The biblical present has but to finish its first season, however the viewers have made it a success and is already greenlit for an additional season.
Followers of the biblical sequence Home of David, behold, as the story continues in a newly greenlit second season. Deadline is now reporting that the present, which is a reimagining of the David & Goliath story, goes to return at Prime Video. The sequence drew an enormous quantity with 22 million viewers in its first 17 days and has develop into one of many streamer’s Prime 10 new sequence debuts within the U.S. up to now. New episodes of this premiere season are nonetheless being launched weekly, main as much as the 12 months’s finale on April 3.
The official description of the present reads,
“HOUSE OF DAVID tells the story of the ascent of the biblical figure, David, who eventually becomes the most renowned and celebrated king of Israel. The series follows the once-mighty King Saul as he falls victim to his own pride. At the direction of God, the prophet Samuel anoints an unlikely, outcast teenager as the new king. As Saul loses his power over his kingdom, David finds himself on a journey to discover and fulfill his destiny, navigating love, loss, and violence in the court of the very man he’s destined to replace. As one leader falls, another must rise.”
The sequence is predicated on an thought by Jon Erwin (Jesus Revolution) and directed and written by Erwin and Jon Gunn (Odd Angels). It stars Michael Iskander as David, who was forged following a four-month worldwide search and is contemporary off his function within the Tony Award-winning musical “Kimberly Akimbo.” The sequence additionally stars Ali Suliman (Jack Ryan, Arthur the King) as King Saul, Ayelet Zurer (Angels And Demons, Man Of Metal) as Saul’s trusted spouse Queen Ahinoam, Stephen Lang (Avatar franchise, Don’t Breathe) as Samuel, and Martyn Ford (Mortal Kombat 2, The Sandman) as Goliath. Dallas Jenkins, the creator and producer-director of The Chosen, is a shareholder and particular advisor to Surprise Challenge.
Extra forged contains: Indy Lewis (Trade, King and Conqueror) as Mychal and Yali Topol Margalith (Tattooist of Auschwitz, A Good Woman’s Information to Homicide (2024)) as Mirab, Saul’s daughters; Ethan Kai as Jonathan (The Turkish Detective, Carnival Row 2), Saul’s son and inheritor obvious; Sam Otto (Snowpiercer, The State) as Eshbaal, the irreverent center baby; Oded Fehr (Star Trek, La Cocina) as Abner, Saul’s advisor; Louis Ferreira (Shogun, Breaking Dangerous) as Jesse, David’s father; Davood Ghadami (Eastenders, The Chelsea Detective) as Eliab, David’s eldest brother and adorned warrior in King Saul’s military; Ashraf Barhom (Tyrant, The Final Planet) as Doeg, a mysterious Edomite, and Alexander Uloom (Sari and Amira, Heera) who performs King Achish.
