Los Angeles – One of the world’s most widely-circulated men’s lifestyle television series, Bikini Destinations, is back in production via a new joint venture between the show’s creator, Bennett Productions, and the distributor of the original series, BoPaul Media Worldwide.

A fifth season in the series is under way, with two episodes – shot in high definition in Roatan and at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah – already in the can, and four others in pre-production/development that will be shot throughout the South Pacific and Australia in late 2014/early 2015. These, along with 50 half hours currently in distribution, will be promoted by BMW at next month’s MIPCOM market in Cannes, France. 

Bennett and BoPaul are co-financing the new season’s projected 13 half-hour episodes to be shot, as in the past, in exotic locations around the globe. From 2005 through 2010, BoPaul, then operating under the name of Bennett Media Worldwide, licensed Bikini Destinations and other Bennett productions such as Wild Side, The MEN7 Show, and Hawaiian Tropic Beauty Pageants in more than 65 countries. 

In addition to Bikini Destinations, Bennett and BoPaul are developing several otherTV series, including the reality show, Cash Bar.