I mean, some of the incidents are based on real things.

I liked the idea so I bought the rights to the project and rewrote it using my own ideas, with my daughter, Isabel Bassett, to make it into the kind of a conversation that I wanted to have, in terms of its conservation message, its internal family dynamic and how I was putting it together.

When I was making Rogue, I came across a script by a guy called Paul Chronnell, which was a safari gone wrong for a family. I managed to do it in Rogue, the film I made with Megan Fox last year where we talked about lion farming and we made that into an action movie. I kind of went off piece and became a filmmaker and I’ve been looking for a way to bring my passion for natural history and my love of blowing shit up and crashing cars and shooting guns into a kind of simplified frame. It’s hugely important to me and always has been. I wanted to be a wildlife vet when I was a kid, I ran wildlife hospitals, I flew falcons, I was a vet assistant for five years when I was a teenager and I worked on TV in the UK when I was young as a wildlife host, talking about science and nature. MJ: I’ve been involved in conservation and natural history my whole life, it’s my great passion. The film is directed by MJ Bassett ( Rogue ) who co-wrote the film with her daughter Isabel Bassett.Ĭheck out my Q & A with MJ! Photo courtesy of Lionsgate. Then, as two of them go in search of rescue, a bloody, vicious encounter with a leopard and a clan of hyenas incites a desperate fight for survival.Įndangered Species stars Rebecca Romijn ( X-Men), Philip Winchester (“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”), Isabel Bassett ( Rogue ), Michael Johnston (“Teen Wolf”), Chris Fisher (“Raised By Wolves”) and Jerry O’Connell (“Billions”). But as they venture off alone into a wilderness park, their safari van is flipped over by an angry rhino, leaving them injured and desperate. Jack Halsey (Winchester) takes his wife (Romijn), their adult kids, and a friend for a dream vacation in Kenya. Synopsis: Starring Rebecca Romijn ( X-Men ) and Jerry O’Connell (Showtime’s “Billions”) this gripping adventure tale unfolds beneath a brutal African sun. MJ Bassett takes us on a thrilling journey through the Kenyan wilderness in her new film Endangered Species.

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