Two years ago, Oscar-winning director Ron Howard watched on in dismay, as devastating wildfires ravaged the town of Paradise, California.
Examining this tragedy, and the effort to rebuild the community in its wake, with his documentary Rebuilding Paradise, Howard was drawn to this story initially due to the…
Disney+ said Friday that it has ordered a second season of The World According to Jeff Goldblum, the streaming service’s first original series from National Geographic. The series is wrapping up its Season 1 run with its last episode set for January 24. National Geographic Global Television Networks president…
EXCLUSIVE: Crazy Rich Asians star Michelle Yeoh has been tapped to narrate Nat Geo’s upcoming natural history special The Hidden Kingdoms of China. The two-part special premieres at 9 p.m. Saturday, February 22, on National Geographic. You can watch an exclusive clip with Yeoh’s narration below. Her casting was…
In Orlando von Einsiedel's new documentary short Lost and Found a young girl named Dokana, separated from her family, waits patiently in hopes her mother will soon appear. As the hours pass the only sign of her mounting anxiety is the tears that brim in her luminous eyes.
Dokana is one of tens of thousands of children…
Syrians living in cities besieged by the government of Bashar al-Assad exist in a sonic torture chamber.
The skies shriek with Russian jets. Buildings groan from the concussive force of distant bomb blasts. Explosions from mortar shells shatter the peace. Bursts of small arms fire suddenly erupt. Adults and children…
The documentary Sea of Shadows has gained a prominent advocate as it steams into awards season.
Renowned conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall is praising the film, which tells the story of dramatic efforts to save the last few remaining vaquita whales—an adorable dolphin-like creature native to the Sea of Cortez off Baja…
The first Syrian director to be nominated for an Oscar, who made a huge impression with his 2017 film Last Men in Aleppo, Feras Fayyad has spent most of his career as a filmmaker documenting the horrors of the Syrian Civil War, and the heroism of those helping others to survive it—doing so most recently with his…
National Geographic’s Sundance award-winning documentary Sea of Shadows will make its global broadcast debut on the network on Saturday, November 9 at 9 PM, premiering commercial free. The premiere will weigh anchor on the film’s global rollout that will see it on small screens in 172 countries and 42 languages.
It’s…
EXCLUSIVE: Kaley Ronayne (Gotham) is set for a key recurring role opposite Jake McDorman in Nat Geo’s upcoming scripted series The Right Stuff, based on Tom Wolfe's best-selling nonfiction book.
The Right Stuff, from Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way and Warner Horizon Scripted Television, looks at what would become…
A reporter with National Geographic was shot in the leg when an interview in Juárez, Mexico turned violent.
The shooting occurred Friday night while the unidentified male journalist was interviewing a suspected drug dealer, the Chihuahua state attorney general's office said in a statement on its website.
The reporter…
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…
UPDATED with talks extended:Disney and Dish have extended talks over a new contract for Disney’s FX and National Geographic Channel, avoiding a blackout that could have taken effect after a 9 PM PT deadline tonight.
A source close to the discussions over a new deal referred to the talks this evening as “productive,”…
