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Chris Hemsworth is ready to dive into shark-infested waters for the National Geographic Channel.

Will Thorne Staff WriterSteve James’ buzzy Sundance docuseries “City So Real” has landed at National Geographic.Nat Geo has acquired the series, which takes a multifaceted look at Chicago and its history-making 2019 mayoral election, and is lining it up for a fall premiere.The series hails from James, whose previous work includes “America to Me” and “Hoop Dreams,” and his longtime producing partner Zak Piper. It begins in the mid-summer 2018 when Mayor Rahm Emanuel shocked the city by

Peter White Television EditorLegendary showrunner Jane Mun has been tapped to showrun César Millán’s latest series as Nat Geo steps up its behind-the-screens diversity strategy.Mun, who recently oversaw and exec produced the HBO competition series, has previously worked with the Dog Whisperer on Cesar Millan: Viva Las Vegas.Elsewhere, she co-exec produced the 63rd Primetime Emmys, launched Total Knock Out with Mark Burnett and last year worked on ABC’s Brad Paiseley Thinks He’s So Special,

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorGolden Globe and BAFTA-winning actress Sigourney Weaver (Alien, Avatar, Gorillas in the Mist) has been tapped to narrate Secrets 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 chronicles the whale way way of life, is set to premiere globally on Nat Geo on Earth Day, April 22, 2021 in 172 countries and 43 languages.

Will Thorne Staff WriterAnthony Hemingway, who is set to direct the upcoming Nat Geo series “Genius: Aretha,” has signed an overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television.As part of the new deal, Hemingway will develop and direct new projects via his self-titled Anthony Hemingway Productions banner. Aside from “Genius: Aretha,” Hemingway is also attached to helm the Sterling K.

A new HBO Max series is enlisting some of Hollywood’s A-listers to help get you to sleep.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVNational 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 Clone Wars and Freeform’s Disney Fairytale Weddings.Two other Nat Geo original series, drama The Right Stuff and docu series The World According to Jeff Goldblum, moved to Disney+ ahead

[email protected] event is starting to take shape, with several studios and networks jumping in to bring their shows and movies into fans’ living rooms with almost entirely prerecorded panels.AMC is hosting presentations for its “Walking Dead” universe and “NOS4A2,” while Disney is prepping 11 different panels, including a career retrospective on Nathan Fillion, who stars on ABC’s “The Rookie.” And Disney+ will make its Comic-Con debut with three virtual Q&As, including one for Nat Geo’s “The

James McClain Though he isn’t exactly a household name here in the states, English TV and radio presenter Richard Bacon has long been a big deal across the pond, where he once hosted the popular BBC kids’ television program “Blue Peter” and Planet 24’s “The Big Breakfast” morning show. Until about two years ago, the familiar BBC radio co-host also helmed Nat Geo’s “Explorer” series.Last month, Bacon inked a deal with Universal to produce and develop unscripted television content.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorDisney is closing its kids channels in the UK after launching Disney+ and failing to agree new carriage deals with pay-TV platforms Sky and Virgin Media.Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior will be taken off air at the end of September, though Disney’s other brands, including Nat Geo and Fox, will continue to broadcast on linear television.A spokesman said: “From October 1st, Disney+ will become the exclusive home for content from Disney Channel,

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Bear Grylls, star of Netflix’s You Vs Wild and Nat Geo’s Running Wild With Bear Grylls, is launching a digital network after striking a deal with Team Whistle.The digital media company has partnered with Grylls and his Banijay Group-backed production company The Natural Studios to produce a slate of digitally native adventure shows.The deal was announced ahead of Team Whistle’s NewFronts presentation.This comes after Grylls and his Co-CEO Delbert Shoopman

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeOK, get out your playbooks and follow along: FX and Hulu are separate Disney-owned entities. FX produces original shows for Hulu under the “FX on Hulu” banner.

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Two sets of newcomers alight upon the New France settlement of Wobik at the start of Nat Geo's colonial-era drama Barkskins. "Here, you can be whoever you want," promises Rene Sel (Christian Cooke), a young-ish man who has signed up for three years of indentured servitude and what he hopes will be a wide-open future thereafter.

Marcia Gay Harden had some interpretive freedom regarding Mathilde, the strong-willed innkeeper she plays in “Barkskins,” Nat Geo’s new historical drama set in 1690s New France.

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Disney+ is getting a good dose of (historical) drama with Nat Geo‘s “The Right Stuff”.

The first look at Nat Geo’s upcoming space series, The Right Stuff, has been released.

The Right Stuff, a drama series about the Mercury Seven, was originally produced for Nat Geo, but Disney announced on Tuesday that it will also debut on Disney+ this fall.

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Have you spent a day, a week, a year of this quarantine digging through Disney+ yet?

The anchors of ABC’s popular A.M. franchise will be wishing “good morning” to some Americans they might not typically see.

“The Cave” director Feras Fayyad has finally made it into the United States, weeks after he was denied entry into the country. According to National Geographic Documentary Films, which is behind the Oscar-nominated “The Cave,” “we can report that Feras arrived safely this evening in Los Angeles.”

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