Have you found Jesus yet? If not, don’t worry, he’ll soon be appearing everywhere. According to Deadline, Foxis developing an “event series” called Nazareth that will follow Jesus’ formative years. Gladiator’s David Franzoni will write and executive produce alongside Stargate’s Robert Cooper. Like the best fan fiction, Nazareth will explore a time for which there is very little canonical material, as—from his pilgrimage to Jerusalem at age 13 to his baptism and ministry at age 30—Jesus basically falls off the map when it comes to The Bible. And those “lost years” have proved especially fertile for writers looking to put their own spin on the Jesus tale. In recent months, Lifetime has put its own “lost years,” coming-of-age story in development, while the History Channel was considering reimagining a young Jesus as a traveling exorcist.
