Prehistoric Planet (2022)
- Directed by
- Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones
- Genre
- popular science film
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Length
- 2 seasons, 10 episodes
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Rating
- 8.3 of 10 from 502 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This nature documentary-style series uses computer animation and modern research to show dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals living in the Late Cretaceous period. David Attenborough narrates their daily behaviors in various habitats around the ancient world.
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What happens
Prehistoric Planet is a television series, created in the nature documentary style, about extinct prehistoric animals that premiered on Apple TV beginning May 23, 2022. The first two seasons (2022–23) are produced by the BBC Studios Natural History Unit, with Jon Favreau as showrunner, visual effects by The Moving Picture Company, and narration by natural historian Sir David Attenborough. These seasons depict dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, recreated with computer-generated imagery, living around the globe in the Late Cretaceous period 66 million years ago (Maastrichtian), just before the non-avian dinosaurs' extinction. The show intends to simulate the behaviors of these species by speculating from modern palaeontological research. A third season titled Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, narrated by Tom Hiddleston and focusing on Pleistocene megafauna, was released in 2025. Hans Zimmer, Kara Talve, and Anže Rozman composed the soundtrack. Prehistoric Planet is the highest-profile dinosaur-focused documentary series produced by the BBC since Planet Dinosaur in 2011, and its nature documentary-styled format is similar to the highly successful Walking with Dinosaurs (1999). Prehistoric Planet received critical acclaim for its visual effects, depiction of dinosaurs, and Attenborough's narration. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
Walking with Beasts (2001)- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.