Well, Filming Has Finished on New Season

[Charlie99909]

I’ve followed Doug for years because he works closely with Lloyd Kaufman of Troma. I wonder what cases they are covering.

[infinityluxe]

I am excited it is still a GO. There was silence for over a year I was thinking it wouldn't be happening. I am very interested to know who will be the host/narrator. In my mind it should be Dennis Haysbert the Allstate man; but I doubt they could afford him. I cannot wait I am still binge watching the old seasons every night when I get ready for bed I fall asleep to Unsolved Mysteries. It is hilarious because when I was a kid watching with my grandpa this show scared the sh.. out of me. Now it is more nostalgic than anything. Love my UM.

[drew790]

Originally Posted by infinityluxe

I am excited it is still a GO. There was silence for over a year I was thinking it wouldn't be happening. I am very interested to know who will be the host/narrator. In my mind it should be Dennis Haysbert the Allstate man; but I doubt they could afford him. I cannot wait I am still binge watching the old seasons every night when I get ready for bed I fall asleep to Unsolved Mysteries. It is hilarious because when I was a kid watching with my grandpa this show scared the sh.. out of me. Now it is more nostalgic than anything. Love my UM.

There is none.

[infinityluxe]

Originally Posted by drew790

There is none.

Not sure how this reboot will do without a host/narrator. It is such a pivotal role of UM's success and legendary status. Remember when they changed the narrator of Disappeared and it changed the entire tone of the show? Once caser per show is also going to be interesting to see.

[alistaircranium]

Wow. Production began in February 2019 and wrapped in December 2019, which is an unusually long time for this kind of show.

The good news is the series could be streaming as early as March or April since I imagine they’ve been editing each episode along the way.

[dynoguy88]

Originally Posted by drew790

There is none.

The narrator provides the majority of the information for the viewer. And the people interviewed provide the details.

How can there be no narrator?

[alistaircranium]

Originally Posted by dynoguy88

The narrator provides the majority of the information for the viewer. And the people interviewed provide the details.

How can there be no narrator?

If you already have Netflix, watch Haunted for an example of how this is done. Or if you’ve seen Paranormal Witness, it will be done in that style.

[GDAWG]

Originally Posted by infinityluxe

Not sure how this reboot will do without a host/narrator. It is such a pivotal role of UM's success and legendary status. Remember when they changed the narrator of Disappeared and it changed the entire tone of the show? Once caser per show is also going to be interesting to see.

One case per show means that the case would go in depth. Whenever Dateline or 48 Hours does a case that was featured on the original UM, they go into more details that UM never mentioned when they featured that case. Last year, 48 Hours did the Jody Huisentrut case and went into great detail of the potential suspects, which UM never did due to time constraints.

[tarheelslim]

Originally Posted by dynoguy88

The narrator provides the majority of the information for the viewer. And the people interviewed provide the details.

How can there be no narrator?

The entire story will have to be told through witnesses, family & friends, investigators and dramatizations.

They knew it would be much more difficult (and presumably time consuming) to do it this way, so I think they had a vision of what the new era was going to be like.

[Todd Mueller]

Originally Posted by tarheelslim

The entire story will have to be told through witnesses, family & friends, investigators and dramatizations.

They knew it would be much more difficult (and presumably time consuming) to do it this way, so I think they had a vision of what the new era was going to be like.

Yep. UM did a bunch of stand-alone new cases on their YouTube channel this way over the last few years. Most of them are pretty short, but they start with a family member or friend of the victim describing what happened. Then they mix in maps, pictures, etc. as the person talks.

It can be done but I'm a little curious how they will pull this off for longer stories. I always preferred the narrator (Stack) because you could give more detail, you could script it better, and it helped make some of the case freakier IMO.

[infinityluxe]

They need to rename this show because nothing about it is Unsolved Mysteries.

[TheCars1986]

The ID show, "Murder in the Heartland" is a nice example of a good true crime show without a narrator, that isn't over the top soap opera-ish with its re-enactments.

[cdr369]

I am okay without having a host. If it is the wrong person, it won't be enjoyable for me.

I would also prefer 2-3 cases an episode, instead of 4 or 5 shorter segments.

[cdr369]

Originally Posted by alistaircranium

Wow. Production began in February 2019 and wrapped in December 2019, which is an unusually long time for this kind of show.

The good news is the series could be streaming as early as March or April since I imagine they’ve been editing each episode along the way.

Since it is netflix, they will also dub it in Spanish, German, Italian, and French, and also include subtitles in each of those languages. Since netflix is offered throughout the world, anything they produce they do it in multiple languages before it is launched.

[jbjr56]

Looking forward too it.