Take a trip 66 million years into the past with season two of Apple TV+’s Prehistoric Planet. The second season’s official trailer for the groundbreaking natural history event series introduces new dinosaurs and five new habitats, with Sir David Attenborough guiding the journey as narrator.
Apple TV+’s Prehistoric Planet 2 will air over five nights, beginning on May 22, 2023.
Jon Favreau, Mike Gunton, and BBC Studios Natural History Unit (Planet Earth) serve as executive producers. Bleeding Fingers Music’s Hans Zimmer and Andrew Christie wrote the theme, and Zimmer, Anže Rozman, and Kara Talve composed the score.
The new season will be accompanied by the companion podcast “Prehistoric Planet: The Official Podcast.” Debuting May 8th, the podcast will feature executive producers Gunton and Favreau, along with expert paleontologists and animators, discussing the technology involved in bringing the dinosaurs to life.
Prehistoric Planet 2 Details, Courtesy of Apple TV+:
Exploring five new habitats, audiences can expect to be transported to the active volcanoes of India, the marshlands of Madagascar, the deep oceans near North America, and so much more. Throughout this season, the series and its creators take you up close into dinosaurs’ habitats to experience the dangers, the adventures, and even the camaraderie between species unlike we’ve seen before.
As revealed in the trailer, Prehistoric Planet brings exciting scientific discoveries in season two that unearth dinosaur behavior and introduce never-before-seen apex predators. New studies show that giant herbivore dinosaurs, like Tarchia, were formidable fighters – their armored skin defended against predators, as well as among themselves for mating rights. While the T. Rex was known to be the mightiest predator on land, a lesser-known rival for the title of “Prehistoric Planet’s Deadliest” ruled the seas. The giant Mosasaurus was a 55-foot aquatic lizard capable of accelerating through the water at incredible speeds and launching attacks that its prey would never see coming.
Isisaurus is one of many dinosaurs making their screen debut in season two. Fossil records show that they may have nested in huge lava-covered areas, deliberately laying their eggs where volcanic heat warmed the ground. Predators were also found in the air; Quetzalcoatlus was a giraffe-sized flying reptile and the biggest animal ever to fly. These incredible pterosaurs could attack and fly with prey up to 100 lbs, armed with a six-foot, fast-stabbing beak.
Prehistoric Planet season two introduces many dinosaur species new to science and named in recent years from the Cretaceous world while also hinting at other animals that lived alongside dinosaurs, including early members of most groups of animals, like mammals and reptiles, alive today.
The New Featured Dinosaurs:
Isisaurus – An Indian sauropod (long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur) that made its home in an extreme volcanic region known as the Deccan Traps, laying eggs in volcanic heated terrain.
Pectinodon – A fierce hunter and fond parent, this bird-like North American feathered dinosaur was part of the troodontid family. A sharp-clawed, long-legged predator, it was an adaptable hunter, its teeth and jaws suggesting that many sorts of small animals would have been on the menu.
Quetzalcoatlus and Hatzegopteryx – The biggest creatures ever to soar the skies, these gargantuan pterosaurs (prehistoric flying reptiles) were the size of a giraffe or small aircraft and are some of Prehistoric Planet’s most charismatic characters.
The Cretaceous world was not just filled with dinosaurs — other animals lived alongside dinosaurs, including early members of most groups alive today. They include mammals, numerous lizards and snakes, diverse members of the crocodile family, and frogs large and small. Beelzebufo from Madagascar was a giant Cretaceous frog with a powerful bite comparable to that of a modern-day tiger.
