This is a list of many of the TV mandates for 2022 for streamers and networks.
GENIUS
Only buying shows that have a real shot of going forward/ have the right auspices.
The guiding principle of the Scripted Programming on NatGeo/Disney + is to deepen people’s understanding if the world and their role in it.
Altogether Entertainment is out with BESTIE by Alex J. Mann. A teenage girl buys a mobile app which she thinks will help make her more popular.
Recently wrapped freshman series Genius has announced its subject for season two will be Pablo Picasso. Season one, which according to National Geographic Channel was seen by 45 million people around the world, centered on scientist Albert Einstein.
Season 1, Episode 9 – In the final chapter of Genius, after a bout of loss and depression, Albert makes amends and finds happiness with his family.
Season 1, Episode 8 – We return to Albert and Elsa being interrogated by Geist to acquire their U.S. visas as they attempt to escape Nazi Germany.
Season 1, Episode 7 – Albert continues to be the Worst while navigating his separation with Mileva, his scientific pursuits, and the rising war.
Season 1, Episode 6 – Albert and Mileva’s marriage enters its death throes, with Albert’s expedition to prove light waves are impacted by gravity only slightly worse off.
Season 1, Episode 5 – This week’s episode of Genius was more of the same, and similar to every other week, it struck a chord somewhere between “fine” (music is fine, visually it’s fine, the acting is fine, the writing is fine) and incredibly frustrating to watch. We’re reaching the breakdown of Albert and Mileva’s relationship, and the dynamics of it are completely infuriating.
Season 1, Episode 3 – Mileva deals with the consequences of her pregnancy while Albert tries to masterfully dodge them, before finally doing right by her and proposing.
Season 1, Episode 2 – The second episode follow Einstein’s first wife, Mileva Maric, flashing back and forth between her difficult path to academic success and her ultimate downfall through her affair with Albert.
Season 1, Episode 1 – Genius starts slow, introducing us to both young and old Albert Einstein as he struggles to find his place in academia, and later, struggles to escape an increasingly hostile Germany.
Upcoming anthology series Genius from National Geographic has tapped Oscar-winner Geoffrey Rush to portray Albert Einstein. The series hails from Fox 21 TV Studios and Imagine Television.
The biopic begins filming next month.
The talented Mr. Law joins period biopic.
Broadway helmer set to make his feature debut in a big way!
Stolberg’s Hollywood domination continues, as another of his projects becomes the talk of the town!!
Logline: Tells the story of Max Perkins, the fedora-wearing eccentric editor-in-chief at New York publishing house Scribner, where he oversaw the release of works by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, and discovered young, fresh faced writer Thomas Wolfe.
