Bionic Buzz® was a part of a group Zoom interview with filmmaker Michael Gunton. He discussed his upcoming series on NBC “The Americas,” showcases the wonders, secrets and fragilities of the world’s greatest supercontinent. For the first time, the Americas stars in its own incomparable series, using cutting-edge technology to uncover never-before-seen behavior, and highlight the extraordinary, untold wildlife stories that will deeply connect with millions around the world. Five years in the making and filmed over 180 expeditions, this groundbreaking series reveals the spectacular landscapes of Earth’s most varied landmass – the only one to stretch between both poles. “The Americas” unprecedented scale and ambition delivers remarkable world firsts; new species, new intimate courtship, dramatic deep-sea hunting and some of nature’s strangest stories – even a frog that seems to defy death every day. Each hourlong episode features a different iconic location across the Americas: “The Atlantic Coast,” “Mexico,” “The Wild West,” “The Amazon,” “The Frozen North,” “The Gulf Coast,” “The Andes,” “The Caribbean,” “The West Coast” and “Patagonia.”

“The Americas” is executive produced by renowned Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning wildlife producer Mike Gunton (“Life,” “Planet Earth II,” “Dynasties”) for BBC Studios Natural History Unit, the best-known and most respected producers of natural history content in the world, in association with Universal Television Alternative Studio, a division of Universal Studio Group.

From BBC Studios Natural History Unit, the creators of the critically acclaimed and multi-Emmy Award-winning “Planet Earth” and “Blue Planet,” in association with Universal Television Alternative Studio, comes the epic 10-part tentpole event series “The Americas.” The tentpole series is narrated by Tom Hanks, executive produced by Mike Gunton (“Life, Planet Earth II,” “Dynasties”), with music by Oscar and Grammy Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer.

Michael Gunton is the Creative Director of Factual and The Natural History Unit for BBC Studios. Within this role, Mike works as an Executive Producer on many leading titles, acts as an ambassador for BBC Studios internationally, and is responsible for bringing new and pioneering stories about the natural world to global audiences.

Across his career, Mike has worked on many critically acclaimed series such as “Galapagos,” “Yellowstone,” “Madagascar,” “Life,” “Africa,” “Shark,” “Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur” and “Life Story,” and speaks internationally at media and scientific gatherings as an ambassador for Natural History filmmaking, the BBC and the natural world.

Mike’s series include the record-breaking “Planet Earth II,” (winner of 4 BAFTAs and 2 Emmys, and believed to have been viewed by around 1 billion people), and the ground-breaking animal behaviour series “Dynasties.” He has been responsible for the brilliantly innovative Emmy nominated series “The Green Planet” and bringing the world of dinosaurs to life (working in collaboration with Jon Favreau) with “Prehistoric Planet” Season 1 and 2. Mike’s most recent series, Planet Earth III, has been seen by millions of people and brings a new perspective to understanding our natural world and the challenges it faces. Mike is a fellow of the Royal Television Society and Linnean Society. 

PREMIERES FEBRUARY 23 | SUNDAY 7/6c on NBC. Next day on PEACOCK. 

Host: Melissa De Vore. Producer: Jackie Lewis. Editor: Steve Sievers of Bionic Buzz.

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