Off the Fence has added new co-productions and Dan O\u2019Neill-fronted shows to its docuseries pipeline.<\/p>\n
Field biologist, wildlife filmmaker and TV presenter O\u2019Neill (Giants<\/em>) is leading the two-part title Zombie<\/em> Animals<\/em>, in which he examines the world of parasites, viruses and fungi that cause their victims to act like zombie slaves. It is being produced by Off the Fence Studios and National Geographic International for Nat Geo WILD.<\/p>\n The two-parter combines blue-chip and UGC archive material with dynamic graphics and on-location footage. Aaron Paul is series producer.<\/p>\n Also in Off the Fence\u2019s production pipeline are Snow Leopards with Dan O\u2019Neill<\/em> and a second season of Nature\u2019s Ultimate Survivors<\/em>. In the former, O\u2019Neill, the Snow Leopard Trust\u2019s only \u201cexplorer in residence,\u201d returns to the mountains of Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia to gather new information on the elusive \u201cGhosts of the Mountains.\u201d Helped by expert local rangers and next-generation camera, tracking and drone technology, O\u2019Neill follows the cats to reveal their hunting behavior, social dynamics and territorial range. O\u2019Neill also fronts the second season of Nature\u2019s Ultimate Survivors<\/em>, which explores wild and weird skills that help animals survive in the wild.<\/p>\n Also on the slate is Wild Talk<\/em>, co-produced by Off the Fence, its parent company ZDF Studios and ARTE. The five-part docuseries explores the rapidly evolving science of animal communications, revealing that many species are just as talkative as human beings.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s fair to say that natural-history co-productions are second nature to OTF,\u201d said Andrew Zikking, managing director of Off the Fence Productions. \u201cOver the years, we\u2019ve learned that a successful co-production is a craft in itself, not just in terms of the tricky art of creative collaboration, but also in knowing how to pick the right partner for the right project for the right client and audience. It\u2019s deeply gratifying that such natural-history power players as ARTE, National Geographic and Love Nature have committed to work with us on these exciting new projects. And, as a company that prioritizes discovering and celebrating fresh and diverse talent, it\u2019s a real coup that the peerless\u2014and fearless\u2014Dan O\u2019Neill has agreed to front three more premium OTF productions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Off the Fence has added new co-productions and Dan O\u2019Neill-fronted shows to its docuseries pipeline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":21687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[9711,9712,9713,760,9373,9300,9714],"class_list":["post-21686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-andrew-zikking","tag-dan-oneill","tag-natures-ultimate-survivors","tag-off-the-fence","tag-snow-leopards-with-dan-oneill","tag-wild-talk","tag-zombie-animals","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n