FOX’s “The Faithful” Casts Minnie Driver, Jeffrey Donovan & Natacha Karam

FOX has announced new casting details for the first instalment of its upcoming biblical event series, “The Faithful”, which will be coming out in time for next Easter.

This landmark drama series is based on the best-selling book of all time, the Bible, and showcases a faithful dramatisation 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 as we know it today. 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. 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.     

The new series will star 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.

In the premiere instalment, 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. 

It was also revealed that Danny Cannon (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) has been tapped to 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. 

Under her first-look broadcast direct deal with FOX, Carol Mendelsohn (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) serves as executive producer along with Julie Weitz (Game of Silence) and Rene Echevarria (Carnival Row, The 4400), who penned the pilot and will also serve as showrunner.   

“The Faithful” is being created by FOX Entertainment Studios and is distributed worldwide by FOX Entertainment Global.

“The Faithful” debuts on Sunday, 22nd March 2025 at 8:00-10:00pm ET/PT on FOX in the U.S. and airs in three, two-hour instalments leading into the finale on Easter Sunday, 5th April 2025. The series, which begins production this summer in Rome and Matera, Italy, will air throughout the Easter and Passover season on FOX, and it will also be available to stream the next day on Hulu and Hulu On Disney+.

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