Latest in Genius: Aretha

“Aretha not only makes art that is timeless that runs through the fabric of our lives and endures through time, but she does what genius also should be doing and does do. She's inclusive and ignites the genius in each and every one of us,” said Suzan-Lori Parks, executive producer and showrunner of Nat Geo’s Genius: Ar…

EXCLUSIVE: Nat Geo is rounding out its cast for Genius: Aretha, the next installment of its popular anthology from Imagine Television and Fox 21 TV Studios that stars Cynthia Erivo as the Queen of Soul. Newcomer Shaian Jordan is set as a series regular in a recasting. Additionally, Dear White People‘s Marque…

Courtney B. Vance, an Emmy winner for his performance as Johnnie Cochran in FX's The People V. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, is set to star opposite Cynthia Erivo in Genius: Aretha, the next installment of Nat Geo's popular anthology series, from Imagine Television and Fox 21 TV Studios. Billed as the…

EXCLUSIVE: Malcolm Barrett (Timeless, Preacher), Patrice Covington (The Color Purple), Kimberly Hébert Gregory (Vice Principals), Rebecca Naomi Jones (The Big Sick) and Sanai Victoria (Black-ish) are set to co-star opposite Cynthia Erivo in Genius: Aretha, the next installment of Nat Geo's popular anthology series…

Nat Geo and Imagine have found their Queen of Soul. Tony-, Emmy- and Grammy-winning artist and actress Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, The Color Purple) has been tapped to star as Aretha Franklin in the next installment of Nat Geo’s Emmy-winning global anthology series Genius: Aretha, from Imagine Television and Fox 21 TV…

EXCLUSIVE: The Estate of Aretha Franklin has joined Genius: Aretha, the third installment of National Geographic’s Genius scripted anthology series. Sabrina Owens, representative of The Estate, will serve as a producer on the series. It was announced at TCA in February that the upcoming season of Genius would be…