YouTube has more original docuseries in the works and has tapped Will Smith and Alicia Keys for separate projects.
The news was announced at YouTube’s Broadcast Delivered event for advertisers on Tuesday. Smith’s project is slated to premiere in 2022 and it has the working title Best Shape of My Life. The six-part series will follow his latest fitness journey with the help of guests including pro athletes, scientists, and experts. This marks Smith’s second project with YouTube; his first was in 2018 and he bungee-jumped from a helicopter over the Grand Canyon on his 50th birthday to raise money for charity.
Keys’ project has been given the working title Noted and it will feature a behind-the-scenes look into her world as she celebrates the 20th anniversary of Songs in A Minor and as she heads into the studio to record her eighth album. The four-part series will premiere this summer.
Liza on Demand Season 3 will premiere later this year and will star actor-producer-creator Liza Koshy and returning cast members Kimiko Glenn and Travis Coles as they navigate life in their 20s.
Other projects in the lineup include Ice Cold from Migos which explores hip-hop jewelry and issues surrounding racial inequality in America, Recipe for Change, which features Asian American storytellers to celebrate Asian and Pacific Islander culture and discuss violence against the API community, and Barbershop Medicine, which looks at the impact fo race and socioeconomic status on healthcare.
