Try and think of the opportunities you’d wake up at 2 A.M. to experience. You could probably count them on one hand, as that’s either pretty late or really early, depending on how you view the clock. Yet when it came to the production of one of Apple TV+’s best shows to watch Prehistoric Planet, executive producer Jon Favreau found himself facing down an opportunity he couldn’t pass up. In an experience he says he’ll “never forget,” Favreau became an early riser to watch Sir David Attenborough record some of his narration for this prehistoric epic.
I learned this first hand as I spoke with both Mike Gunton and Tim Walker, respectively the Executive Producer and Showrunner on Prehistoric Planet 2, which has currently kicked off its five-night event on the 2023 TV schedule. During the press day for this latest jaunt into five more lands before time, it was always a given that the experience of working with the legendary narrator/natural historian was going to become a subject of discussion.
