New dinosaur and nature programs from Impossible Pictures

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Here are some promising projects for the coming season:
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Posted: Wed., Jun. 22, 2005, 3:20pm PT
Impossible projects
'Dinosaurs' maker unveils nature programs

By STEVE CLARKE

LONDON -- Impossible Pictures, the British company behind hit CGI 
docudocu skeinskein "Walking With Dinosaurs," has announced a slate of 
commissions including co-productions with Discovery, Animal Planet, 
BlightyBlighty's ITV and BBC, France's M6 and Germany's ProSieben.
The new shows, "Prehistoric Park," "Ocean Odyssey" and "T-Rex -- 100 
Years in Pictures," are all big-budget event programming aimed at the 
international market.

The six-part "Prehistoric Park" is a co-prod of ITV1, ProSieben, Animal 
Planet, M6 and Fremantle Intl. It features zoologist Nigel Marven 
introducing a cast of extinct creatures from the age of the dinosaur.

"Ocean Odyssey," the latest linkup of the BBC and Discovery, aims to 
bring auds spectacular re-creations of underwater volcanic eruptions 
and earthquake storms.

"T-Rex," a one-hour special produced by the BBC, ProSieben, Animal 
Planet and Granada Intl., is a tongue-in-cheek celebrity biog of the 
planet's most famous dinosaur.

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http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117924892?categoryid=19&cs=1&s=h&p=0
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"T-Rex's" ex-wife will be played by Katie Holmes.

Mary