EXCLUSIVE: National Geographic's Genius: Aretha is set to resume filming Oct. 1 in Atlanta. The cast, led by star Cynthia Erivo, have already arrived in Georgia as the crew is wrapping up pre-production.
Genius: Aretha, about the legendary singer Aretha Franklin, had filmed 5 1/2 episodes of its eight-episode order…
UPDATED, 7:15 AM:Disney+ has set an October premiere date for National Geographic Channel’sThe Right Stuff. The period drama, starring Patrick J. Adams and Jake McDorman, will launch with a two-episode premiere on Friday, October 9. Based on the bestselling book by Tom Wolfe, the eight-episode season looks at the…
It was National Geographic’s turn at the Disney Drive-In Series this week as it presented boatloads of cars packed into Pasadena’s iconic Rose Bowl parking lot-turned-drive-in theater an opportunity to experience the Disney+ series The World According to Jeff Goldblum. Emmy nominated this year for Outstanding Hosted…
Nat Geo was forced to shut down 77 productions, encompassing 394 hours of programming, across more than a dozen countries around the world in March when COVID-19 struck.
It has been laboriously going through the process of getting many of these shows back to production and showrunners from four of its shows – Â Gordon R…
Delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, the Cynthia Ervio starring Genius: Aretha doesn't yet know when it will resume production nor who will be playing one of the music business' most powerful executives in the legendary singer's life.
“We have not set an actual date yet," said director and EP Anthony Hemingway today…
Golden Globe and BAFTA-winning actress Sigourney Weaver (Alien, Avatar, Gorillas in the Mist) has been tapped to narrateSecrets of the Whales, a four-part event series for Nat Geo, with Oscar-winning filmmaker and National Geographic Explorer-At-Large James Cameron to serve as executive producer. The series, which…
National Geographic has greenlighted a pair of specials to air in the coming months. Bin Laden’s Hard Drive, which spotlights newly declassified information on the notorious terrorist, premieres September 10, and Virus Hunters, about the experts working to prevent the next pandemic, bow November 1.
In Bin Laden’s Hard…
National Geographic has acquired the docuseries City So Real directed by two-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker Steve James (America to Me, Hoop Dreams) and his longtime producing partner Zak Piper (Life Itself, The Interrupters). The series paints a portrait of contemporary Chicago as it gives a multifaceted look into…
National Geographic’s Weird but True! will become a Disney+ original with its upcoming third season, which will debut on August 14.
This is the latest original within the Disney family of linear networks to migrate to Disney+ after airing seasons elsewhere, joining Disney XD’s The Clone Wars and Freeform’s Disney Fairy…
We live in a world beset by major problems: the coronavirus pandemic, systemic racism and, as if those weren't troubling enough, the threat of climate change. But Emmy-winning producer, director and author Ann Druyan maintains optimism about human potential. You might say she takes a cosmic view.
"What gives me hope…
A major new 9/11 documentary series, a reboot of Explorer and a travelogue from American Idol'sBobby Bones lead Nat Geo's latest slate as the factual giant forges ahead with its 2020/21 schedule.
The Disney-owned broadcaster revealed a number of new titles, a slew of feature doc additions and the renewal of Gordon Ram…
