Exclusive: National Geographic has handed renewals to two of its Emmy-nominated series, Trafficked: Underworlds with Mariana van Zeller for a fifth season, and Animals Up Close with Bertie Gregory for a second season.
Production is underway on the new season of both series.
The newest season of Trafficked continues to spotlight van Zeller’s high-stakes, critical investigations into the black markets that dominate half the world’s economy.
Each episode follows van Zeller as she investigates a different underworld to talk to the players, learn the business, and better understand the world’s multitrillion-dollar shadow economy. She travels across the globe and meets with everyone from traffickers, smugglers, assassins and terrorists to law enforcement, government officials, experts, victims and more to provide a 360-degree look into these global underworlds.
“Trafficked has been an incredible journey, and it’s one that I am honored to continue with my team and our partners at National Geographic,...
Production is underway on the new season of both series.
The newest season of Trafficked continues to spotlight van Zeller’s high-stakes, critical investigations into the black markets that dominate half the world’s economy.
Each episode follows van Zeller as she investigates a different underworld to talk to the players, learn the business, and better understand the world’s multitrillion-dollar shadow economy. She travels across the globe and meets with everyone from traffickers, smugglers, assassins and terrorists to law enforcement, government officials, experts, victims and more to provide a 360-degree look into these global underworlds.
“Trafficked has been an incredible journey, and it’s one that I am honored to continue with my team and our partners at National Geographic,...
- 5/9/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Today, National Geographic released the trailer for the critically acclaimed documentary special Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story, directed by distinguished photographer and filmmaker Charlie Hamilton James and produced by Emmy and BAFTA Award-winner Jeff Wilson of Silverback Films.
The emotionally powerful film shows audiences how the ability to love can reawaken us to the beauty of nature.
Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey served as executive producers, along with National Geographic’s Tom McDonald and Janet Vissering. Sam Rogers edited the film, which features cinematography by Charlie Hamilton James, Johnny Rolt, and Bertie Gregory and music composed by Erland Cooper.
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story will premiere on May 6 on National Geographic and will be available to stream the next day on Disney+ and Hulu.
Photo Credit: National Geographic/Johnny Rolt
When a wild otter in desperate need of help washes up on his jetty in the remote Scottish islands of Shetland,...
The emotionally powerful film shows audiences how the ability to love can reawaken us to the beauty of nature.
Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey served as executive producers, along with National Geographic’s Tom McDonald and Janet Vissering. Sam Rogers edited the film, which features cinematography by Charlie Hamilton James, Johnny Rolt, and Bertie Gregory and music composed by Erland Cooper.
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story will premiere on May 6 on National Geographic and will be available to stream the next day on Disney+ and Hulu.
Photo Credit: National Geographic/Johnny Rolt
When a wild otter in desperate need of help washes up on his jetty in the remote Scottish islands of Shetland,...
- 4/15/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
The trailer for Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story sees Bill Mail and his wife, Susan, rescuing a starving wild otter that swims onto their jetty in remote Scotland. The animal becomes a new member of their family and gives the couple a renewed purpose in life.
Charlie Hamilton directs the rescue film from National Geographic and Silverback Films. It follows Billy, Susan and their devoted sheepdog, Jade, as they slowly restore the desperate female otter named Molly to health.
“Molly came into our life when we needed her most, and she opened our eyes again,” Susan Mail says at one point in the trailer as she and Billy are shown playing with and feeding their lovable, yet unlikely friend. “I don’t know if I’m doing the right thing. But I’m all she’s got,” Billy adds as the two-minute video reveals how his and Molly...
Charlie Hamilton directs the rescue film from National Geographic and Silverback Films. It follows Billy, Susan and their devoted sheepdog, Jade, as they slowly restore the desperate female otter named Molly to health.
“Molly came into our life when we needed her most, and she opened our eyes again,” Susan Mail says at one point in the trailer as she and Billy are shown playing with and feeding their lovable, yet unlikely friend. “I don’t know if I’m doing the right thing. But I’m all she’s got,” Billy adds as the two-minute video reveals how his and Molly...
