IMAX, BEACH HOUSE PICTURES AND CHINA REVIEW STUDIO JOIN FORCES ON "THE ELEPHANT ODYSSEY", A NEW FEATURE DOCUMENTARY ON CHINA'S WANDERING ELEPHANTS
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Monday, July 3, 2023
NEW YORK and QUANZHOU, China, July 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IMAX® Corporation (NYSE: IMAX), Beach House Pictures (a Blue Ant Media company) and China Review Studio of China International Communications Group (CICG) today announced the start of production on a new documentary, "The Elephant Odyssey". The film chronicles the epic adventure of the wandering Asian elephants that captivated viewers around the world in 2020 and explores the beautiful, rarely seen world of Yunnan, China where the elephants (called Dá in the local Wa dialect) live. Filmed with stunning IMAX cameras and slated for release across the IMAX network in 2024, the 90-minute film is currently in production in China.
Key Points:
- Together with Beach House Pictures, China Review Studio and director Alice Gu, this will be an immersive wildlife documentary like no other."
- The feature documentary is filmed with IMAX certified cameras and will feature exclusive footage of the elephants' breathtaking 18-month journey through an unprecedented partnership with China Review Studio.
- The film is directed by award-winning filmmaker Alice Gu and co-produced by IMAX, Beach House Pictures, and China Review Studio, associated with the Foreign Languages Press and Lucent Pictures.
- IMAX's John Turner and Daniel Manwaring, Beach House's Donovan Chan and Jocelyn Little, and China Review Studio's Chen Fang will executive produce.