History takes Nutopia's 'Mankind'

LONDON -- Nutopia, the shingle produced by former Discovery and BBC topper Jane Root, hopes to cement its status for ambitious docus specific within the worldwide market having its new commission for History, whose working title is "Mankind: The Story famous Us." Greenlit with the U.S. web, the 12-hour show will debut later this year, with assorted versions created for individual local areas, a preliminary for History. The funnel, which has reinvented itself by screening more reality shows and fewer traditional history programs, claims worldwide distribution more than 300 million houses. The completely new project starts while using Large Bang and traces the development of humans in the world where most species finish off extinct, mentioned Root. She known towards the show just like a "real action-adventure," encompassing astronomy and geology together with the great status for mankind. Planned just like a 12-hour, six evening TV event, the docu is produced using it . team as "America: The Story people,Inch introduced by executive producers Root and Ben Goold. Screening is planned for later this year. Filming is able to go such locations as China, Nigeria, Morocco mole as well as the U.K. Root mentioned: "There's a massive appetite all over the world for documentaries such as this that tackle the finest subjects on the world inside an entirely new epic style that mixes amazing drama, CGI and interviews." Nancy Dubuc, prexy and gm, History, added: "'Mankind: The Story famous Us' gets the same spirit of bold storytelling that made 'America the story of Us' this kind of phenomenal success. But this time around around we're going a good deal bigger.Inch Nutopia is presently planning approaching Discovery skein "The Way You Invented the earth,In . a five-part show examining technological breakthroughs such as the automobile as well as the cell phone, in addition to localized for individual areas. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com