SEEDLAND Group has teamed with Al Roker Entertainment to complete a series that explores the latest boundary-pushing reaches of scientific exploration. The project is titled Forging the Future. Distribution of the six-episode series will be handled by Sideways Film.
Forging the Future explores a variety of cutting-edge topics ranging from the smallest phenomena, like exploring the microbiome (the trillions of microorganisms that live in or on the human body), to those with interplanetary ramifications, like the requirements to sustain human life off-Earth.
This is the first documentary television production released by SEEDLAND Group, a multifaceted enterprise based in China, with roots in real estate development, that has quickly expanded via investments in smart living technologies into a variety of other sectors that enhance human life.
“Forging the Future showcases the stories of top scientists from our time who are confronting the grand challenges before humanity by uncovering the world’s leading discoveries. These scientists are indomitable heroes improving our lives,” said Liang Zhang, chairman of SEEDLAND Group. “Since the vision of SEEDLAND is to enable better life with technology, we are devoted to the exploration of prospective scientific and technological development. We also look forward to having more people interested in these breakthroughs and inspired to create a better future.”
“I am passionate about science and about bringing science programming to audiences everywhere,” said Al Roker, founder, Al Roker Entertainment.
Over the course of six episodes, Forging the Future transports viewers across North America, Europe, and Australia to some of the world’s most advanced research facilities, including elite institutions like Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Columbia University. The series reveals the most exciting disciplines being explored in popular science today.
Each episode of Forging the Future features a deep dive into topics such as: Artificial Intelligence, Achieving Immortality, Living Off the Earth, Genetic Engineering, Cyborg Technology, and creating a Disease-Free World with the Human Microbiome. Through conversations with world-renowned scientists and technologists, Forging the Future shows how the most cutting-edge technologies impact these fields and the hopeful future they are creating for humankind. Each episode is mastered in 4K.
Christopher Webb Young (Brain Games for National Geographic, Primal Connections for Discovery), Kyle McCabe (Mysteries of the Abandoned for Science Channel, When Sharks Attack for Nat Geo Wild, and Monsters Inside Me for Animal Planet), and K. K. Ng (SEED Awards) serve as executive producers.
