Season 1 - 10 episodes (2019 January 1)
Netflix Original Series
Availability: Global
1 season
Plot:
In
the modern world, a man from the middle East seems to perform miracles.
The series explores the lines
between religion, faith and politics. It chronicles the modern world's
reaction to a man who first appears in the Middle East and gains
followers after claiming he is the Messiah. Is he sent from God or is he
a dangerous fraud? Reactions are seen from multiple points of view
including a CIA agent, an Israeli Shin Bet officer, a Latino
preacher & his Texan daughter, a Palestinian refugee, and the media.Trailer:
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Trivia:
- This is by the same producers of the mini-series The Bible.
- Created and written by Michael Petroni, who worked on the series Miracles which starred Skeet Ullrich.
- Development was first reported in March 23, 2017.
- On November 16, 2017, it was reported Sense 8 and V for Vendetta director James McTeigue would produce.
- It was reported on January 29, 2018 that Mehdi Dehbi was cast in the lead role of Al-Masih.
- It was reported on May 7, 2018 that Michelle Monaghan was cast.
- Reported on June 7, 2018 that the cast would include Melinda Page Hamilton, Stefania LaVie Owen, Jane Adams, Sayyid El Alami, Fares Landousil, and Wil Traval.
- Mehdi Dehbi plays the lead role of Al-Masih.
- Michelle Monaghan plays the lead role of Eva Geller, a highly specialized US intelligence officer who pits her wits and years of experience against Al-Masih. She goes to the ends of the earth to prosecute this elusive figure while running headlong into the truth about her own moral convictions.
- Melinda Page Hamilton plays Anna Iguero, the Virginia-born daughter of a preacher, who married a preacher.
- Stefania LaVie Owen plays Rebecca Iguero, a troubled teen living in a backwater Texas town who wants nothing more than to leave her life behind.
- Jane Adams plays Miriam Keneally, an acerbic CNN reporter who is doggedly devoted to the truth about al-Masih, but has some secrets. Wil Traval plays Will Mathers, an Army veteran-turned-FBI JTTF agent who finds himself at butting heads with his counterpart Eva Geller as they pursue al-Masih.
- Sayyid El Alami plays Jibril Medina, an orphaned Syrian refugee who leaves war-torn Damascus to become a devotee of al-Masih. Fares Landousil plays Samir, a Syrian refugee and friend to Jibril who also abandons Damascus, only to find that his destiny is elsewhere.
- Beau Bridges plays Edmund DeGuilles, a charming televangelist with a large following and an even greater net worth. He's the protective father of Anna Iguero (Melinda Page Hamilton), who gets drawn into the world of al-Masih through his son-in-law Felix.
- Philip Baker Hall plays Zelman Katz, a former CIA asset and the widowed loving father of Eva Geller (Michelle Monaghan). Now retired, he is starting to have second thoughts about life.
- Reported as canceled on March 26, 2020.
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