Add Mark Burnett and Roma Downey to the list of talent turning to Netflix.

The Bible and Survivor mastermind and his wife and producing partner are readying a modern-day biblical drama for the streaming giant, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

Messiah chronicles the modern world's reaction to a man who first appears in the Middle East and seems to be performing miracles.

The scripted drama has already been preapproved for a California Film Commission tax credit, though it's considered unlikely to use that given Messiah's early timing. Sources tell THR that the project is in early development; a script still...