The BBC has produced Blue Planet, the movie- renamed DEEP BLUE for the cinema audience. The BBC series The Blue Planet, the natural history programmes about life under the sea, has spawned DVDs, CDs and even a £15-a-head Prom concert in Hyde Park. Now David Attenborough’s award-winning investigation of the deep, first broadcast three years…
Representing a rare foray for the distrib into nonfiction films, Miramax has acquired North American rights to feature-length marine life documentary “Deep Blue,” produced by BBC Worldwide and Germany’s Greenlight Media. Directed by Alastair Fothergill and Andy Byatt and narrated by Michael Gambon, the doc explores life above, below and far beneath the ocean’s surface,…
What “Microcosmos” did for creepy crawlies and “Winged Migration” did for our feathered friends, “Deep Blue” now does for ocean dwellers. An offshoot of David Attenborough’s much-admired BBC docu series “The Blue Planet,” this majestic film has all the hallmarks of Beeb quality workmanship – jaw-dropping, sumptuous visuals, a lush George Fenton score, state-of-the-art technology…
Speech of the GLM Executive Board at San Sebastián film festival – world premiere of “Deep Blue” Block 1: (Stefan Beiten) Introduction to self Thank you Rupert Gavin for your words of appreciation. There is really not much to add. For Greenlight, working with BBC Worldwide as one of the worlds leading providers of documentaries…
Five more docus to follow ‘Deep Blue’ Following their ground-breaking collaboration on the theatrical doc “Deep Blue,” BBC Worldwide and Germany’s Greenlight Media have struck a deal to co-produce another five natural-history films for the big screen. “Deep Blue” is a theatrical version of the blockbuster BBC undersea series “The Blue Planet.” It will premiere…