Fans of the Mark Burnett created miniseries The Bible will be excited to learn that NBC has picked up the series to extend it as a sequel.
According to E! News, NBC announced the news of their intentions to give The Bible a sequel Monday following its successful following on the History Channel.
The series’ working title, A.D.: Beyond the Bible will begin after Jesus’ death and follow the “perfect storm.”
Jennifer Stalke, the president of NBC Entertainment released a statement saying, “NBC is thrilled to bring this highly-anticipated sequel to Mark and Roma's The Bible to network television. There was huge interest in this project within the television community and NBC is gratified by Mark's confidence in our ability to partner with him and position this miniseries as true event television."
NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt added that following the first airing of The Bible, “I told Mark we were on board with no hesitation for the follow-up miniseries. This will be attention-getting in every way, and we're proud to continue our association with Mark which has just grown exponentially from The Voice."
Newsday notes that the followup to the series does not have an official premiere date yet.
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