Future is Wild movie

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by: Dave Davis Oct. 1, 2009

The hypothetical creatures of the far future are on their way to theaters.

A few years back, Animal Planet ran a clairvoyant documentary series called "The Future is Wild", which combined science and imagination to speculate and visualize how our planet and its denizens might look in several million years (hint: not a human to be found).

Now they're planning to give that extrapolation a bigger budget and a bigger screen, courtesy of Warner Bros. and SHREK producer John Williams. They'll use use live-action, animation and animatronics to bring their possible future to life.

The series featured freaky theoretical organisms like the Cryptile, Rattleback, Snowstalker, Roachcutter, Ocean Phantom, Gloomworm, Slithersucker, Megasquid and the dreaded Sharkopath.

Source: THR

Extra Tidbit: So, mankind's extinction... around 50 years away, you figure?

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FrancoYesca
9:41PM on 10/02/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
With names like those
They need to go head to head in a DTV schlock-fest. The sequel to Mega Shark vs. Giant squid.
They need to go head to head in a DTV schlock-fest. The sequel to Mega Shark vs. Giant squid.
 
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jubei4000
10:40AM on 10/02/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
50 or so....
yeah we're doomed. 100 years left max...unless the Mayans and Roland emmerich are right...
yeah we're doomed. 100 years left max...unless the Mayans and Roland emmerich are right...
 
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darkstrEam
8:24AM on 10/02/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I really enjoyed that TV series. Vaguely scientific but mostly just entertaining in a "what if...?" kinda way. The episode with the forest full of creatures that evolved from squid was excellent.
I'm sure they did a lot of research for it, but it came across more as entertainment for me. Plus, one of the 'scientists' uses the word "unpossible" at one point. A film related to this would d...
I really enjoyed that TV series. Vaguely scientific but mostly just entertaining in a "what if...?" kinda way. The episode with the forest full of creatures that evolved from squid was excellent.
I'm sure they did a lot of research for it, but it came across more as entertainment for me. Plus, one of the 'scientists' uses the word "unpossible" at one point. A film related to this would definitely be an entertaining watch.
Also the book/series 'The World Without Us' would work for the bigger budget treatment too. That's the one where they discuss what would happen to the Earth and all our achievements if humanity just disappeared tomorrow.
 
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Huttjos
5:08AM on 10/02/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
This is some really cool news. I have been waiting for them to make a big budget realistic 'discovery channel' look movies. cool cool cool.

And when this hits big, lets do dinosaurs :)
This is some really cool news. I have been waiting for them to make a big budget realistic 'discovery channel' look movies. cool cool cool.

And when this hits big, lets do dinosaurs :)
 
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Dead as History
1:22AM on 10/02/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Sounds like an IMAX feature. Hopefully they try a little harder on the names. Sharkopath? Really?
Sounds like an IMAX feature. Hopefully they try a little harder on the names. Sharkopath? Really?