All3Media Acquires Silverback Films

Silverback Films, the production company founded by Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey, has been acquired by All3Media.

The outfit, set up in 2012 and focused on natural-history content, made Our Planet for Netflix, The Hunt for the BBC, a slate of Disneynature films and the feature-length doc David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet, which was released theatrically before arriving on Netflix.

“The talent is world-class and Silverback is at the very top of its game at a time when the relevance of landmark natural-history programming has never been greater,” said Jane Turton, All3Media’s CEO, on the acquisition. “Silverback’s films are stunning—showing us the diversity of the natural world and through their fantastic storytelling and ingenious mastery of technique and technology, they capture breathtaking moments on camera and take us to places we have never seen before and continue to teach us about the world’s natural environments, and how vital it is to preserve them.”

Fothergill, joint founder and CEO, added, “We have found a partner that shares our creative ambition to make the highest quality programming. Key to this is our shared focus on attracting and retaining the best talent long into the future. We are very excited by all the new opportunities now open to Silverback within the All3Media family and Keith and I are looking forward to leading the company through the next chapter of its development.”

Silverback is currently wrapping up A Perfect Planet for BBC One and Discovery.