Episode 547: In The Seats With....Elliot Newman and 'Prehistoric Planet 2'

Sometimes learning stuff can blow you away...On this episode we are going back to school thanks to the new show on Apple+ called 'Prehistoric Planet 2"!Experience the wonders of our world like never before in this epic docuseries from Jon Favreau and the producers of “Planet Earth.” “Prehistoric Planet” combines award-winning wildlife filmmaking, the latest paleontology learnings and state-of-the-art technology to unveil the spectacular habitats and inhabitants of ancient Earth for a one-of-a-kind immersive experience. The series is produced by the world-renowned team at BBC Studios Natural History Unit with support from the photorealistic visual effects of MPC (“The Lion King,” “The Jungle Book”) applied to concept art created by Jellyfish Pictures (“The Book of Boba Fett,” “Spirit: Untamed”). “Prehistoric Planet” presents little-known and surprising facts of dinosaur life set against the backdrop of the environments of Cretaceous times, including coasts, deserts, freshwater, ice worlds and forests. Travel back 66 million years to when majestic dinosaurs and extraordinary creatures roamed the lands, seas and skies.We've never seen these dinosaurs, quite like this before and a big part of that is the work of the VFX team which have made these creatures look photo realistic and so alive on the screen that we can almost reach out and touch them.  The man who leads that team is VFX supervisor Elliot Newman and we had the pleasure of talking to him about the nature of the job, what kind of work went into make these dinosaurs feel so real and so very much more....'Prehistoric Planet: Season 2' is available now on the Apple + streaming service.