One Strange Rock

American documentary television series

Graham Booth
Nicholas Jordan
Alice Jones
Christopher Riley
Nat Sharman
Nic Stacey

Starring

Will Smith
Chris Hadfield

Composers

Daniel Pemberton
Simon Ashdown
Will Slater
Zedd

Country of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo. of seasons1No. of episodes10 (list of episodes)ProductionExecutive producers

Darren Aronofsky
Jane Root
Arif Nurmohamed
Peter Lovering

Producers

Glenn Barden
Nigel Walk

Cinematography

Philip Barthropp
Simon de Glanville
Brendan McGinty
Paolo Nespoli
Kevin White
Johnny Rogers
Patrick Lavaud

Editors

Doug Moxon
Graeme Dawson
Bill Coates
Ben Lavington Martin
Paul Crosby
Paul Crompton
Julian Rodd

Running time60 minProduction companyNutopiaOriginal releaseNetworkNational GeographicReleaseMarch 26 (2018-03-26) –
May 28, 2018 (2018-05-28)

One Strange Rock is an American television documentary series, produced by Nutopia in conjunction with Darren Aronofsky, which premiered on National Geographic on March 26, 2018.^[1] On July 25, 2018, National Geographic renewed the series for a second season.^[2] Season 2 was expected to premiere in March 2020^[3] on National Geographic, but was reworked into a new series in 2021 called Welcome to Earth.

Premise

One Strange Rock tells the story of how life survives and thrives on planet Earth, as told by eight astronauts from their unique perspective of being away from Earth (for about 1000 days).^[4]

Cast

Hosted by actor Will Smith,^[5] One Strange Rock features contributions from astronauts Chris Hadfield, Nicole Stott, Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Mae Jemison, Leland Melvin, Mike Massimino, Jerry Linenger, and Peggy Whitson.^[6]

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Original air date	US viewers (millions)
1	"Gasp"	Graham Booth	March 26, 2018 (2018-03-26)	0.71^[7]
2	"Storm"	Nat Sharman	April 2, 2018 (2018-04-02)	0.51^[8]
3	"Shield"	Nic Stacey	April 9, 2018 (2018-04-09)	0.75^[9]
4	"Genesis"	Nick Shoolingin-Jordan	April 16, 2018 (2018-04-16)	0.61^[10]
5	"Survival"	Christopher Riley	April 23, 2018 (2018-04-23)	0.46^[11]
6	"Escape"	Graham Booth	April 30, 2018 (2018-04-30)	0.48^[12]
7	"Terraform"	Nic Stacey	May 7, 2018 (2018-05-07)	0.49^[13]
8	"Alien"	Nat Sharman	May 14, 2018 (2018-05-14)	0.52^[14]
9	"Awakening"	Nick Shoolingin-Jordan	May 21, 2018 (2018-05-21)	0.43^[15]
10	"Home"	Alice Jones	May 28, 2018 (2018-05-28)	0.48^[16]

Release

The documentary was released on Netflix streaming on February 1, 2019.^[17] In the United States, it left Netflix for Disney+ on January 1, 2020.^[18]

References

^ "One Strange Rock". Archived from the original on November 15, 2017. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
^ "'One Strange Rock' Renewed for Season 2 on National Geographic (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
^ "FinanceRewind". FinanceRewind. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
^ "Seattle Times TV Picks". SeattleTimes.com. 26 March 2018.
^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (2017-12-05). "Will Smith To Host Darren Aronofsky-Jane Root Nat Geo Series 'One Strange Rock'". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
^ "Nutopia Website".
^ Mitch Metcalf. "Top 150 Monday Cable Originals: 3.26.2018". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on March 28, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
^ Mitch Metcalf. "Top 150 Monday Cable Originals: 4.2.2018". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on April 4, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
^ Mitch Metcalf. "Top 150 Monday Cable Originals: 4.9.2018". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on April 11, 2018. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
^ Mitch Metcalf. "Top 150 Monday Cable Originals: 4.16.2018". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on April 18, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
^ Mitch Metcalf. "Top 150 Monday Cable Originals: 4.23.2018". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on April 25, 2018. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
^ Mitch Metcalf. "Top 150 Monday Cable Originals: 4.30.2018". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on May 2, 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
^ Mitch Metcalf. "Top 150 Monday Cable Originals: 5.7.2018". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on May 8, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
^ Mitch Metcalf. "Top 150 Monday Cable Originals: 5.14.2018". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on May 16, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
^ Mitch Metcalf. "Top 150 Monday Cable Originals: 5.21.2018". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on May 23, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
^ Mitch Metcalf. "Top 150 Monday Cable Originals: 5.28.2018". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on June 2, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
^ "One Strange Rock". Retrieved March 28, 2019.
^ ‘One Strange Rock’ Leaving Netflix in January 2020 What's On Netflix, 2019-12-06.

External links

Official website
One Strange Rock at IMDb
One Strange Rock at Metacritic
One Strange Rock at Rotten Tomatoes

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v t e Films of Darren Aronofsky
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Directed only	The Wrestler (2008) Black Swan (2010) The Whale (2022)
Written only	Below (2002)
Other articles	Soldier Boyz (1997 video game) One Strange Rock (2018 TV series, produced) Welcome to Earth (2021 TV series, produced) Unrealized projects