{"id":16418,"date":"2021-07-01T10:13:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T14:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/discovery-picks-up-werner-herzog-interstellar-doc\/"},"modified":"2021-07-01T10:49:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T14:49:29","slug":"discovery-picks-up-werner-herzog-interstellar-doc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/discovery-picks-up-werner-herzog-interstellar-doc\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery Picks Up Werner Herzog Interstellar Doc"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Discovery has acquired <em>Last Exit: Space<\/em>, a new documentary exploring mankind\u2019s push to colonize space from filmmaker Werner Herzog (<em>Grizzly Man<\/em>, <em>Encounters at the End of the World<\/em>, <em>Into the Inferno<\/em>,<em> Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Werner Herzog is set to narrate and executive produce the documentary, while his son Rudolph Herzog (<em>How to Fake a War<\/em>, <em>The Heist<\/em>) will direct. Gunpowder &amp; Sky, Spring Films and Taglicht Media are signed on to co-produce the feature, which will stream later this year on discovery+.<\/p>\n<p><em>Last Exit: Space<\/em> will take audiences on a voyage across Earth and out into the stars and beyond. With more than 7 billion humans on the planet and resources dwindling, the film seeks to answer if one of the 100 billion planets in the Milky Way could be humans\u2019 future home.<\/p>\n<p>Rudolph Herzog said: \u201cMankind\u2019s quest to become space colonists has always been a fascination\u2014the cutting-edge technology it requires, and the geniuses, dreamers and mavericks who lead this ambition.<em> Last Exit<\/em> is a brand-new creative collaboration for my father and me, and we are thrilled to be doing it with such forward-thinking partners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Holme, group senior VP of content and commercial strategy at Discovery, said: \u201cWe are honored to work with Werner and Rudolph Herzog, who are uniquely suited to tell a story of such grand ambition and scale. With Discovery&#8217;s strong history of creative leadership for stories covering exploration, space and science, discovery+ is the perfect streaming home for <em>Last Exit: Space<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Floris Bauer, president of Gunpowder &amp; Sky, said: \u201cWe\u2019re always looking for bold stories from fearless storytellers. 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