- 4/15/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When National Geographic’s Janet Han Vissering and Wildstar Films’s Vanessa Berlowitz got the idea to make Queens, a six-part natural history series about female animals made by an all-woman production crew, they knew it would be a challenge. Only something like five percent of wildlife filmmakers are women, a number far short of the 20 to 30 percent average across the entertainment industry overall. They didn’t know how hard it would be, though. “On the camera side, before Queens there were probably about five women who’d had the opportunity to get to the ‘premium wildlife’ level of work,” Berlowitz explains. “There […]
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- 3/6/2024
- by Marah Eakin
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
When National Geographic’s Janet Han Vissering and Wildstar Films’s Vanessa Berlowitz got the idea to make Queens, a six-part natural history series about female animals made by an all-woman production crew, they knew it would be a challenge. Only something like five percent of wildlife filmmakers are women, a number far short of the 20 to 30 percent average across the entertainment industry overall. They didn’t know how hard it would be, though. “On the camera side, before Queens there were probably about five women who’d had the opportunity to get to the ‘premium wildlife’ level of work,” Berlowitz explains. “There […]
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- 3/6/2024
- by Marah Eakin
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
National Geographic announced a star-studded lineup of storytellers Monday set to narrate three upcoming blue-chip natural history shows.
Awkwafina will narrate the National Geographic Disney+ Original “A Real Bug’s Life.” Angela Bassett will executive produce and narrate “Queens.” Jeremy Renner will narrate “Incredible Animal Journeys.”
“The narrator’s voice is such a crucial part of what makes a Natural History series successful.
Angela, Awkwafina and Jeremy, each in their own way, bring such an enormous amount of
charisma, personality and passion to these distinctive projects,” said Tom McDonald, executive
vice president of Global Factual and Unscripted Content at National Geographic. “From Awkwafina’s wit to Jeremy’s warmth and Angela’s Shakespearean sense of drama, we feel both very excited and very proud to have such powerful storytellers guiding our audiences on these epic wildlife journeys.”
“Incredible Animal Journeys” hails from Pilmsoll Productions and follows various species in their migration paths whether they fly,...
Awkwafina will narrate the National Geographic Disney+ Original “A Real Bug’s Life.” Angela Bassett will executive produce and narrate “Queens.” Jeremy Renner will narrate “Incredible Animal Journeys.”
“The narrator’s voice is such a crucial part of what makes a Natural History series successful.
Angela, Awkwafina and Jeremy, each in their own way, bring such an enormous amount of
charisma, personality and passion to these distinctive projects,” said Tom McDonald, executive
vice president of Global Factual and Unscripted Content at National Geographic. “From Awkwafina’s wit to Jeremy’s warmth and Angela’s Shakespearean sense of drama, we feel both very excited and very proud to have such powerful storytellers guiding our audiences on these epic wildlife journeys.”
“Incredible Animal Journeys” hails from Pilmsoll Productions and follows various species in their migration paths whether they fly,...
- 10/16/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
“Through a strange twist of fate, I had become the most famous birder in America, which is not hard because who the hell knows who birders are in the first place,” says Christian Cooper, of gaining national attention in 2020 when a white woman in Central Park called the cops on him after he asked her to leash her dog in a protected wildlife area. It’s an incident “I psychologically moved on [from] three minutes later,” he says. “Maybe it’s just being Black in America, but you develop a fairly thick skin.” (The incident inspired the founding of Black Birders Week, now in its fourth year.)
Cooper was in Central Park that day to go birding. It’s a lifelong passion that the NYC Audubon board member will soon share widely with the world as the host of his own National Geographic series, Extraordinary Birder With Christian Cooper, out June...
Cooper was in Central Park that day to go birding. It’s a lifelong passion that the NYC Audubon board member will soon share widely with the world as the host of his own National Geographic series, Extraordinary Birder With Christian Cooper, out June...
- 6/6/2023
- by Degen Pener
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
National Geographic has added a special guest to its upcoming five-part docuseries America’s National Parks – first lady Jill Biden.
She will start off each night of the series, narrated by Garth Brooks, with a special message about how each national park – Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Big Bend, Badlands, Hawai’i Volcanoes – connects people to a piece of the American story. Then, on closing night, she will give a message that highlights the wondrous parks and animals showcased throughout the series.
“America’s national parks are full of unrivaled natural beauty, geological wonders, cultural history and amazing wildlife” said Biden as part of her introduction. “Each national park connects people to a piece of the American story — who we are and where we came from. With at least one national park in every state, all Americans can enjoy them. Some are close to home, [and] others require a little more planning and travel,...
She will start off each night of the series, narrated by Garth Brooks, with a special message about how each national park – Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Big Bend, Badlands, Hawai’i Volcanoes – connects people to a piece of the American story. Then, on closing night, she will give a message that highlights the wondrous parks and animals showcased throughout the series.
“America’s national parks are full of unrivaled natural beauty, geological wonders, cultural history and amazing wildlife” said Biden as part of her introduction. “Each national park connects people to a piece of the American story — who we are and where we came from. With at least one national park in every state, all Americans can enjoy them. Some are close to home, [and] others require a little more planning and travel,...
