martin scorsese presents: the saints

Newsbites: Scorsese's Saints! Animated David! Ruth & Boaz!

Season 2 of Scorsese's series features the life and death of St Peter; a new clip from David makes a small tweak to the biblical story; and Ruth & Boaz…

Oct 30, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints gets a second season

Saints profiled this season will include the Virgin Mary, Peter, Paul, Patrick, and the first (not-quite-yet-canonized) millennial saint, Carlo Acutis.

Jun 11, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

Video round-up: King of Kings! Scorsese! Testament! Light of the World! Zero A.D.!

Some new teasers and trailers, and an exclusive clip.

Apr 10, 2025 • Peter T Chattaway

Should Israeli actors star in Bible movies?

Social-media users are protesting the fact that Netflix's upcoming Mary movie has a mostly Jewish-Israeli cast rather than, say, a Palestinian one.

Nov 17, 2024 • Peter T Chattaway

Newsbites: Scorsese's Saints! Netflix's Narnia! Land of Nod! Last Supper! The Chosen!

Scorsese's docudrama series, which includes episodes about John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene, starts coming out later this month. Also: will Narnia…

Nov 2, 2024 • Peter T Chattaway

Newsbites: Israeli Jesus! Feminist Mary! Funny Moses! and more!

Updates on The Promised Land and Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints; new trailers; and new soundbites from the makers of The Book of Clarence and…

Jul 12, 2024 • Peter T Chattaway

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