Arizona Daily Star covers “Planet of the Ants”

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Arizona Daily Star covers “Planet of the Ants”

August 7, 2009 by myrmecos

A British film crew is in Arizona to film “Planet of the Ants,” a National Geographic Television documentary about the picnic-spoiling arthropods.

The filmmakers, who shot in Phoenix and Tucson over the past couple of weeks, are now in the town of Portal, near the New Mexico border, until Wednesday, when they’ll head back to England.

The leader of the crew, producer Martin Dohrn, director of the British production company Ammonite Ltd., said Arizona is a prime spot for ant filming.”

More here, and my photo essay on the filming is here.

Posted in Ants | Tagged media | 9 Comments

9 Responses

on August 8, 2009 at 6:12 am Kai

Oh thank goodness! I was wondering what the documentary was called, searching for the name so I could watch it when it finally is finished.
on August 8, 2009 at 10:11 pm atheist of peace

Could some one tell me where i could view this online?
on August 9, 2009 at 7:35 am myrmecos

If any of the film ends up online, I’ll certainly post a link to it. But the film is still in production so that’ll be a while from now.
- on August 10, 2009 at 9:08 pm atheist of peace
  
  I do not watch much TV, Just read books, articles online and mod a few forums, but I might flip the tube on for this.
  
  *off topic* Can i choose my post icon thingy? or make an account etc?
on August 10, 2009 at 5:42 am mzec

I gather they’ll also be filming something about the Ant Course?
on August 11, 2009 at 2:57 pm Caleb

Should be a GREAT film!
on August 14, 2009 at 1:36 am Ant

Can’t wait. Any ETA on when it will be shown? 2010?
on September 5, 2010 at 8:43 am Ant

Is this documentary still coming out this month?
on August 4, 2011 at 11:46 pm Ant

Zzz… 😦