Blue Ant Studios announced Monday several original commissions from wildlife and nature brand Love Nature that the studio-distributor will be representing at the international documentary marketplace Sunny Side of the Doc, being held this week in La Rochelle, France.
Blue Ant Studios will manage international licensing and pre-sales for four new greenlights, which include: Animal Crowds (3 episodes x 60 minutes), produced by France’s Bonne Pioche Télévision in association with ARTE GEIE; The Philippines (2 x 60), produced by Austria’s Terra Mater Studios in association with Germany’s Catkin Media Production and Doclights; and two titles from Australia’s WildBear Entertainment, Boss Shark: Battle of the Sexes (1 x 60, co-produced with Discovery) and Planet Weird Season 2 (6 x 60).
The new original Love Nature titles will premiere on Love Nature worldwide and will roll out on Sky Nature in the U.K., Italy and Germany in addition to premieres across co-commissioning territories, a Blue Ant Studios press release said.
“Blue Ant Studios is once again unveiling a strong slate of entertaining and compelling natural history content at Sunny Side of the Doc in partnership with our colleagues at Love Nature,” Mark Bishop, co-president of Blue Ant Studios, said in the press release. “Our company’s overall presence at Sunny Side is a great example of how Blue Ant collaborates across its production, distribution and global channels businesses.”
“These newly announced greenlights reflect the wide spectrum of modern wildlife production that Love Nature has become known for over the last decade,” said Alison Barrat, senior vice president and head of content at Love Nature. “Now celebrating ten years, Love Nature is enjoyed by hundreds of millions of people around the globe. Our line-up of premium-quality wildlife programming is created by some of the most celebrated and respected natural history producers from around the world.”
Photo from The Philippines courtesy of Blue Ant Studios
