A docuseries about the University of Chicago’s famed annual scavenger hunt is coming to indie streamer Nebula from the team behind hit travel competition “Jet Lag: The Game.”
Directed by “Jet Lag” star Adam Chase and produced by Wendover Productions, “Scav” is described as “a chaotic, heartfelt docuseries following competitors in the largest annual scavenger hunt in the world.”
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Per the description for the new docuseries, “Every year, a 20-page Scavenger Hunt list plunges the University of Chicago into fun, sleepless chaos. This series will bring the audience into the action, following three top teams as they race to complete the list, and answering the question of what happens when the best and brightest turn their focus towards the silliest things you’ve ever seen.”
Executive producers include Nebula founder Dave Wiskus and Wendover Productions chief and “Jet Lag” star Sam Denby. Graham Haerther, Tyson Kroening and Christine Benedetti are executive co-producers.
“This was an easy project to greenlight because in addition to making for an interesting show it also acts as research and development for future seasons of ‘Jet Lag’ so really it’s a bargain when you think about it,” Wiskus said.
Chase added: “At ‘Jet Lag: The Game,’ we have often attempted to answer the question: what happens when smart people are asked to put all their mental, physical, and emotional energy towards doing something incredibly silly? UChicago’s Scav Hunt has posed this same question for nearly forty years, and I am thrilled to tell their story.”
The “Scav” docuseries is set to hit Nebula in fall 2025.
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