Nat Geo is not planning any more races to the center of the Earth: The Disney-owned broadcaster has canceled Race To The Center of the Earth after one season.
The big-budget adventure competition series, which comes from Bertram Van Munster and Elise Doganieri, creators of The Amazing Race, premiered on the linear cable network in March 2021 and later streamed via Disney+ from May.
The seven-part series pitted four teams of three against one another in a sprint across the globe for a $1M prize. Each group will start from a different corner of the Earth – South America, Russia, Canada and Southeast Asia – racing to win the bounty. They faced untamed jungles, frozen arctic, arid deserts, bustling cities, treacherous mountains and vast oceans to reach the location where all four routes intersect and the first team to arrive at the buoy claims it all.
The cast was made up of teams...
The big-budget adventure competition series, which comes from Bertram Van Munster and Elise Doganieri, creators of The Amazing Race, premiered on the linear cable network in March 2021 and later streamed via Disney+ from May.
The seven-part series pitted four teams of three against one another in a sprint across the globe for a $1M prize. Each group will start from a different corner of the Earth – South America, Russia, Canada and Southeast Asia – racing to win the bounty. They faced untamed jungles, frozen arctic, arid deserts, bustling cities, treacherous mountains and vast oceans to reach the location where all four routes intersect and the first team to arrive at the buoy claims it all.
The cast was made up of teams...
- 1/20/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
A top contender for the Primetime Emmy for Best Documentary or Nonfiction Series this year is “City So Real,” “Hoop Dreams” and “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail” filmmaker Steve James’ exploration of the 2019 mayoral race in Chicago. Below and exclusive to IndieWire, check out a conversation with Steve James as moderated by filmmaker Judd Apatow, who’s currently putting the finishing touches on his upcoming Netflix comedy film “The Bubble.”
In the five-part documentary series “City So Real,” Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Steve James delivers a complex portrait of Chicago, America’s third-largest metropolis and his longtime hometown. The series begins in the middle of summer 2018, as Mayor Rahm Emanuel, caught up in accusations of a cover-up related to the police shooting of a Black teenager, Laquan McDonald, stuns the city by announcing he won’t be seeking reelection.
Following the announcement, an unprecedented 21 candidates crowd the field, engaging in a...
In the five-part documentary series “City So Real,” Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Steve James delivers a complex portrait of Chicago, America’s third-largest metropolis and his longtime hometown. The series begins in the middle of summer 2018, as Mayor Rahm Emanuel, caught up in accusations of a cover-up related to the police shooting of a Black teenager, Laquan McDonald, stuns the city by announcing he won’t be seeking reelection.
Following the announcement, an unprecedented 21 candidates crowd the field, engaging in a...
- 6/27/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
As the overall director of photography on National Geographic’s “Race to the Center of the Earth,” Joshua Gitersonke was responsible for not only for the visual storytelling of the adventure race competition series, but also maintaining consistency across four crews as each team started in a different corner of the world. Previous experience on “The Amazing Race,” as well as a personal affinity for physical activities such as rock-climbing aided in the experience, but it still provided “heart-pumping” moments for the industry veteran.
How important was it for each individual crew to shoot the same kinds of shots, from the same angles and using the same gear?
It was explaining to everybody in pre-production and giving a bunch of style notes and things that we were all going to do. I’ve worked with all of these guys for years, and worked with them in a capacity where we...
How important was it for each individual crew to shoot the same kinds of shots, from the same angles and using the same gear?
It was explaining to everybody in pre-production and giving a bunch of style notes and things that we were all going to do. I’ve worked with all of these guys for years, and worked with them in a capacity where we...
- 6/17/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
This weekly feature is in addition to TVLine’s daily What to Watch listings and monthly guide to What’s on Streaming.
With nearly 500 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.
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With nearly 500 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.
More from TVLineWhen Calls the Heart Renewed for Season 9 at Hallmark ChannelMom Sneak Peek: Two and a Half Men's...
- 5/8/2021
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
One of the most ironclad scheduling rules in pop culture is that no May 4 should come and go without a new bit of Star Wars lore to entertain us. Thanks to Disney+, this May 4 should be particularly celebratory.
With its list of new releases for May 2021, Disney+ is bringing Star Wars: The Bad Batch into the fold. The animated series will continue a plotline begun in The Clone Wars and will follow Clone Force 99 a.k.a. “The Bad Batch” of genetically mutated clone troopers. Dave Filoni is on board as creator and showrunner so we know we’re gonna have a great time.
Read more TV How The Bad Batch Ties into the Larger Star Wars Universe By John Saavedra TV Star Wars: The Clone Wars – What Happened to the Bad Batch? By John Saavedra
On the movie side of things, Disney is premiering another major title this month.
With its list of new releases for May 2021, Disney+ is bringing Star Wars: The Bad Batch into the fold. The animated series will continue a plotline begun in The Clone Wars and will follow Clone Force 99 a.k.a. “The Bad Batch” of genetically mutated clone troopers. Dave Filoni is on board as creator and showrunner so we know we’re gonna have a great time.
Read more TV How The Bad Batch Ties into the Larger Star Wars Universe By John Saavedra TV Star Wars: The Clone Wars – What Happened to the Bad Batch? By John Saavedra
On the movie side of things, Disney is premiering another major title this month.
- 5/1/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
“For the finishing touch, God created the Dutch,” jokes Bertram van Munster, co-creator of The Amazing Race.
