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National Geographic signs Ron Howard to direct first-ever scripted series

ETX Daily Up
US director Ron Howard

Director Ron Howard has been tapped to helm the pilot of National Geographic's debut scripted series, "Genius", marking the cable network's first-ever scripted entry.

The anthology drama, based on the world's greatest innovators, has been order from rom Fox 21 TV Studios, Imagine TV, OddLot and EUE/Sokolow.

Season one will focus on Albert Einstein - with writer Noah Pink recruited to adapt Walter Isaacson‘s biography "Einstein: His Life and Universe" - although The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that the network has "envisioned multiple seasons for the program".

The initial season of "Genius", which has already been given a straight-to-series order, will start production this summer, with a premiere scheduled for next spring, in 171 countries and 45 languages.