Apple TV+ has shared with AWN and VFXWorld an unique behind-the-scenes featurette with Jon Favreau, Tim Walker, and Mike Gunton speaking about how the VFX artists at main visible results studio MPC and scientists – particularly Dr. Darren Naish, consulting paleontologist – labored collectively to meld science and artwork to carry Prehistoric Planet Season 2 to life, crammed with new dinosaurs, new habitats and scientific discoveries .
The brand new season of the collection, from Favreau and the famed BBC Studios Pure Historical past Unit, is now streaming on Apple TV+. The present imagines what life was like when dinosaurs roamed the Earth through the Late Cretaceous interval, 66 million years in the past. MPC digitally resurrects and inserts the extinct creatures into footage captured by the BBC’s Pure Historical past Unit.
Favreau and Gunton govt produce, with Walker serving as producer. Elliot Newman serves as MPC’s VFX supervisor on the undertaking. Sir David Attenborough narrates with an authentic rating by Hans Zimmer, Anže Rozman, and Kara Talve for Bleeding Fingers Music.
Take a number of moments to journey again in time… fairly a method again, in truth:
Together with the brand new season of the collection, Apple TV+ simply debuted a brand new companion podcast referred to as “Prehistoric Planet: The Official Podcast.” Every week, Gunton dives into the artwork and science that introduced this landmark collection to life. The primary episode of the podcast, launched on Might 8, featured an unique, in-depth interview with Favreau. Subsequent episodes of the four-part audio collection can be found each Monday by way of Might 29. Different particular friends will embody skilled paleontologists, animators, and extra, as they reveal the science and expertise used to carry the magnificent habitats – and the creatures who roamed them – to life.
Take heed to the official Prehistoric Planet podcast weekly right here.
Dan Sarto is Writer and Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Community.