New Global Co-Pro Sets Focus on Animal Extinction

CANNES, October 16: The
new six-part documentary thriller series Extinctions is the first four-way co-production between
Singapore, France, Canada and Brazil, and is set for distribution across TV,
VOD and mobile, among other platforms.

Extinctions will be co-produced by France 5, Frederic Lepage Concepts
(France), Coyote Conseil (France), Oak3 Films (Singapore), Media Development
Authority of Singapore (MDA), Mixer (Brazil) and Greenspace Productions
(Canada), in conjunction with broadcasters France 5, High Fidelity HDTV
(Canada) and Radio Television Belge Francophone (Belgium). The series will be
distributed worldwide by Marathon International.

Produced in HD,
Extinctions showcases endangered
species: Asian elephant, cheetah, jaguar, orangutan, tiger and polar bear. The
project offers insights into the processes involved in their disappearances and
how to avert this from happening.

The cross-platform
property will deliver on various types of media, including global television,
video on demand, mobile phones, books and user-generated content through the Extinctions
dedicated Internet channel.

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski