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Filmmaker Of Distinction To Take On De-Extinction: Oscar Winner James Reed Boards Docuseries On Company Bringing Back Wooly Mammoth, Dodo And More


Wooly mammoth and dodo de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences will be the focus of an upcoming documentary series from Oscar winner James Reed.

Colossal Biosciences, the company bringing wooly mammoths and other extinct species back to life, and production partner Teton Ridge Entertainment are teaming with acclaimed filmmaker James Reed on a multiyear docuseries. “The series will have exclusive access to follow Colossal as it works to bring back iconic extinct species – including the woolly mammoth, the thylacine [a carnivorous marsupial once native to Australia] and dodo bird – and strives to rewild them into their natural habitats,” notes a release. The release adds, “In addition to the de-extinction projects, the series will reveal the company’s cutting edge conservation technologies that focus on protecting existing endangered species including working to cure EEHV in elephants, engineering in genetic diversity to save the Northern white rhinos, and leveraging artificial intelligence to better understand animal behavior and rewilding impacts.”

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