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  • Netflix, Silverback Films’ ‘Planet Earth’ sequel to release in 2019

    Netflix, Silverback Films’ ‘Planet Earth’ sequel to release in 2019

    MUMBAI: Come 2019 and Netflix in collaboration with Silverback Films and WWF will premiere across all its territories – Our Planet, a new eight part natural history series made by the creators of the critically and popularly acclaimed series Planet Earth.

     

    The ambitious four year project — the largest of its kind ever attempted — will take viewers into never-before-filmed wilderness areas from the ice caps and deep ocean to deserts and remote forests, introducing them to the most precious species and places that must withstand the impact of humanity so generations to come can enjoy the bounties of the natural world. Using the latest in 4K camera technology, the series and a range of specially produced storytelling for multi-media platforms will bring millions of people into intimate contact with some of the world’s rarest animals and most precious natural habitats.

     

    The series is being produced by Silverback Films, led by Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey, who created Planet Earth, Frozen Planet and Blue Planet for the BBC, as well as the Disneynature films Earth, Bears, African Cats and Chimpanzee.

     

    WWF, the world’s leading conservation organization with operations in more than 100 countries and over five million members, is providing the Silverback team unparalleled access to its projects in protected areas around the world and will collaborate on multi-media storytelling across its web and other platforms.

     

    “Netflix is proud to be the global home for perhaps Silverback’s most ambitious project to date. The Planet projects have enjoyed great success on Netflix and have helped launch new technologies for viewing at home. We think watching Our Planet, fully on demand in 4K will be an unforgettable experience for our members,” said Netflix Original Documentaries vice president Lisa Nishimura.

     

    “Our Planet is going to raise the bar for natural history landmarks. We will reveal the most amazing sights on Earth and show them in ways they have never been seen before. Partnering with Netflix and WWF gives us the ability to reach and enthuse global audiences with the wonder and importance of the natural world,” added Silverback Films executive producer Alastair Fothergill.

     

    “Our Planet will inspire millions of people around the world by showcasing the planet’s most precious species and most fragile habitats through a visionary series and cutting edge multimedia storytelling. At this critical time for global conservation we are honored to work with Silverback and Netflix on this completely unique collaboration,” said WWF executive producer Colin Butfield.

  • The Rocket Monkeys, your new friends on Nickelodeon!

    The Rocket Monkeys, your new friends on Nickelodeon!

    MUMBAI: Nickelodeon will take on a whole new adventure, this time in space! Rocket Monkeys, starting 29th July, is a slapstick comedy set in intergalactic space. With angry aliens, criminal masterminds and black holes to battle with, space is the only place left for heroes and when planet Earth finds no heroes, it calls Gus and Wally – The Rocket Monkeys!

    Rocket Monkeys is a hilarious animated series of two brothers in action – Gus and Wally, who battle with the aliens and bring peace and harmony to the universe. This entertaining duo is always up for crazy adventures and a whole lot of madness.

    Tune-in to an all new series Rocket Monkeys Mon-Fri at 8:00 pm only on Nickelodeon.

  • Discovery’s ‘Planet Earth’ gets actress Sigourney Weaver to narrate

    Discovery’s ‘Planet Earth’ gets actress Sigourney Weaver to narrate

    MUMBAI: Actress and conservationist Sigourney Weaver joins Discovery Channel as narrator for Planet Earth, slated to premiere in the US on the Discovery Channel on 25 March 2007.

    Planet Earth promises to amaze viewers with never-before-seen animal behaviors, startling views of locations captured by cameras for the first time, and unprecedented high definition production techniques. More than five years in the making, Planet Earth redefines blue-chip natural history filmmaking Planet Earth airs on consecutive Sundays from 25 March through 22 April 2007.

    The BBC produced show will include the first footage of the rarely seen snow leopard hunting in the Himalayas; lions hunting and killing elephants in the middle of the night; and the Blue Bird of Paradise performing a mating ritual, captured for the first time on film, informs an official release.

    70 camera operators spent over 2,000 days in the field visiting more than 200 locations to document nature’s greatest spectacles. Locations filmed for the first time include the Gobi Desert covered in snow; unique access to the Arctic island of Kong Karls Land — home to the world’s highest densities of polar bears; and the first high-quality aerial sequences of Mount Everest.

    Sigourney Weaver is an active conservationist. She serves as honorary chair to the board of trustees of The Dian Fosse Gorilla Fund and recently drew international attention during a United Nations press conference on the threat to ocean habitat posed by deep sea trawling.

    “The Planet Earth series is like a wonderful ride through our world,” said Weaver. “Whatever fascinates you the most…whether it be caves or deep sea, deserts or mountains, you’re in for such a treat. The camera work is so extraordinary and it’s as if you’re an animal living in that world…you become part of that world.”

    Bank of America is the presenting sponsor of the Planet Earth series.

  • Discovery sinks $500K into fund for new programming

    Discovery sinks $500K into fund for new programming

    MUMBAI: Silver Spring-based Discovery Channel US and Discovery Networks International are shelling out big dollars for producers to come up with new, cutting edge programming.

     

    The two have launched a $500,000 Global Landmark Development Fund, seeking groundbreaking programming ideas from producers around the world.

     

    “This is an exciting challenge for producers to bring us ideas as ambitious and innovative as ‘Planet Earth’ and ‘North America’,” said Luis Silberwasser, executive vice president and chief content officer, referring to two of its most successful programming series.

     

    “By working on a global scale, we have a unique opportunity to enlist the world’s best production companies to make their most ambitious ideas a reality.”

     

    ‘North America’, with episodes covering various geographical regions of the continent, is Discovery’s first independently-produced natural history series.

  • Mike Phillips returns to BBC Worldwide

    Mike Phillips returns to BBC Worldwide

    MUMBAI: Mike Phillips will to return to UK pubcaster BBC’s commercial arm BBC Worldwide in a consultative capacity.

    He will work as an executive producer, theatrical films, on projects such as Earth, the feature film produced in parallel with the series Planet Earth and other factually based theatrical titles that BBC Worldwide plans to develop in the future. Before relinquishing corporate duties, Mike was deputy CEO at BBC Worldwide, responsible for managing the relationships with BBC production departments and with independent producers; for rights acquisition and investment in programmes; for marketing and communications and for exploiting programme formats through the international production business.

    BBC Worldwide director of content and production Wayne Garvie said, “Mike has an incredible passion for films and is also very well connected in the industry. There’s no-one better to work with producer, Alastair Fothergill and our partners in Greenlight Media to ensure that Earth is an outstanding production and to develop other ideas for the international market.”

    Phillips said, “The success of our oceans movie, Deep Blue, alongside other factually based films like Fahrenheit 9/11, Touching The Void and March Of The Penguins has created tremendous international interest in the genre. With Earth we have a uniquely ambitious project, already pre-sold in key territories. In addition, we are developing a number of other strong stories both with BBC producers and with UK independent firms.”