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EXCLUSIVE: Jane Root's Nutopia has hired Matt Edmonds, a former executive at Sacha Baron Cohen's production company Spelthorne Community TV, as it ramps up its move to broaden its factual programming slate. Edmonds, who was previously Head of Factual Entertainment at the company, which the Who Is America? star…

Thor star Chris Hemsworth is to front a science series for Nat Geo from the producers behind One Strange Rock. The actor will host Limitless from Jane Root's Nutopia and Darren Aronofsky's Protozoa Pictures. The series will ask questions such as what if aging is not inevitable or what if it's a disease that can be…

Jane Root’s Nutopia (One Strange Rock) and Plan B Entertainment are teaming to bring the Atlas Obscura phenomenon to television in a new premium docuseries. The project marks the first co-production for Nutopia and Plan B, and one of Plan B’s first forays into unscripted TV. Titled Atlas Obscura, the docuseries, which…

EXCLUSIVE: HBO and British broadcaster Channel 4 are exploring the world of Islamic terrorism with their latest feature doc about controversial extremist Jihadi John. The two companies have commissioned a high-end doc from Jane Root's production company Nutopia and director Anthony Wonke, who has made films including S…

Jane Root's Nutopia is doubling down on the life of Jesus – this time for History. The One Strange Rock producer, which previously made Finding Jesus for CNN, has been commissioned by the A+E Networks cabler to make eight-part event Jesus: His Life, which will explore the story of Jesus Christ through the people in…

Meredith Vieira has responded to allegations of sexual misconduct against CBS CEO Les Moonves. Following a TCA panel discussion for her new PBS show The Great American Read, Vieira told Deadline she hasn’t read the New Yorker article detailing the allegations, and didn’t work directly with Moonves so can’t speak to…

One Strange Rock may qualify as one of the most ambitious documentary series ever brought to television. Its purpose, after all, is to tell nothing less than "the story of Earth." "It's not a show just about animals. It's not a show just about people," executive producer Darren Aronofsky tells Deadline. "It's a show…

National Geographic Channel’s new ten-part docuseries One Strange Rock not only has the backing of a group of the world’s most notable astronauts, but also the star power of Darren Aronofsky behind it as one of its EPs . “It is a very different show than you’ve seen before,” Aronofsky said at TCA on Saturday. “What…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has ordered a big-budget historical drama docuseries from Jane Root's Nutopia as a new structure for its original series begins to emerge. The SVOD service has commissioned six-part The Last Czars, about the fall of the Romanov dynasty in Russia, from The Story Of Us producer. The series has been…

PBS announced eight-part series The Great American Read (working title) along with a nationwide campaign that asks readers to choose “America’s best-loved book”, set to launch this spring. Designed to spark a national conversation about reading and the books that have inspired us, PBS says The Great American Read…

Netflix has picked up a 12-part documentary series from Jane Root’s Nutopia that’s described as an exploration of the science and experience of babies. The docu is Nutopia’s latest baby-centric series, having previously produced Sky Living's She's Having a Baby, which followed moms-to-be as they dealt with pregnancy…

Nutopia is the UK-based documentary and reality production outfit founded by former Discovery Channel US president, Jane Root. The company is best known for its ‘mega-docs’ including 12-hour Emmy-winning series America: The Story Of US, which aired on History in 2010. It’s currently in production on another 12-hour…