‘Oz’ Creator Tom Fontana to Showrun Vatican Drama Series Based on ‘The Devil’s Business’ Book as Fabel Entertainment Scores Rights (EXCLUSIVE)

Oct 20, 2026 1:00am PT ‘Oz’ Creator Tom Fontana to Showrun Vatican Drama Series Based on ‘The Devil’s Business’ Book as Fabel Entertainment Scores Rights (EXCLUSIVE)

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“Oz” creator Tom Fontana is set to create and showrun a new Vatican drama series based on Emanuele Midolo’s forthcoming novel “The Devil’s Business” after Fabel Entertainment scored book rights.

“The Devil’s Business” — which is set to publish via Century in June 2028 — centers on Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, the American clergyman known as “The Pope’s Bodyguard.” Midolo is an award-winning investigations correspondent with The Sunday Times’ Insight team, whose reporting has led to political resignations in the U.K. and nominations for the U.K. Society of Editors’ Scoop of the Year and Investigation of the Year.

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