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EXCLUSIVE: Alex Honnold, the subject of Oscar-winning documentary film Free Solo, is scaling the heights of the podcast world. Honnold, whose quest to perform a free solo climb of El Capitan was captured in the film, will launch the Climbing Gold podcast with Fitz Cahall, a journalist who worked for National…

E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, the directors behind award-winning documentary Free Solo, have set up four projects at Nat Geo. This comes after the pair signed a first-look deal with the Disney-owned cable network in September 2019. The slate, which includes two feature documentaries, a ten-part series order and a…

Ford Motor Co. and the Walt Disney Co. have made a precedent-setting deal for a “roadblock” across all of Disney’s broadcast, cable, digital and streaming channels in prime time to unveil the new Bronco. On July 13, starting at 8PM ET, Ford will introduce the new Bronco lineup across Disney platforms. Three custom…

EXCLUSIVE: I hear that Oscar-winning Free Solo filmmakers Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi have become attached to direct Universal and Cavalry Media’s feature film about the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue in Thailand.  Wes Tooke, the Midway screenwriter and scribe of USA Network’s Colony, is currently writing the…

Having long since ascended to the ranks of royalty at the Sundance Film Festival, Ethan Hawke, Dee Rees, Isabella Rossellini and Gregg Araki have now been named as jurors for this year's Utah shindig. As well as Hawke starring in Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film award winner Tesla this SFF and Mudbound director Rees…

If you’ve seen this year's Oscar-winning doc Free Solo, you’ll appreciate the life-and-death gamble that climbing can be. That was put in sharp focus this week by the news that world-renowned American climber Brad Gobright died on Wednesday attempting to descend a cliff face. Alex Honnold, who in the film became the…

EXCLUSIVE: London-based doc specialist Dogwoof, which has a pipeline deal with Nat Geo, is expanding further into production and financing as it eyes bigger plays in an increasingly crowded and lucrative factual market. The film and TV distribution company, a regular at major European film and TV markets, has had a…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences certainly isn't short on documentarians. Atop its existing 400 or so documentary branch members, the Academy in July invited almost 100 additional doc-makers to join. Despite some internal concern that a few invitees might need help with the dues, now $450 a year, it…

National Geographic has struck a first-look deal with Free Solo directors Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin and their company Little Monster Films. The deal will see the pair develop unscripted series and specials for the Disney-owned factual network as well as feature documentaries. It marks the first time the pair, who…

"From the beginning I committed to the whole process pretty wholeheartedly," Free Solo's Alex Honnold says of his well-documented successful attempt to be the only person to scale Yosemite's El Capitan without ropes or any other equipment. "So we all saw it through to the end," the acclaimed climber added Monday at an…

In his 25-year entertainment career, Marco Beltrami has scored a lot of horror films. Getting his big break as the composer for Scream, Beltrami went on to score three other entries in the franchise. More recently, the Los Angeles-based artist contributed his musical talents to A Quiet Place, and entered the genre…

Captain Marvel‘s Brie Larson, Free Solo climber Alex Honnold, Dave Bautista, Armie Hammer, Cara Delevingne, Zachary Quinto and a returning Channing Tatum are among the adventurers confirmed dive into Season 5 of Running Wild With Bear Grylls. Nat Geo confirmed Tuesday the cast and that its season premiere is November…