Fremantle’s Wildstar & Filmmaker Dan O’Neill Team On Wildlife Venture

EXCLUSIVE: A natural history filmmaker and Fremantle label Wildstar have partnered on a venture in which travellers will head out on excursions while having their journey documented by a crew.

Dan O’Neill and luxury travel specialist Steppes Travel have launched Wildstar Expeditions with Fremantle’s Wildstar Films, which makes the likes of the Ryan Reynolds-narrated Underdogs for Nat Geo and Disney+.

Wildstar Expeditions will take travellers “seeking exceptional experiences” on a journey with O’Neill and a Wildstar film crew. The crew will document every stage of the trip, making a film of the experience that the guests can then watch afterwards.

O’Neill said: “What excites me about Wildstar Expeditions is being able to take people to places most people simply can’t access, using the same expedition planning and field logistics that make serious research and filming possible in difficult terrain. This is a completely new concept, and there’s something so exciting about inviting people to be part of it from the very start, experiencing that access for the first time in this way.”

Wildstar COO Rebecca Wootton added: “This is more than a luxury holiday. We’re offering guests the rare opportunity to step behind the scenes of wildlife filmmaking, travelling alongside our award-winning film crews and expert guide Dan O’Neill. They’ll discover how some of the world’s most celebrated natural history programmes are made, gain unique insights from leading filmmakers and conservationists, and experience extraordinary wildlife encounters in places few people will ever visit.