‘Searching for Sugarman’ Firm Signs ‘Planet Earth II’ Showrunner; Netflix Explores UFO-Inspired Religion; Blackpink Singer In Prime Video Korea Series — Global Briefs
deadline.com‘Searching for Sugarman’ Producer Passion Signs ‘Planet Earth II’ Showrunner Searching for Sugarman producer Passion Pictures has snapped up the showrunner of Planet Earth II from Plimsoll.
Tom Hugh-Jones will boost Passion’s natural history offering and be based in Bristol, taking on the new title of MD Passion Planet (Bristol).
He has a wealth of major natural history credits including Planet Earth, Human Planet and Life Story across a 30-year career, while he most recently helmed A Real Bug’s Life for Disney+, which launches today. “Planet Earth II and Tiny World are two of my favourite natural history series of all time,” said Passion CEO Nick Southgate. “The chance to work with the showrunner of these extraordinary pieces of TV was a no-brainer.
I can’t wait to dig in with Tom and Dave and create a new era of intelligent, big wildlife shows.” Netflix Explores UFO-Inspired Religion Netflix has ordered a four-part doc from Banijay France label KM about a controversial UFO-inspired religion that spiralled into a cult.
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