Smith’s documentary on ice

A television nature documentary featuring Will Smith has been delayed after his Oscars controversy. The Hollywood actor was due to visit the North and South poles for National Geographic’s Pole to Pole with filming scheduled to begin in three weeks. Smith will serve as an executive producer on the series, which is a follow-up to his earlier nature programmeWelcome to Earth. However, production has nowbeen pushed back until the autumn, according to Bloomberg. Smith’s career is in limbo after the backlash over him slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars last month, an attack that resulted in his resignation from the film academy. Smith strode on to the stage at the 94th Academy Awards after the comedian made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head.