On Genius: Aretha, cinematographer Kevin McKnight was challenged to develop a visual approach to a story spanning 50 years, helping viewers to tap into the emotional experience of one of the greatest performers of all time.
The third season of Nat Geo's anthology series follows Aretha Franklin's (Cynthia Erivo)…
National Geographic has ordered three new unscripted series including a trip down memory lane fronted by Rob Lowe.
The Brat Pack star is hosting and exec producing The '80s: Top Ten, a series that will feature six thought-provoking top 10 countdowns of 1980s pop culture, as voted by a panel of experts. It will feature…
America's National Parks – from Yosemite to the Grand Canyony – will be the subject of a ten-part documentary series narrated by Garth Brooks for Nat Geo.
The Disney-owned cable network has ordered National Parks, which will explore the breathtaking landscape and extraordinary wildlife in parks across America from…
The Hot Zone: Anthrax, the six-part follow-up to National Geographic’s hit limited series The Hot Zone, will premiere on Sunday, Nov. 28, the final night of the Thanksgiving weekend, and air as a three-night event.
It will follow the air pattern of the six-hour original installment, which debuted on the final night of…
EXCLUSIVE: Nat Geo's adventure competition format Race to the Center of the Earth is set to make it to Disney+ in May.
The seven-part series will land on sister streamer Disney+ on Friday May 14 in the U.S. All episodes of the show will air at once following their linear transmission.
Bertram Van Munster and Elise…
"For the finishing touch, God created the Dutch," jokes Bertram van Munster, co-creator of The Amazing Race.
There's certainly a few finishing touches on Van Munster's latest project, Race to the Center of the Earth, a global adventure competition format that is currently airing on Nat Geo.
Van Munster produces the…
EXCLUSIVE: Enrico Colantoni (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood) is set to play Rudy Giuliani in an episode ofThe Hot Zone: Anthrax, and Morgan Kelly(Mindhunter) will recur opposite Tony Goldwyn and Daniel Dae Kim in the second installment of Nat Geo's scientific thriller anthology series.
As previously announced…
The spark for Genius: Aretha was a result of a confluence of events, according to Brian Grazer, who serves as executive producer on the Nat Geo series. During the SXSW panel for Genius: Aretha, Grazer said that they had a long list people for the next installment of the series that spotlighted cultural icons like…
EXCLUSIVE: The Nat Geo network is pulling out all the stops for a March 11 world premiere of Genius: Aretha, the latest installment of its anthology series.
The event will be marked by a pre-show of performances, multi-city drive-in screenings, and a finale of Cynthia Erivo performing Aretha Franklin songs taped at…
Ian Colletti (Preacher), Dawn Olivieri (House of Lies) and Denyce Lawton (Tyler Perry’s House of Payne) are set for recurring roles opposite Daniel Dae Kim and Tony Goldwyn in The Hot Zone: Anthrax, the second installment of National Geographic's scripted anthology series. Filming is underway in Toronto.
The Hot Zone…
Genius: Aretha, the third installment in National Geographic's anthology series, will air all eight episodes across one week.
The Disney-owned cable network will launch the drama series, which stars Cynthia Erivo as music icon Aretha Franklin, with two episodes on Sunday, March 21 at 9 pm before double-stacking the…
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…
