Zed, the Paris-based production company, is joining forces with CCTV9, the factual channel of the Chinese public broadcaster, to produce “Wild Treasure of China,” a 4K-lensed wildlife documentary series.
Lensed in the wild landscape of China, the series will shed light on rare species which are repopulating these areas.
The series, budgeted at 3 million Euros, will kick off with an episode dedicated to snow leopards which was directed by Frédéric Larrey and required three years of filming. The first one-hour episode will be delivered in February and has pre-sold by Zed to the French broadcaster France Télévisions, Smithsonian Channel, National Geographic Wild et Ndr.
The other four episodes will be delivered in 2021 and will be dedicated to other animals such as “the tiger from Siberia, the blue bear from Himalaya, the antelope from Tibet and the giant panda which are all symbols of China’s wilderness,” said Zed, adding that...
Lensed in the wild landscape of China, the series will shed light on rare species which are repopulating these areas.
The series, budgeted at 3 million Euros, will kick off with an episode dedicated to snow leopards which was directed by Frédéric Larrey and required three years of filming. The first one-hour episode will be delivered in February and has pre-sold by Zed to the French broadcaster France Télévisions, Smithsonian Channel, National Geographic Wild et Ndr.
The other four episodes will be delivered in 2021 and will be dedicated to other animals such as “the tiger from Siberia, the blue bear from Himalaya, the antelope from Tibet and the giant panda which are all symbols of China’s wilderness,” said Zed, adding that...
- 6/27/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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