National Geographic Renews Disney+ Series A Real Bug’s Life For a Second Season

What’s the buzzzz all about? The Bugs are Back! National Geographic announced that their groundbreaking, genre-defying natural history series A REAL BUG’S LIFE has been picked up for a second season. Narrated by award-winning actress Awkwafina and produced by Plimsoll Productions, the series will take viewers on five new and exciting trips around the world to get up close and personal with insects and their moving stories. The new season will come to Disney+ this fall.

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Drawing inspiration from Disney and Pixar’s beloved A Bug’s Life, the upcoming season of this groundbreaking series will introduce a fresh ensemble of insect characters. Among them are a captivating femme fatale firefly, a debonair bachelor luna moth, a real-life assassin bug, the resilient botany bay weevil, and a host of other extraordinary miniature heroes thriving on our planet. Across five episodes, A REAL BUG’S LIFE will weave narratives of love, determination, and triumph within their unique microcosms, offering viewers a mesmerizing glimpse into the world of these remarkable creatures!

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Utilizing cutting-edge camera technology, groundbreaking scientific discoveries, and an evocative musical score, audiences will embark on a dynamic journey alongside insects, exploring new landscapes and experiencing fresh perspectives. Building upon the success of its predecessor, A REAL BUG’S LIFE will delve deeper into uncharted microscopic realms, unveiling epic narratives, astonishing facts, and unprecedented insect behaviors.

Step into the amazing world of bugs with the following episodes:

Step into the spellbinding world of bugs with the following episodes: 

• LOVE IN THE FOREST (Smoky Mountains, Tennessee) – It’s the end of the longest day of summer. A young fawn frolics to exhaustion. While it falls asleep, the forest comes to life – and tonight, love is in the air. At the forest edge, a lonely female firefly is looking for a male, but the Big Dipper fireflies nearby are dancing to a different tune.

• LIFE’S A BEACH (Borneo, Malaysia) – The beach may look paradise to us … but it’s a brutal place for bugs to make a home. From the sand all the way out to the reef, the waves and the tides hammer their home 24/7. Time and tide wait for no bug.

• TINY HEROES DOWN UNDER (Australia) – Down Under – a land filled with familiar fluffy faces like kangaroos and koalas, but the bugs here are a lot of people’s worst nightmares. A eucalyptus forest in eastern Australia is full of ’em: funnel web fangs, ant stings … even exploding bombardier beetles! But there’s much more to Australian bugs than horror stories. Some are actually really cute as it goes.

• ONCE A POND A TIME (England) – Water is a cradle of life for all sorts of amazing tiny creatures, but when one is “bug-sized,” its strange shape-shifting properties can have huge consequences. Through the year, the pond undergoes a series of near-magical transformations from ice crystal to water vapor. The tiny creatures that make their home here have found amazing ways to cope with life in this turbulent world. 

• THE MAKING OF … A FLY ON THE WALL – Surrounded by hordes of army ants, chasing the fastest-running insect on Earth, crawling through muddy mangroves … this was everyday life for the team of world-renowned scientists, experts and filmmakers who created A REAL BUG’S LIFE. Armed with innovative filming equipment, they stopped at nothing to reveal the untold stories of the planet’s most underappreciated animals – bugs!

Stay tuned this fall for A Real Bug’s Life on Disney+!