Suzan-Lori Parks, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Topdog/Underdog, will be executive producer and showrunner for Genius: Aretha Franklin.
Returning executive producers include Ken Biller (Genius: Einstein, Genius: Picasso), Gigi Pritzker and Rachel Shane (MWM Studios), and Sam Sokolow (EUE/Sokolow).
Legendary hit record producer Clive Davis and Atlantic Records Chairman and CEO Craig Kallman have also joined as executive producers.
After indefinitely delaying its debut last year, National Geographic has unveiled the full trailer and revealed a March 21 premiere date for the third season of its hit biographical drama series Genius, centered on the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin.