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NatGeo's hit series has its subject picked out for season 2, The series as been exploring the life of Albert Einstein for its 1st season will explore the life of Pablo Picasso in season 2.
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6/21/2017, 11:00 pm
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Antonio Banderas has landed the role as Pablo Picasso for season 2
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9/6/2017, 3:52 pm
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Series producer Brian Grazer has stated that a 3rd season is already in development and that they are zeroing in a woman to be the main character. Season 1 followed Albert Einstein while the soon to be released season 2 will focus on Pablo Picasso
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NatGeo has renewed Genius for a 3rd season and the subject will be a woman who has been getting some buzz lately, Mary Shelley the woman who brought us Frankenstein.
No word on who will play Shelley in season 3, though you can catch Elle Fanning play her in the upcoming Mary Shelley film.
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Aretha Franklin has been greenlit as the show's 3rd installment with Suzan-Lori Parks set as Showrunner and executive producer.
Mary Shelley is still in consideration for future seasons
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2/11/2019, 10:45 pm
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Cynthia Erivo has been cast to play Aretha Franklin In Nat Geo's 'Genius: Aretha'
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11/10/2019, 10:56 pm
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Malcolm Barrett (Timeless, Preacher), Patrice Covington (The Color Purple), Kimberly Hébert Gregory (Vice Principals), Rebecca Naomi Jones (The Big Sick) and Sanai Victoria (Black-ish) have all joined the cast joining Cynthia Erivo.
Barrett will play Ted White, Aretha’s first husband and business manager; Covington and Jones will portray Aretha’s sisters Erma and Carolyn Franklin; Hébert Gregory will play Ruth Bowen, who represents Aretha; Victoria will play the young Aretha.
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Genius: Aretha has been pushed to the fall.
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