ACTOR SAM NEILL, STAR OF "JURASSIC PARK" AND "JURASSIC PARK III," 
TO NARRATE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL'S SUPERCROC



(WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 13, 2001)  Could some of the dinosaurs from 
"Jurassic Park" have been mere dinner for a 10-ton crocodilian as long as a city bus, 
known as SuperCroc?  Actor Sam Neill, featured in the blockbuster films "Jurassic Park" 
and this year's "Jurassic Park III," ponders that question and narrates National 
Geographic Channel's upcoming global television event, SuperCroc.  Neill, the 
Australian actor who portrayed Dr. Alan Grant in the popular films, will travel back to 
prehistoric times once again to encounter a behemoth beast.  



In SuperCroc, premiering December 9, 2001 on the National Geographic Channel, 
National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence and paleontologist Dr. Paul Sereno discovers 
the 110-million-year-old fossils of a giant, ancient crocodilian in Niger, Africa. Two 
scientific disciplines then join forces when Dr. Sereno teams up with National 
Geographic reptile expert Dr. Brady Barr.  Working together, they travel the globe to 
better understand the anatomy and behavior of modern crocodilians, looking for clues to 
put flesh on bone and create a life-size reconstruction of the ancient beast.  SuperCroc 
takes viewers to remote locations around the world as Dr. Barr and Dr. Sereno use 
strength, courage and quick reflexes to capture, measure and release various species of 
crocs, all within their natural habitats. 



Taking more than one year to film, with footage gathered from across four continents, 
SuperCroc will premiere in a two-hour global television event on the National 
Geographic Channel on December 9, 2001 in 134 countries and in 22 languages around 
the world.  Television viewers will travel back in time through computer-generated 
animation to see how the giant reptile might have lived, nurtured its young, and battled 
for food and territory.



In addition to the television program, SuperCroc is also the focus of an article in the 
December edition of National Geographic magazine, a web site on 
nationalgeographic.com and several touring exhibits.  In addition, an international exhibit 
that features a life-sized "flesh-on" model of the creature is currently touring Latin 
America and Australia, with additional stops planned in Asia later in the year.



Building on the 35-year legacy of National Geographic Television, which has won over 
800 top television industry awards, the National Geographic Channels International 
(NGCI) bring the vast resources, unsurpassed quality and real heroes of National 
Geographic to over 100 million homes (including day-part households) in 133 countries 
and in 22 languages around the world.