The Irwin family is headed back to Animal Planet!
Terri, Bindi and Robert Irwin will be returning to the network in 2018, President and CEO of Discovery Communications, David Zaslav, announced on Wednesday. The announcement comes 11 years after Steve Irwin's death.
According to a press release, in addition to developing and producing television projects for Animal Planet, the Irwins will serve as global ambassadors for Discovery Communications.
Footage of Steve and Terri trapping crocodiles together on their honeymoon became the first episode of The Crocodile Hunter, which debuted on Australia TV in 1996 and in North America a year later. The show became a worldwide hit for Animal Planet, airing from 1996 to 2007, and documenting Bindi and Robert's childhoods in the process.
Related: Bindi Irwin 'Beyond Excited' for Dad Steve Irwin to Receive a Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Steve, who went on to star in other Animal Planet documentaries, like Croc Files, The Crocodile Hunter Diaries and [link=tt...
Terri, Bindi and Robert Irwin will be returning to the network in 2018, President and CEO of Discovery Communications, David Zaslav, announced on Wednesday. The announcement comes 11 years after Steve Irwin's death.
According to a press release, in addition to developing and producing television projects for Animal Planet, the Irwins will serve as global ambassadors for Discovery Communications.
Footage of Steve and Terri trapping crocodiles together on their honeymoon became the first episode of The Crocodile Hunter, which debuted on Australia TV in 1996 and in North America a year later. The show became a worldwide hit for Animal Planet, airing from 1996 to 2007, and documenting Bindi and Robert's childhoods in the process.
Related: Bindi Irwin 'Beyond Excited' for Dad Steve Irwin to Receive a Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Steve, who went on to star in other Animal Planet documentaries, like Croc Files, The Crocodile Hunter Diaries and [link=tt...
- 10/18/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
She's the spitting image of her late father and has inherited his passion for wildlife, and now 11-year-old Bindi Irwin is following "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin's footsteps into Hollywood-style movies.
Bindi makes her feature film acting debut in "Free Willy: Escape From Pirates Cove," being released Tuesday on DVD as the fourth movie based on the 1990s franchise about a boy helping free an Orca trapped in captivity.
"Pirates Cove," however, is a new story about an Australian girl (Irwin) helping a baby Orca trapped at her grandfather's theme park on the shores of South Africa.
Growing up with a larger-than-life personality like Australian adventurer Steve Irwin, who died in 2006 after a stingray attack, acting seems like a natural evolution for Bindi.
She came into this world camera-ready when her father filmed her birth. Growing up, she often was featured on his shows including "The Crocodile Hunter" and...
Bindi makes her feature film acting debut in "Free Willy: Escape From Pirates Cove," being released Tuesday on DVD as the fourth movie based on the 1990s franchise about a boy helping free an Orca trapped in captivity.
"Pirates Cove," however, is a new story about an Australian girl (Irwin) helping a baby Orca trapped at her grandfather's theme park on the shores of South Africa.
Growing up with a larger-than-life personality like Australian adventurer Steve Irwin, who died in 2006 after a stingray attack, acting seems like a natural evolution for Bindi.
She came into this world camera-ready when her father filmed her birth. Growing up, she often was featured on his shows including "The Crocodile Hunter" and...
- 3/24/2010
- by By Zorianna Kit, Reuters
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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