‘Faust’ (based on classic German legend) Drama From Mark Burnett & Roma Downey Set At NBC From Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, the executive producers of The Bible and the upcoming follow-up A.D., comes another faith-based project, a drama based on the classic German legend of Faust. In one of the most intriguing pairings this development season, the husband and wife duo of Burnett and Downey have teamed on Faust with comic book wiz Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Chief Creative Officer of Archie Comics, who also is an accomplished screenwriter and playwright. Written by Aguirre-Sacasa, Faust is described as a faith-based medical procedural and a contemporary take on the popular tale about a scholar who sells his soul to the Devil for ultimate knowledge, which will explore questions of faith and the supernatural in a grounded, realistic way. Set in Washington, DC, the drama centers on an ambitious surgeon forced to confront a terrible truth: That he may lose everything good in his life—his job, his family, his very soul—when a diabolical stranger from his past arrives, to collect on a bargain they made thirteen years earlier. Aguirre-Sacasa executive produces with Burnett and Downey. The series hails from Downey and Burnett‘s LightWorkers Media, the faith and family division of United Artists Media Group, Burnett and Downey’s joint venture with MGM and Hearst.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 20:21:19 +0000
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