Following History's success with The Bible miniseries, the cable network is now looking to develop a TV drama series centered on Jesus Christ. Get this though -- the project comes from horror filmmakers Eli Roth (the Hostel franchise) and Eric Newman (The Thing), as well as writer Scott Kosar (The Machinist, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre).

Willem Dafoe in Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ

Deadline reports that the series will aim to portray Jesus "in a more controversial light," and will center on the biblical character as a young adult. Little is yet known what that will entail, especially since the Bible hardly details Jesus' life from age 13 to 30, but it's rumored that the TV series "was conceived in the horror genre" and will explore the idea of Jesus starting out as an "exorcist," of sorts, when spiritual healing was in its infancy. It seems appropriate then that Roth and Newman will produce the series, as both men also jointly produced 2010's The Last Exorcism in addition to their respective horror credits.According to Deadline, History is finalizing deals for The Lost Years, though it is still unclear whether it is being developed as a regular series or a miniseries.

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