t unrecorded with them. So, we thought this was a bully effort to effort and recognize what that is and what religion is, really," Scorsese said. 

"I've ever wanted to bash it," helium added, joking "I was busy."

Over the people of the exclusive FOX Nation docudrama, Scorsese journeys over 2,000 years of history throughout nearly every continent. Each occurrence 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.

During the sheet treatment with advisor Mary Karr, Father James Martin, writer Paul Elie, and Father Edward Beck, Scorsese asked the experts connected signifier however they would specify the connection "saint." 

Martin Scorsese speaks with advisor Mary Karr, Father James Martin, writer Paul Elie, and Father Edward Beck astir FOX Nation’s "The Saints" astatine the Whitby Hotel successful New York City. (AP)

Scorsese explained that galore judge determination are "saints you don’t see," specified arsenic modern doctors and different selfless people. 

"The films that we made are the ones we bash cognize about… due to the fact that of however their lives changed the lives of truthful galore others," Scorsese said. 

Scorsese joked that the bid took truthful agelong due to the fact that helium "got sucked into making movies again," implicit 40 years ago, erstwhile helium archetypal thought astir a bid connected saints. 

Throughout the week, FOX Nation fans person been capable to halt by a selling activation pop-up extracurricular the Fox Corporation office successful New York to person customized photos of themselves arsenic saints.

Scorsese is an Academy Award-winning manager and 1 of the astir influential filmmakers of each time. His 2006 film, "The Departed," won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture. 

MARTIN SCORSESE SAYS NEW JESUS FILM AIMS TO ‘TAKE AWAY THE NEGATIVE ONUS’ OF ORGANIZED RELIGION

Executive Producer Martin Scorsese is the "creative Godfather" of this docu-drama bid exploring 8 of the astir celebrated saints successful history. (Laura Carrione / FOX)

Scorsese directed "The Wolf of Wall Street" and "The Irishman," which some received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Picture. His 2023 feature, "Killers of The Flower Moon," received 10 Oscar nominations. Other Scorsese films similar "Taxi Driver" and "Goodfellas" are wide considered immoderate of the top ever made.

Scorsese has besides explored the taxable of religion with specified works arsenic "Silence" and "The Last Temptation of Christ."

Developed by Scorsese for Lionsgate Alternative Television, "Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints" was created by Matti Leshem, who archetypal approached Scorsese 7 years ago. 

The docuseries is written by Kent Jones, who often collaborates with Scorsese, and directed by Elizabeth Chomko. Additional enforcement producers alongside Scorsese and Leshem see Julie Yorn, Rick Yorn, Christopher Donnelly, Yoshi Stone and Craig Piligian. 

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‘Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints’ hits FOX Nation connected November 17. (Fox Nation)

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Fox News Digital’s Laura Carrione contributed to this report.

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