Disaster! BBC to re-create the sinking of Atlantis a la 300
Want to know how Atlantis got "lost" in the first place? Well, the BBC has announced they are going to dig into the story of "the greatest natural disaster to shake the ancient world" through a 300-style film and a companion documentary.
Atlantis is the story of the Minoans, the first great civilization who lived on the island of Crete. The island was flooded by enormous tsunamis after a gigantic volcano erupted in the Aegean Sea and obliterated the nearby island of Thera. The film uses the work of leading scientists, archaeologists and historians to build a scenario for what the Minoans' civilization might have looked like.
"Atlantis will immerse the viewer in a world they've never seen before, in a brand new, exciting way," said executive producer Ailsa Orr (Pompeii—The Last Day). "The world of the Minoans and the disaster that wiped them out has been created using visual effects that have, to date, only ever been used in Hollywood movies. It offers our audiences a unique viewing experience—the closest they'll ever get to one of the greatest natural disasters of all time."
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Want to know how Atlantis got "lost" in the first place? Well, the BBC has announced they are going to dig into the story of "the greatest natural disaster to shake the ancient world" through a 300-style film and a companion documentary.
Atlantis is the story of the Minoans, the first great civilization who lived on the island of Crete. The island was flooded by enormous tsunamis after a gigantic volcano erupted in the Aegean Sea and obliterated the nearby island of Thera. The film uses the work of leading scientists, archaeologists and historians to build a scenario for what the Minoans' civilization might have looked like.
"Atlantis will immerse the viewer in a world they've never seen before, in a brand new, exciting way," said executive producer Ailsa Orr (Pompeii—The Last Day). "The world of the Minoans and the disaster that wiped them out has been created using visual effects that have, to date, only ever been used in Hollywood movies. It offers our audiences a unique viewing experience—the closest they'll ever get to one of the greatest natural disasters of all time."
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