TV giant All3Media has acquired natural history specialists Silverback Films. The production company, founded in 2021 by Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey, was behind the recent documentary David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet, which had a worldwide theatrical release at the end of September, becoming the widest-ever documentary release in British cinema history, before launching globally on Netflix.
Financial details of the acquisition weren't revealed. "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 All3Media CEO Jane Turton.
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