

The format didn’t really take off on Netflix, however, until Black Mirror: Bandersnatch debuted in December 2018 and took the internet by storm. Netflix began experimenting with choose your own adventure-style branching stories in 2017 with interactive episodes of its Puss in Boots and Buddy Thunderstruck animated series. Wild is billed as a family show and won’t be as “dark” as Bandersnatch.

While the Black Mirror spinoff condemned its characters to grim and often deadly fates, You vs. “If you don’t make the right choices,” Grylls says, “it might not end well for me.”ĭespite the life-or-death stakes, don’t expect its various outcomes to be quite as depressing as the ones found in Netflix’s previous’ interactive project, the bleak sci-fi adventure Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. Instead of figuring out how to proceed himself, Grylls turns to the camera and says, “You decide,” forcing viewers to select one of two options. In the trailer, Grylls finds himself in a number of precarious situations, like climbing halfway up a peak only to discover a mountain lion waiting for him at the top. This time, however, there’s a twist: Viewers will make some of Grylls’ decisions for him, and then will see how those choices play out via prerecorded footage. The popular adventurer travels to exotic and dangerous locations all over the world and does his best to survive in the harsh and unforgiving wilderness. Wild follows the formula established by Grylls’ previous shows.

Wild host Bear GryllsĪs the series’ new trailer demonstrates, You vs. Wild, an eight-episode interactive series starring survival expert and Man vs. Netflix’s push into live-action interactive storytelling continues on April 10 with You vs.
