Plimsoll Productions is making a new live special for Netflix where Free Solo climber Alex Honnold attempts to become the first person to free solo one of the tallest buildings on the planet: Taipei 101.
The new live special will go out on Netflix in 2026 when Honnold will attempt to scale the tallest building in Taiwan and the 11th tallest in the world standing at 1,667 ft tall.
“Skyscraper Live will kick off 2026 as our latest global must-watch live event,” said Brandon Riegg, Vice President of Nonfiction Series & Sports at Netflix. “Watching Alex Honnold free climb Taipei 101 will be an adrenaline inducing spectacle that you can’t look away from. Everyone will be talking about it as it happens.”
The two-hour special is produced by Plimsoll Productions Limited (part of ITV Studios). Showrunner & Executive Producer is Al Berman. Executive Producers are Alex Honnold, Grant Mansfield, James Smith, Alan Eyres and Jonathan Retseck and the director is Joe DeMaio
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