Bigger thanPlanet Earth?The Americasjust might be.
NBCUniversal has already calledThe Americas which counts Hans Zimmer as composer the most expensive unscripted project in its history.
Rather than greenlightingThe Americas,the BBC has instead acquired the show, demonstrating how the landscape has changed.
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Its one enormous land mass and yet no one had done it.
This was the only thing I could think of that had thePlanet Earthscale to match.
and we came up with a list of one, said Gorman.
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Tom puts his arm around you, added Gunton.
The ethos is, Guys have you just seen this?
You wont believe this.
It is almost like he is breaking the fourth wall at times.
He was so interested in what we were trying to do with the narrative.
He often ad-libbed the voiceover depending on the drama of what he was watching, Shaftel said.
I learned things about Florida that I had no idea about before.
And that is Tom [Hanks] perspective, its the idea of treasuring this precious thing.
The Americaslaunches on Sunday February 23 and will simulcast on sister networks.
Each episode will be available to stream next day on Peacock.
