E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, the directors behind award-winning documentary Free Solo, have set up four projects at Nat Geo.This comes after the pair signed a first-look deal with the Disney-owned cable network in September 2019.The slate, which includes two feature documentaries, a ten-part series order and a one-hour pilot, will be produced by their production company Little Monster Films.The pair have boarded feature doc Thai Cave Rescue (w/t), which was previously announced by Nat Geo in March 2019.
They will replace Kevin Macdonald, who was previously set to direct.Thai Cave Rescue is produced in association with John Battsek for Passion Pictures and Ventureland and Storyteller Productions’ P.J.
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