EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is doubling down on big-budget natural history – signing an overall deal with Blue Planet II creator James Honeyborne. The SVOD service has inked a multi-year deal with Honeyborne to produce nature and science series through his production company Freeborne Media. This comes less than a month after H…

Blue Planet II creator and exec producer James Honeyborne and director Renée Godfrey have launched their own production company. The pair have established Freeborne Media to produce "powerful" and "impactful" nature and science documentaries. The company will be based in Bristol in the UK – widely seen as the center…