After the worldwide success of the first season, the documentary series Limitless returns with a new season entitled Limitless: Live Better Now. Still starring actor Chris Hemsworth, this National Geographic production blends science, adventure and personal development to explore ways of improving everyday life. Directed by Darren Aronofsky, Jane Root, Chris Hemsworth and Ben Grayson, this three-episode series will be available for streaming on Disney+ from August 15, 2025.
In this trailer, Chris Hemsworth embarks on a series of physical and mental challenges around the world, accompanied by international experts.
Limitless: Live Better Now will be broadcast on Disney+ from August 15, 2025.
Synopsis: In this new season of the documentary series, Chris Hemsworth explores three universal challenges - pain, fear and cognitive decline - through a series of intense physical and emotional experiences. Working with scientists, doctors and athletes, he discovers concrete tools for living better, today.
The Limitless: Live Better Now series is built around three episodes, each dedicated to a major challenge. In Brain Power, Chris Hemsworth learns to play the drums with no previous experience in order to perform live with Ed Sheeran in front of 70,000 spectators. This episode explores the impact of intensive learning on cognitive abilities and memory.
In La prise de risques, he attempts a 180-meter winter ascent in the Swiss Alps. The episode highlights the positive effects of exposure to danger on mental health, thanks to "flow" and behavioral therapy techniques.
Finally, in Pain, the actor undergoes intensive military training with South Korean special forces, including electrocution and pepper gas. Accompanied by Dr. BJ Miller, he discovers scientific and traditional approaches to modifying his perception of pain.
Filmed in six countries over two years, the series combines scientific discoveries, human testimonies and ancestral wisdom. Sequences with Ed Sheeran, South Korean special forces and mountaineer Steph Davis show how people can draw inspiration from these practices to improve their own health.
Speakers include neuroscientist Prof. Abigail Marsh, scientist Dr. Maya Shankar, drummer Ben Gordon (Parkway Drive) and experts from the medical, military and sporting worlds. Together, they shed multidisciplinary light on the link between body, mind and well-being.
This series could be of interest to viewers curious about personal development, preventive health and applied science. It follows in the footsteps of productions such as The Mind, Explained, Human Playground and Uncharted. Fans of Chris Hemsworth will find a more intimate side to the actor, far removed from superhero roles.
The three episodes can be viewed independently, and each offers a concrete approach to rethinking everyday life. The tone is accessible, the narrative immersive, and the themes universal.
Limitless: Live Better Now is a three-part documentary series produced for National Geographic by Protozoa, Nutopia and Wild State. Directed by Darren Aronofsky, Jane Root, Chris Hemsworth and Ben Grayson, it follows the Australian actor through extreme physical and mental experiences. The aim is to understand how to live better today, through science, tradition and personal challenges.
This series follows on from the first season of Limitless, which explored the secrets of longevity, and aims to offer a new approach to well-being and human performance.
This article is based on information available online; we have not yet viewed the film or series mentioned.
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