Prehistoric Life Documentaries

**KB's** ***Prehistoric Life Documentaries*** series (also known as the ***Brief Histories*** or ***KB Prehistoric Life*** series) is a collection of films that are produced and made by KB Fan Fiction. The aim of the series is to recreate extinct animals and present them in wildlife documentary films.

The ***Brief Histories*** series highlights the evolutionary history of a certain group of animals. The first two films garnered KB awards for their high-quality performances and effects.

## *Brief Histories* series

* ***A Brief History of Reptiles*** (2013)

This film is
focused on the evolution of reptiles starting from their emergence during the Carboniferous period and also highlights the rise, success, and the demise of the dinosaurs and other reptiles in the Mesozoic Era. It is KB Fan FIction’s 92nd feature film and it won the 2013 KB Award for Best Picture. It later won the Golden Samurai at the 2017 Asian Fan Fiction Film Festival in Osaka, Japan.

* ***A Brief History of Birds*** (2014)

This film is a sequel to *A Brief History of Reptiles*, and its
focus is on the evolutionary history of birds, starting from their branching out from the dinosaur family followed by their diversification in the Cenozoic Era. It won the 2014 KB Award for Best Actor for the film’s narrator. It is KB Fan Fiction’s 127th feature film.

* ***A Brief History of Whales*** (2015)

This film recounts the evolution of whales. It is KB Fan Fiction’s 160th feature film.

* ***A Brief History of Sharks*** (2018)

This film recounts the evolution of sharks. It is KB Fan Fiction’s 230th feature film.

* ***A Brief History of Amphibians*** (2019)

This film focuses on the evolutionary history of amphibians, beginning with their fish origins in the Devonian and their rise during the Paleozoic and early Mesozoic. It is KB Fan Fiction’s 273rd feature film.

## *Dinosaur Days* series

* ***Dinosaur Days of China*** (2022)

This film highlights the evolutionary history of Chinese dinosaurs. The film was originally slated to be released in 2020 but is postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 outbreak. It is scheduled to be released in 2022.

* ***Dinosaur Days of Africa*** (2023)

This film highlights the evolutionary history of African dinosaurs and is planned to focus on four different regions: Egypt, Niger, Tanzania and South Africa. The Late Cretaceous segment will be set in the island of Madagascar. By August of 2021, the film was two-thirds of the way completed, and was announced to be scheduled for a 2022 release.

## Stand-alone documentaries

* *Sea Monsters* (2013)

This film travels through time to encounter many prehistoric marine creatures that lived during, before, and after dinosaurs. It is KB Fan Fiction’s 87th feature film.

* ***Giants of Mongolia*** (2016)

This film focuses on five individual Mongolian dinosaurs and recounts their survival throughout a period of drought. It is KB Fan Fiction’s 173rd feature film.

* ***Cambrian: Life Begins*** (2017)

This film focuses on four individual Cambrian species and recounts their survival throughout a period of time. It is KB Fan Fiction’s 205th feature film and it won the 2017 KB Award for Best Picture.

* ***Last Days of the Dinosaurs*** (2018)

This film focuses on the final days of the Cretaceous period in five different zones, when the non-avian dinosaurs became extinct. The film is based on recent research on dinosaur extinction, and is KB Fan Fiction’s 222nd feature film.

* ***The Ice Age*** (2018)

This film focuses on megafaunal life during the Ice Age (30,000 years ago) on several
animals including a herd of woolly mammoths, a *Smilodon* pack and a tribe of humans. It is KB Fan Fiction’s 227th feature film.

* ***The Cruel Sea*** (2020)

This film focuses on a year in the life of the Jurassic sea, 160 million years ago.

* *Extinct Files* (2021)

The film highlights six species made extinct by human activity: the dodo, giant moa, great auk, quagga, thylacine and bucardo (Pyrenean ibex).

### Upcoming

* ***Biggest Killer Dinos*** (TBA)

This film highlights the most famous killer dinosaurs: *Allosaurus*, *Tyrannosaurus rex*, *Spinosaurus* and *Giganotosaurus*. The film was originally slated to be released in 2020 but is postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

* ***Triassic World: Dawn of the Dinosaurs*** (TBA)

This film showcases the early history of dinosaurs in the Triassic period, based on the latest discoveries. The film was originally slated to be released in 2020 but is postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

## TV series

Main articles: *A Brief History of Dinosaurs*, *A Brief History of Mesozoic Time,* *A Brief History of Prehistoric Time* and *Rise of Reptiles*

KB has teamed up with subsidiary Dinanimation Studios to create a documentary series called *A Brief History of Dinosaurs*, which will to tell the story of the dinosaurs and other Mesozoic era reptiles from the beginnings of dinosaurs in the Triassic till their eventual extinction 66M years ago. The series will be divided into 26 48-minute episodes, each focusing on a certain period of time or location. The series later expanded to 45 episodes when it was eventually released in 2022.

KB confirms that the new series will not be ripping off any of the series' films including *A Brief History of Reptiles* and will be based on updated paleontological research.

## Timeline of films

The epilogues of the *Brief Histories* series are set in the modern age, highlighting the modern representatives of each animal group focused by the films.