‘Medici,’ ‘Leonardo’ Producer Lux Vide Prepares ‘The Rising,’ Portraying a ‘Human, Secular’ Jesus Christ (EXCLUSIVE)
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variety.comLux Vide is teaming with ex-Hasbro chief content officer Stephen J. Davis (“Transformers”) to produce what may be its most ambitious production yet: “The Rising.” The English-language historical drama series focuses on what it described as the “human, secular story” of Jesus Christ.
The creative team will shortly begin pitching potential U.S. partners.Executive producer of NBC’s “The Blacklist” and creator and showrunner of HBO’s “Carnivàle,” Daniel Knauf is attached as “The Rising’s” showrunner.Lux Vide CEO Luca Bernabei (“Leonardo,” “Medici: Masters of Florence,” “Devils”) and Davis serve as the series’ producers.
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