KPI's Animal Gladiators to Debut on Animal Planet

NEW YORK, December 11: KPI, a production unit of
Lightworks Producing Group, has completed production on Animal Gladiators, a two-hour special that explores what motivated
the Romans to kill animals in the name of entertainment, which is set to air on
Animal Planet on December 14.

Narrated by Peter Weller, the special
uses CGI graphics, interviews and digital re-enactments to go back in time to
witness how creatures were captured in the wild and transported back to Italy,
where they were forced to fight against gladiators and one other. Animal Gladiators reveals facts about the Roman's 2,000 year-old
practice that endangered and even extinguished many creatures.

Vincent Kralyevich is the
executive producer for KPI and Melinda Toporoff is the executive producer at
Animal Planet. The special is set to air on December 14 at 9 p.m.

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski