A feature-length version will also be produced from the series, tentatively named “Hazrat Muhammad (S)”, MNA reported on Sunday.

However, the report gave no information about its source and when the project would begin.

Majidi, director of the Oscar-nominated feature “Children of Heaven,” will hire an Iranian-foreign cast for the project, which is to focus on the life of the Prophet (S) from childhood until his appointment to prophethood...