- 8/9/2022
- by Sofia Behzadi
- Deadline Film + TV
First Lady Jill Biden Sharing will introduce each episode of the docuseries “America’s National Parks,” National Geographic Series announced on Tuesday.
The series, which is narrated and executive produced by Garth Brooks will air on xfive consecutive nights on National Geographic, beginning premiere on August 29 at 9/8c.
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The series, which is narrated and executive produced by Garth Brooks will air on xfive consecutive nights on National Geographic, beginning premiere on August 29 at 9/8c.
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In her introduction to the series, Dr Biden says, “America’s National Parks are full of unrivaled natural beauty, geological wonders, cultural history and amazing wildlife. Each national park...
- 8/9/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Nat Geo Wild has a built-in week of stunt programming to be thankful for this November. The cable channel is returning its Vetsgiving for a second year, TheWrap has learned exclusively.
The second annual celebration of (TV) veterinarians kicks off Monday, Nov. 22 and runs through Sunday, Nov. 28. The lineup includes new episodes of “Heartland Docs, Dvm,” “Critter Fixers: Country Vets,” “Hatcher Family Dairy,” “The Incredible Dr. Pol,” “Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet” and “Vets on the Beach.”
Plus, Nat Geo Wild will preview its newest vet series, “Pop Goes the Vet With Dr. Joya.” Sounds good, right? Well, that’s because you haven’t read the series’s description yet.
A fair warning here: you might not want to. But for the brave… “Dermatologist Dr. Joya Griffin sees it all—from impacted earwax to oozing cysts to massive hair loss, there’s no case too mysterious or bizarre for this Kentucky-based...
The second annual celebration of (TV) veterinarians kicks off Monday, Nov. 22 and runs through Sunday, Nov. 28. The lineup includes new episodes of “Heartland Docs, Dvm,” “Critter Fixers: Country Vets,” “Hatcher Family Dairy,” “The Incredible Dr. Pol,” “Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet” and “Vets on the Beach.”
Plus, Nat Geo Wild will preview its newest vet series, “Pop Goes the Vet With Dr. Joya.” Sounds good, right? Well, that’s because you haven’t read the series’s description yet.
A fair warning here: you might not want to. But for the brave… “Dermatologist Dr. Joya Griffin sees it all—from impacted earwax to oozing cysts to massive hair loss, there’s no case too mysterious or bizarre for this Kentucky-based...
- 8/18/2021
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
HBO Max released a trailer for the second season of “The Other Two,” premiering Aug 26.
The second season sees ChaseDreams (Case Walker) entering retirement, leaving his older siblings Cary (Drew Tarver) and Brooke (Heléne Yorke) to contend with a new famous family member: their mother Pat (Molly Shannon), who is now a talk show host.
The first two episodes will launch on Aug. 26, and then the next eight episodes of the season will drop two at a time up to and including on Sept. 16. The show is created, written and executive produced by Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider and also executive produced by by Lorne Michaels, Andrew Singer and Tony Hernandez. Eddie Michaels, Toye Adegboro and Kaylani Esparza produce. Directors for the season include Kelly, Schneider, Kim Nguyen, Mike Karnell and Charlie Gruet.
Watch the trailer below.
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The second season sees ChaseDreams (Case Walker) entering retirement, leaving his older siblings Cary (Drew Tarver) and Brooke (Heléne Yorke) to contend with a new famous family member: their mother Pat (Molly Shannon), who is now a talk show host.
The first two episodes will launch on Aug. 26, and then the next eight episodes of the season will drop two at a time up to and including on Sept. 16. The show is created, written and executive produced by Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider and also executive produced by by Lorne Michaels, Andrew Singer and Tony Hernandez. Eddie Michaels, Toye Adegboro and Kaylani Esparza produce. Directors for the season include Kelly, Schneider, Kim Nguyen, Mike Karnell and Charlie Gruet.
Watch the trailer below.
Also in today’s TV news roundup:
Dates Epix announced that “Fiasco,” a...
- 8/11/2021
- by Jennifer Yuma and Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Discovery and National Geographic’s annual battle for shark programming supremacy has crossed platforms to include both of their streaming services, with exclusive feature-length documentaries a notable part of their broader programming mix this summer.
Together, the companies will air 66 hours of new shark programming through the remainder of summer, the majority of it on Discovery’s Shark Week, now in its 33rd year. There will be 45 additional hours of new unscripted shark-oriented programming on the cable network beginning July 11 — 25 more hours than last year — with some also streaming on its seven-month-old Discovery Plus service. Nat Geo’s ninth SharkFest, meanwhile, boasts 21 hours of new programming over a six-week period that kicked off July 5, with additional shark programming streaming on parent company’s Disney Plus service beyond its three affiliated cable channels, National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild and Nat Geo Mundo.
