Toronto – Love Nature, home to the world’s largest library of 4K wildlife and nature content, and UK-based Plimsoll Productions announced that production has begun on Part II of its celebrated 4K natural history project, Camp Zambia. Following up on the incredible success experienced on this production, the camp is shooting 12 new hours of wildlife and nature programming in Zambia once again, then heading east to base themselves in Sri Lanka to create another 12 hours of new content. All 24 hours are scheduled for delivery in Summer 2018.
“Camp Zambia was truly one of Love Nature’s most innovative production partnerships, allowing us to create 50 hours of stunning 4K natural history series and documentaries, all delivered in house within two years,” said Ward Platt, CEO, Global Networks, Blue Ant Media. “Following up on all of its success, Camp Sri Lanka brings endless possibilities as we embark on a new production project that will see us producing new stories about the region’s extraordinary creatures and habitats.”
“We are extremely pleased to roll out the innovative Camp model of natural history filming to a new territory,” said Andrew Jackson, President of International Production for Plimsoll Productions. “Camp Sri Lanka will definitely serve as a challenge to our team, but they are excited and inspired by Camp Zambia’s runaway success with incredible wildlife stories.”
In Zambia, the team will follow up with the award-winning project’s stars, including The Misfit and Kamuti from Africa’s Hunters. Returning series from this project include Africa’s Hunters, Season 3 (6×48’; 4K), Tales from Zambia, Season 3 (4×48’; 4K) and Guardians of the Wild, Season 3 (2×48’; 4K).
Similar to the Camp Zambia production, the Camp Sri Lanka team will immerse themselves in the region’s wildest locations to follow the action 24/7, focusing on individual animal characters and families and capturing their lives in unprecedented detail. Home to Asia’s most sensational wildlife, Sri Lanka is monsoon country, with an eco-system driven by the most powerful storms in the world. The country is surrounded by the Indian Ocean and has hundreds of square miles of pristine wilderness, made up of a mosaic of habitats and has the highest rate of biological endemism in the world. The island is also home to a dazzling variety of wildlife, 830 of which are only found in Sri Lanka. There are over 90 species of mammal, including Sri Lanka Asian Elephants, sloth bears, sambar, leopards and wild buffaloes. The region is also home to rare red slender loris, touque macaque, purple-faced langur and over 430 bird species.
