{"id":126748,"date":"2024-04-09T09:53:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T09:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/09\/tom-hanks-was-american-david-attenborough-say-the-americas-eps\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T09:53:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T09:53:22","slug":"tom-hanks-was-american-david-attenborough-say-the-americas-eps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/09\/tom-hanks-was-american-david-attenborough-say-the-americas-eps\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Hanks Was &#8220;American David Attenborough,&#8221; Say The Americas EPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tExecs on <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/nbc\/\" id=\"auto-tag_nbc\" data-tag=\"nbc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>\u2018s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-americas\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-americas\" data-tag=\"the-americas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Americas<\/a> <\/em>had been looking for \u201cthe American version of <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/david-attenborough\/\" id=\"auto-tag_david-attenborough\" data-tag=\"david-attenborough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Attenborough<\/a>\u201d when reserving <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/tom-hanks\/\" id=\"auto-tag_tom-hanks\" data-tag=\"tom-hanks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Hanks<\/a> for the upcoming epic wildlife collection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMike Gunton, a storied pure historical past exec who has labored on the likes of <em>Planet Earth <\/em>and <em>Dynasties<\/em>, stated he had \u201cwritten down who I wanted to do the music and who I wanted to be the narrator\u201d when embarking on making the present practically 5 years in the past, and had scribbled \u201c\u2018Tom Hanks?\u2019.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThat\u2019s who I wanted,\u201d he added at <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/miptv\/\" id=\"auto-tag_miptv\" data-tag=\"miptv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MIPTV<\/a>. \u201cHe had such curiosity and his talent is so immense he can turn his voice and delivery to every single nuance to the sorts of tone we see in all these stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tToby Gorman, who runs <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/universal-television-alternative-studio\/\" id=\"auto-tag_universal-television-alternative-studio\" data-tag=\"universal-television-alternative-studio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Universal Television Alternative Studio<\/a>, labeled the present \u201cthe most expensive unscripted project in NBCUniversal\u2019s history.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHe stated \u201cwe talked about who is the American version of David Attenborough\u201d earlier than deciding on the double Oscar-winner. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWhen we embarked on this we wanted to go as big as possible and after some conversations we said internally that there was a list of one,\u201d he added. \u201cWe wanted Tom, it just felt right. What we didn\u2019t know is whether he would want to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHanks joins a rising line of Hollywood stars who&#8217;ve narrated huge pure historical past reveals, following within the footsteps of the likes of Paul Rudd and Benedict Cumberbatch. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<em>The Americas<\/em> employs revolutionary filmmaking expertise that showcases the wonders, secrets and techniques and fragilities of the Americas \u2013 Earth\u2019s largest landmass and the one one to stretch between each poles \u2013 and reveal untold wildlife tales that join with thousands and thousands around the globe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAttendees at MIPTV had been handled to unique in-the-room footage together with drone pictures of bears and suction cameras connected to whales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe continent is \u201cthe one place on the planet that no one has ever done,\u201d Gunton stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThe low hanging fruit has been done and the difficult things have been left,\u201d he added. \u201cBut that was our ambition. We have been able to deliver things in ways we have never seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe pair had been talking at MIPTV on Tuesday of the market. <em>The Americas <\/em>will launch subsequent 12 months.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Execs on NBC\u2018s The Americas had been looking for \u201cthe American version of David Attenborough\u201d when reserving Tom Hanks for the upcoming epic wildlife collection. 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