Chris Hemsworth, Tiffany Haddish, William Shatner, “Sharknado” star Ian Ziering...
Together, the companies will air 66 hours of new shark programming through the remainder of summer, the majority of it on Discovery’s Shark Week, now in its 33rd year. There will be 45 additional hours of new unscripted shark-oriented programming on the cable network beginning July 11 — 25 more hours than last year — with some also streaming on its seven-month-old Discovery Plus service. Nat Geo’s ninth SharkFest, meanwhile, boasts 21 hours of new programming over a six-week period that kicked off July 5, with additional shark programming streaming on parent company’s Disney Plus service beyond its three affiliated cable channels, National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild and Nat Geo Mundo.
Chris Hemsworth, Tiffany Haddish, William Shatner, “Sharknado” star Ian Ziering...
- 7/9/2021
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
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 Rio Grande to Hawaii’s constantly erupting volcanoes. The series will capture not only the landscapes but intimate glimpses into the lives of the animals that inhabit these parks.
The country music star will also exec produce the series, which is set to air in 2022. It is being shot using cutting-edge technology including long lens cinematography, remote camera traps and the latest high-resolution drone technology.
It is produced by Bristol-based producer Wildstar Films, which was founded by Vanessa Berlowitz and Mark Linfield in 2018. Dan Rees is exec producer with supervising producers Myles Connolly and Ben Wallis.
“National Parks is a celebration...
The Disney-owned cable network has ordered National Parks, which will explore the breathtaking landscape and extraordinary wildlife in parks across America from the Rio Grande to Hawaii’s constantly erupting volcanoes. The series will capture not only the landscapes but intimate glimpses into the lives of the animals that inhabit these parks.
The country music star will also exec produce the series, which is set to air in 2022. It is being shot using cutting-edge technology including long lens cinematography, remote camera traps and the latest high-resolution drone technology.
It is produced by Bristol-based producer Wildstar Films, which was founded by Vanessa Berlowitz and Mark Linfield in 2018. Dan Rees is exec producer with supervising producers Myles Connolly and Ben Wallis.
“National Parks is a celebration...
- 5/18/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Social distancing and proper hygiene techniques in the time of the coronavirus pandemic can be hard. Staying away from our fellow human beings is antithetical to everything that makes us human beings in the first place! As is washing one’s hands until they are dried out, leathery husks.
Thankfully mother nature has a place we can look to for inspiration. In a new series of PSAs, National Geographic’s animal offshoot Nat Geo Wild shares some social distancing and hygiene tips from animals who have turned the techniques into an art form.
“At Nat Geo Wild, we realize that animals know best, so we’re letting them do the talking,” Janet Han Vissering, Svp, Development and Production, Nat Geo Wild, says. “Amazingly, animals have the innate ability to adapt to whatever Mother Nature throws their ways. We can take a lesson by adapting these behaviors ourselves – now’s not...
Thankfully mother nature has a place we can look to for inspiration. In a new series of PSAs, National Geographic’s animal offshoot Nat Geo Wild shares some social distancing and hygiene tips from animals who have turned the techniques into an art form.
“At Nat Geo Wild, we realize that animals know best, so we’re letting them do the talking,” Janet Han Vissering, Svp, Development and Production, Nat Geo Wild, says. “Amazingly, animals have the innate ability to adapt to whatever Mother Nature throws their ways. We can take a lesson by adapting these behaviors ourselves – now’s not...
- 4/13/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
National Geographic has announced it is launching a program aimed at promoting diversity and inclusion behind the camera.
The Field Ready Program is described as a two-phased training program that trains entry-level participants to become production assistants. Partnering with National Geographic Society, Nat Geo will choose 10 individuals per year to complete online training followed by a one-week, intensive production boot camp at the company’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. The boot camp will be led by Nat Geo’s producers, videographers and explorers.
Nat Geo hopes to launch the first class into the field by fall 2020. National Geographic Global Television Networks president Courteney Monroe announced the program at the network’s winter Television Critics’ Association press tour day.
“As National Geographic continues to push forward on our ambitious strategy of creating premium content, I could not be more excited to launch the Field Ready Program,” Monroe said. “Our hope...
The Field Ready Program is described as a two-phased training program that trains entry-level participants to become production assistants. Partnering with National Geographic Society, Nat Geo will choose 10 individuals per year to complete online training followed by a one-week, intensive production boot camp at the company’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. The boot camp will be led by Nat Geo’s producers, videographers and explorers.
