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EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ and National Geographic have set the remaining cast for Genius: MLK/X, the fourth installment in the anthology series. Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us), Gary Carr (The Peripheral) and Hubert Point-Du Jour (The Good Lord Bird) are set as series regulars opposite previously announced Kelvin…

EXCLUSIVE: Plimsoll Productions, the company behind series such as Apple's Tiny World and Disney+'s James Cameron-executive produced and Benedict Cumberbatch-narrated Super/Natural, has hired National Geographic's Alan Eyres to run its U.S. arm. Eyres spent the last ten years as SVP of Unscripted…

Former 20th Century Fox and HBO marketing chief Pamela Levine is joining Disney General Entertainment as head of marketing for Disney Branded Television and National Geographic Content. She replaces Jayanta Jenkins, who exited the post earlier this month after a year and a half. Reporting jointly to Disney Branded…

Jayanta Jenkins is leaving his post as head of Content Marketing for Disney Branded Television and National Geographic Content after a year and a half. His last day is June 10. Jenkins joined Disney in December 2020 as head of Content Marketing for Disney Branded Television and National Geographic Content, overseeing…

EXCLUSIVE: Nat Geo is developing a new season of explorer format Lost Cities With Albert Lin, with production switching from UK producer Blakeway Productions to The Tinder Swindler indie Raw TV. The budget has been increased for the latest run, Deadline understands, which has not been greenlit yet. A decision on…

EXCLUSIVE: The remarkable story of a Dutch woman who risked her life to shelter Anne Frank’s family from the Nazis for more than two years and then preserved Anne’s diary, is the subject of A Small Light, a National Geographic limited series ordered by Disney+. The project comes from Grey’s Anatomy alums Joan Rater…

Nat Geo is not planning any more races to the center of the Earth: The Disney-owned broadcaster has canceled Race To The Center of the Earth after one season. The big-budget adventure competition series, which comes from Bertram Van Munster and Elise Doganieri, creators of The Amazing Race, premiered on the linear…

EXCLUSIVE: What do Will Smith, Chris Hemsworth and Jeff Goldblum have in common? They are driving a revolution in factual programming led by the world’s biggest stars, and this revolution is being steered by one company above all: Jane Root’s Nutopia. The Washington/London indie’s Co-founder Jane Root has spent recent…

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC Studios Natural History Unit (NHU) is seeking a Head of Development, with incumbent Gavin Boyland moving to series-produce an unannounced major landmark brand that he has developed for the division. A job advert was issued earlier this week for one of the most senior roles within the NHU, overseeing…

EXCLUSIVE: The Nat Geo UK-based commissioning and production team has been restructured and now feeds into Disney's EMEA production hub, reporting to Liam Keelan. The move is understood to have taken place several weeks ago, with the Nat Geo London-based team now focusing on international productions, regional…

Following the success of National Geographic limited series The Hot Zone, showrunner-EPs Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson and EP David Zucker looked at around 100 ideas for a second season, landing subject-wise on the harrowing anthrax attacks of 2001. From the perspective of Peterson, The Hot Zone: Anthrax was…

EXCLUSIVE: Free Solo, which earned Nat Geo its first Oscar, was one of the channel’s signature programs selected to launch Disney+, with Free Solo’s Alex Honnold featured in the streamer’s first trailer alongside Marvel superheroes and classic Disney/ Pixar animated characters. Now Disney+ has greenlighted a…