{"id":901135,"date":"2026-09-22T09:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T09:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/901135\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T09:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T09:36:14","slug":"werner-herzogs-ghost-elephants-lands-deal-with-buffalo-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/901135\/","title":{"rendered":"Werner Herzog’s ‘Ghost Elephants’ Lands Deal With Buffalo 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBuffalo 8<\/a> Distribution has acquired home entertainment rights to \u201cGhost Elephants<\/a>,\u201d the documentary written, directed and narrated by Werner Herzog<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe deal, negotiated at the Toronto Film Festival market, pairs Buffalo 8 with Sobey Road Entertainment for the film\u2019s home entertainment rollout, with release dates and platform details to be unveiled separately.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe agreement was negotiated by Buffalo 8 CEO Matthew Helderman and Sobey Road Co-Managing Partner Terrence Battle.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFew filmmakers have shaped documentary cinema like Werner Herzog,\u201d said Nikki Stier Justice, head of distribution at Buffalo 8. \u201cWe are honored to partner on \u2018Ghost Elephants\u2019 and help extend the reach of this extraordinary film through home entertainment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film follows Dr. Steve Boyes, a conservation biologist and National Geographic Explorer, on a search spanning more than a decade for an elusive, rarely documented elephant population in the mist-covered highlands of Angola, one some speculate may descend from the largest land mammal on record. Boyes is joined by National Geographic Explorer Kerllen Costa and three KhoiSan master trackers, Xui, Xui Dawid and Kobus, on an expedition that combines scientific inquiry with ancient knowledge.<\/p>\n

\n\tHerzog described the expedition as more than a search for an elusive animal, calling it \u201can exploration of dreams, of imagination \u2013 weighed against reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cGhost Elephants\u201d premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2025 before its North American premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, followed by selections at AFI Fest and IDFA. The film received a special mention from the FAI Persona Lavoro Ambiente Foundation at Venice and the Programmers Award for Documentary Feature at the Virginia Film Festival. Herzog\u2019s narration also earned a 2026 Emmy nomination for outstanding narrator.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe documentary is produced by Herzog and Ariel Leon Isacovitch. It is a production of National Geographic Documentary Films, Sobey Road Entertainment, Skellig Rock, Inc. and The Roots Production Service.<\/p>\n

\n\tSobey Road\u2019s slate also includes \u201cLilith Fair: Building a Mystery,\u201d produced with ABC News Studios and CBC; \u201cBilly Preston: That\u2019s the Way God Planned It\u201d; and \u201cPete Townshend: Behind Blue Eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Buffalo 8 Distribution has acquired home entertainment rights to \u201cGhost Elephants,\u201d the documentary written, directed and narrated by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":901136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,469576,134,76160,344,76161],"class_list":["post-901135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-buffalo-8","tag-entertainment","tag-ghost-elephants","tag-movies","tag-werner-herzog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=901135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/901136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=901135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=901135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=901135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}