Nat Geo hopes to launch the first class into the field by fall 2020. National Geographic Global Television Networks president Courteney Monroe announced the program at the network’s winter Television Critics’ Association press tour day.
“As National Geographic continues to push forward on our ambitious strategy of creating premium content, I could not be more excited to launch the Field Ready Program,” Monroe said. “Our hope...
- 1/17/2020
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
National Geographic has optioned Mark Bowden’s best-selling Iran hostage crisis novel, “Guests of the Ayatollah,” to be adapted into a limited series by “Genius” showrunner Ken Biller, the cable channel said Tuesday during the Television Critic’s Association press tour.
Here’s the description of the 2006 nonfiction novel, courtesy of Nat Geo:
“Guests of the Ayatollah” takes a global, 360-degree view of the events that unfolded on and after Nov. 4, 1979, when a group of radical Islamist students stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran. Motivated by the revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini, the radicals held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days, releasing them at the exact moment President Ronald Reagan was sworn in. “Guests of the Ayatollah” reexamines this gut-wrenching saga from the point of view of the hostages, the special forces units sent to free them, the diplomats working to end the crisis and the radical captors. Time magazine said of the book,...
Here’s the description of the 2006 nonfiction novel, courtesy of Nat Geo:
“Guests of the Ayatollah” takes a global, 360-degree view of the events that unfolded on and after Nov. 4, 1979, when a group of radical Islamist students stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran. Motivated by the revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini, the radicals held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days, releasing them at the exact moment President Ronald Reagan was sworn in. “Guests of the Ayatollah” reexamines this gut-wrenching saga from the point of view of the hostages, the special forces units sent to free them, the diplomats working to end the crisis and the radical captors. Time magazine said of the book,...
- 7/23/2019
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Lori McCreary, Franklin Leonard, Ted Gagliano, Leslye Headland, Dan Goor, Alexandra Rushfield, Hayden Schlossberg and Deadline’s Pete Hammond are among the names that have been added to the final roster of speakers and moderators for the 11th annual Produced By Conference, set for this weekend at Warner Bros Studios in Burbank.
The annual confab presented by the Producers Guild of America features two days of panels and workshops, including a Producers Mashup event that will include the likes of Erik Feig, Gary Goetzman, Mark Gordon, Matthew Weiner and Yolanda T. Cochran participating in sessions that give attendees the opportunity to learn from and network with producers and executives across film, TV and digital media.
Sessions this year feature conversations with the likes of Warner Bros’ Toby Emmerich and Peter Roth, Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito, Mindy Kaling and Nancy Meyers, and Quibi’s Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman. They...
The annual confab presented by the Producers Guild of America features two days of panels and workshops, including a Producers Mashup event that will include the likes of Erik Feig, Gary Goetzman, Mark Gordon, Matthew Weiner and Yolanda T. Cochran participating in sessions that give attendees the opportunity to learn from and network with producers and executives across film, TV and digital media.
Sessions this year feature conversations with the likes of Warner Bros’ Toby Emmerich and Peter Roth, Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito, Mindy Kaling and Nancy Meyers, and Quibi’s Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman. They...
- 5/31/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Female filmmakers and animals will reign in “Queens,” an upcoming National Geographic global series about matriarchal societies in the animal world. The team behind the series is led by women, with Wildstar Films on production duty and Vanessa Berlowitz exec producing.
“We’re accustomed to a narrative where the male animal voice often outshines that of the mis-perceived ‘gentler’ sex,” Berlowitz said. “In ‘Queens,’ females drive the story. The most accomplished women in the industry get behind the camera to turn things on their heads, revealing surprising insights into how females rise to power, often relying on cooperation and wisdom over brute strength to get ahead.”
The series will follow a sisterhood of a particular animal in each of its six episodes. The producers said the show would reveal unique feminine behaviors in six distinct animal communities: hyenas, elephants, ring-tailed lemurs, insects, primates and killer whales.
Cinematographers on the series...
“We’re accustomed to a narrative where the male animal voice often outshines that of the mis-perceived ‘gentler’ sex,” Berlowitz said. “In ‘Queens,’ females drive the story. The most accomplished women in the industry get behind the camera to turn things on their heads, revealing surprising insights into how females rise to power, often relying on cooperation and wisdom over brute strength to get ahead.”
The series will follow a sisterhood of a particular animal in each of its six episodes. The producers said the show would reveal unique feminine behaviors in six distinct animal communities: hyenas, elephants, ring-tailed lemurs, insects, primates and killer whales.
Cinematographers on the series...
- 5/10/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
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