Tom Hanks leads an ‘ultimate safari’ in new documents The Americas (exclusive)

If you always wanted to do a whirlwind adventure with Tom Hanks, your chance is now.

The Oscar winner takes the viewer on “an hour of discovery” while he tells the new NBC 10-part natural documentary series. AmericaPremiere on Sunday, February 23.

“He is the voice of America,” says the executing producer Mike Gunton the People of Hanks, who was his first choice to deliver voice – and heart – behind the incredible film material that he and his team captured.

The producer, whose many credits also contain the natural documentary film hit Planet Earth II, Describes showing the episodes to Hanks as “pretty nerve -wracking”. But when they saw together, Hanks said to him: “I was born to tell this.”

“I think he was,” Gunton continues. “It is the perfect agreement with him because it affects what we wanted. Instead of approaching this voice of God, (Hanks) has a lot:” You won’t believe it. Come and see this’ approach. ”

Hanks previously told People the opportunity that he could not pass on. “I knew I would learn a lot. I wanted to be at the forefront,” he said.

“I am lucky enough to be part of this extraordinary project – something that is so real that it is irrefutable for everyone who observes it. And it is only wonderful to be part of it,” added Hanks.

The actor Ad Libs and breaks the fourth wall while he leads the audience on a bookstile journey through North and South America. Each episode focuses on the natural beauty of another site, including Atlantic coast, Mexico, wild vests, Amazon, Frozen North, Golf Coast, Andes, Caribbean, west coast and Patagonia.

“It is almost the ultimate safari,” says Gunton. “If money and time were not an object and they wanted to take a trip from the north of this super continent, which is basically located in the Arctic, through the equator over the tropics, to the effective south poles, these are the places where we would take them, and these are the stories we would tell them.

He adds that it is “an extraordinary journey of your life”.

It took over five years, 180 expeditions, a team of scientists and months of “planning and justification and logistical backup” to record 10 different areas in North and South America.

“They still rely a little on the gods who smile on them,” he says. “But I would say of these 180 expeditions that almost all of them were successful because we had done the homework, but also because science, the scientists, the people in the field with whom we work with. And that is. And that is Almost the most important part to have this specialist knowledge on site because they sometimes studied these animals for 30 years so that they know everything about it.

In addition to the fascinating images, the combination of Hanks’ funny and revealing story, the music was composed by Oscar and Grammy pricing composer Hans Zimmer. “It sounds like my life is simple,” jokes Gunton from sacking Hanks and Rooms. “It is usually not. But it was not difficult to get the best musician to get the best narrator and the best camera mams because I think you could see what an extraordinary project it was.”

The series extends over the site and the natural habitats of the residents of each place. The film material was recorded without CGI from Andean bears (also known as Paddington), which (in the truest sense of the word) go down to the free shores in the outdoor banks. “Nothing here was created in the magic of the camera, absolutely nothing,” said Hanks.

“They are thrilled, enlightened, educated and – above all entertained,” promised Hanks. He added that the show “deliver remarkable World Firmsts”, including “new species, new intimate advertising, dramatic deep -sea hunt and some of the strangest stories of nature”.

“This is my favorite part of America – When you see how often all creatures are great and a small game, occupy their time, entertain themselves. Carefree teenagers – Cubs, Otters, puppies, chicks, owls – learn how to do everything for the first time, “he said. Part of their behavior.”

For Gunton, he hopes that the audience has a “rediscovery and a re -evaluation” of “and unusual, this wonderful world that you have inhabited. As you can see that you can actually see how nature almost exceptional in your garden Things do. ”

“North America, it is so big that the landscapes are so large that it can feel almost unchangeable,” he adds. “But it is still fragile. I hope that people either fall in love with this wonderful country or want to fall in love and make sure that it is there for their children and their grandchildren.”

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America Premiere with two two consecutive episodes on Sunday, February 23, at 7 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.