There’s certainly a few finishing touches on Van Munster’s latest project, Race to the Center of the Earth, a global adventure competition format that is currently airing on Nat Geo.
Van Munster produces the show as well as the long-running CBS reality format with his wife Elise Doganieri. The pair tell Deadline how they traversed the globe and also about plans to move into new areas of development.
Race to the Center of the Earth pits four teams of three against one another in a sprint across the globe for a $1M prize. Each group will start from a different corner of the Earth – South America, Russia, Canada and Southeast Asia – racing to win the bounty. They face untamed jungles, frozen arctic, arid deserts, bustling cities, treacherous mountains and vast oceans...
There’s certainly a few finishing touches on Van Munster’s latest project, Race to the Center of the Earth, a global adventure competition format that is currently airing on Nat Geo.
Van Munster produces the show as well as the long-running CBS reality format with his wife Elise Doganieri. The pair tell Deadline how they traversed the globe and also about plans to move into new areas of development.
Race to the Center of the Earth pits four teams of three against one another in a sprint across the globe for a $1M prize. Each group will start from a different corner of the Earth – South America, Russia, Canada and Southeast Asia – racing to win the bounty. They face untamed jungles, frozen arctic, arid deserts, bustling cities, treacherous mountains and vast oceans...
- 4/5/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
National Geographic is known for sweeping landscape cinematography of visually stunning and often remote locations of the world. Reality television producers Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri are known for following people as they perform intense physical and emotional challenges in global locations. Now, these powerhouses have partnered to deliver “Race to the Center of the Earth,” a new competition program (and the first of its kind for the cabler) that features four teams of three individuals as they navigate tough terrain to trek thousands of miles in hopes of winning $1 million.
Each of the four teams on “Race to the Center of the Earth” starts the competition in a different place: one in South America, one in Russia, one in Canada and one in Southeast Asia. Therefore, each one has a wholly unique climate to endure and course to travel. Some will climb mountains, some will trek through the desert,...
Each of the four teams on “Race to the Center of the Earth” starts the competition in a different place: one in South America, one in Russia, one in Canada and one in Southeast Asia. Therefore, each one has a wholly unique climate to endure and course to travel. Some will climb mountains, some will trek through the desert,...
- 3/29/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, HBO Max announced the release date for its new dark comedy, “Made For Love,” and Disney greenlit “Zombies 3.”
Dates
“Made For Love,” a dark comedy adapted from Alissa Nutting‘s novel of the same name, will debut on HBO Max with the first three episodes on April 1. The show follows Hazel Green (Cristin Milioti), a 30-something woman escaping a toxic marriage to tech billionaire Byron Gogol (Billy Magnussen), who has implanted a futuristic monitoring device in her brain. Dan Bakkedahl, Noma Dumezweni, Augusto Aguilera, Caleb Foote and Ray Romano also star in “Made For Love,” which is executive produced by Nutting, showrunner Christina Lee, Patrick Somerville, Dean Bakopoulos, Liza Chasin and Sj Clarkson. Paramount Television Studios is the studio. The series is directed by Alethea Jones and Stephanie Laing, who also serves as co-executive producer. Watch a trailer below.
Comedy Central has announced that...
Dates
“Made For Love,” a dark comedy adapted from Alissa Nutting‘s novel of the same name, will debut on HBO Max with the first three episodes on April 1. The show follows Hazel Green (Cristin Milioti), a 30-something woman escaping a toxic marriage to tech billionaire Byron Gogol (Billy Magnussen), who has implanted a futuristic monitoring device in her brain. Dan Bakkedahl, Noma Dumezweni, Augusto Aguilera, Caleb Foote and Ray Romano also star in “Made For Love,” which is executive produced by Nutting, showrunner Christina Lee, Patrick Somerville, Dean Bakopoulos, Liza Chasin and Sj Clarkson. Paramount Television Studios is the studio. The series is directed by Alethea Jones and Stephanie Laing, who also serves as co-executive producer. Watch a trailer below.
Comedy Central has announced that...
- 3/22/2021
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
It’s been a year since the Television Academy put a halt to officially sanctioned Emmy For Your Consideration events, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, they’re set to finally return next week — but virtually, of course.
Emmy FYC events make a comeback on March 24 with two events at 7 p.m. Pt. Nat Geo will kick things off with a dual panel for its unscripted adventure series “Running Wild” (hosted by Bear Grylls) and the new competition “Race to the Center of the Earth,” from the executive producers behind “The Amazing Race.”
At the same time, the Netflix documentary series “Immigration Nation” will also hold its own virtual panel.
Netflix is also behind most of the other already confirmed panels: “Lenox Hill”, “Indian Matchmaking”, “Deaf U”, “Somebody Feed Phil” and “The Social Dilemma”. Also, already confirmed for an FYC event is Fox’s “Call Me Kat” on April 9 at 7 p.
Emmy FYC events make a comeback on March 24 with two events at 7 p.m. Pt. Nat Geo will kick things off with a dual panel for its unscripted adventure series “Running Wild” (hosted by Bear Grylls) and the new competition “Race to the Center of the Earth,” from the executive producers behind “The Amazing Race.”
At the same time, the Netflix documentary series “Immigration Nation” will also hold its own virtual panel.
Netflix is also behind most of the other already confirmed panels: “Lenox Hill”, “Indian Matchmaking”, “Deaf U”, “Somebody Feed Phil” and “The Social Dilemma”. Also, already confirmed for an FYC event is Fox’s “Call Me Kat” on April 9 at 7 p.
- 3/15/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
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