Boulevard Entertainment has boarded Against The Wild 2: Survive The Serengeti as an executive producer.

The Canada-South Africa coproduction will be directed by Richard Boddington, who also directed the original Against The Wild film. Against The Wild recently received an International Emmy Kids Award nomination in the TV Movie/Mini-Series category, and will compete for the prize in New York on Feb. 20.

Against The Wild 2: Survive the Serengeti will be distributed by Anchor Bay in North America and DARO internationally, with RBC on board to provide interim financing. Marc Swenker, Don Fenton, John G. Simmonds, Jesse Ikeman, Mary Fisher and Bruno Zuccato will serve as executive producers on the film.

The film is currently slated for a 2015 release on DVD, VOD and via television broadcast. Fenton told Playback Daily there has been “significant” interest in the project from international broadcasters thus far. Production is set to start in South Africa in February 2015.

Boulevard Entertainment is the film and television division of A. C. Simmonds and Sons. It recently opened a new office in Toronto.