On March 18, BBC Studios officially announced the return of Walking With Dinosaurs at the FILMART China-UK Film and Television Forum in Hong Kong. The series will be exclusively available on iQiyi, continuing the legend of its debut on TV 25 years ago. Produced by the BBC Studios Science Department, the new 6-episode series will lead viewers through the fog of time and space, using cutting-edge technology to recreate the epic life story of ancient giants.
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As a classic BBC documentary IP, the return of Walking with Dinosaurs will restore the survival, hunting, fighting and extinction of these prehistoric overlords with unprecedented accuracy, with the help of cutting-edge technology. The most cutting-edge visual effects will show the audience lifelike prehistoric scenes, and each 50-minute episode will tell a gripping dinosaur story based on the latest archaeological evidence.
Each episode of Walking with Dinosaurs focuses on a dinosaur that is currently being excavated by the world's leading paleontologists. For example, Albertosaurus is a smaller but equally deadly relative of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, capable of running at speeds of about 48 kilometers per hour. According to the latest fossil evidence, Albertosaurus was covered in fuzzy feathers, and the fossils of related species also preserve these details perfectly.
Closely related to Triceratops, Pachyrhinosaurus was a plant-eating dinosaur with a thick layer of keratin called a "bone pad" covering the bones of its nose, a natural weapon for fierce male-male combat. The Pachyrhinosaurus, featured in this film, is particularly special, with a single horn protruding from the center of its skull, nicknamed "Unicorn Horn" by paleontologists. Archaeological evidence shows that in the late Cretaceous period 73 million years ago, a superherd of up to 40,000 Pachyrhinosaurus may have embarked on an epic migration across hundreds of miles in search of food and nesting places. This massive seasonal migration is strikingly similar to the migration patterns of modern North American caribou herds, outlining the spectacular wonders of prehistoric ecosystems.
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Phil Hardman, Executive Vice President and General Manager of BBC Studios Asia, said: "In the future, we will continue to work with iQiyi to explore the brand value of Walking with Dinosaurs on and off the screen." Ning Yuqi, Director of iQiyi Documentary Center, said that they will link online and offline resources to "extend the influence of this IP with diversified gameplay, so that the dinosaur legend of billions of years ago can be revitalized in the modern era."