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01.11.2022 - 17:07 / deadline.com
Netflix is heading back in to the wild with a major new natural history push.
The streamer has ordered six new series including Our Universe and Life on Our Planet narrated by Morgan Freeman and renewed David Attenborough’s Our Planet for a second season. It is doubling down on the ‘Our’ brand with Our Oceans, Our Living World and Our Water World.
The push, headed by Adam Del Deo, VP Documentary Series, comes after Our Planet was watched by more than 100M households since its launch in April 2019 and President Barack Obama’s Our Great National Parks launched in April.
Our Universe blends wildlife footage with cosmic special effects and take viewers on an adventure to explore the connections that drive our natural world. From the birth of the sun to the birth of a sea turtle, Our Universe uses animation to dramatize the celestial forces that generated our solar system, while using modern camera and CGI technology to highlight the most iconic, charismatic animals on Earth.
Narrated by Freeman, the six-part series premieres on November 22. It is produced by BBC Studios and exec produced by Andrew Cohen with Mike Davis as showrunner.
Freeman also narrates Life on Our Planet, the story of life’s battle to conquer and survive on planet Earth. It will explore the 99% of earth’s inhabitants lost to the deep past. In partnership with Industrial Light & Magic, the series uses the latest technology and science to bring long extinct creatures back to life.
The eight-part series, which will launch in 2023, comes from Silverback Films and Amblin Television. Dan Tapster, Keith Scholey, Alastair Fothergill are series producers with Fothergill and Scholey exec producing alongside Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey.
Our Planet II, narrated
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