Daniel Gordis's prize-winning nonfiction book Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn, will be adapted into a television docuseries. Deadline reported that director Matthew Mishory (Artur Schnabel: No Place of Exile) will serve as creator and direct all six episodes, with production expected to begin in 2022.
Bradford L. Schlei's Stone Canyon Entertainment (Who Are the Marcuses?, The Trust) acquired the rights to the book, and the producers "will film additional material for the series' final episode to cover the period since the book's publication, including: the Abraham Accords; shifting alliances in the Middle East; Israel's new and highly-symbolic diverse governing coalition; and the ascendence of the Israeli green economy," Deadline wrote.
"We're honored to have the opportunity to adapt Daniel's essential and critically-acclaimed work for the screen," said Schlei. "And I am thrilled to be partnering again with Matthew to tell another story of Israel's complex, fascinating, and ultimately uplifting history."