Overview

• Reynolds narrates and executive produces the five-part docuseries that explores animals with unconventional mating strategies, superpowers, deceptive tactics, questionable parenting and gross-out defenses.
• The May 27 trailer teases never-before-filmed scenes, including a bioluminescent cave in New Zealand illuminated by mucus-coated grubs.
• The premiere episode, “Superzeroes,” debuts June 15 at 9 p.m. ET on National Geographic and ABC, with episodes available to stream the next day on Disney+ and Hulu.
• Produced in partnership between Wildstar Films and Reynolds’s Maximum Effort, the series features a score by Harry Gregson-Williams alongside its Green Day theme song.
• Each episode—“Superzeroes,” “Terrible Parents,” “Sexy Beasts,” “The Unusual Suspects” and “Total Grossout”—focuses on a unique category of animal underdogs.