Mangostone was commissioned by See-Saw Films to fabricate realistic model creatures for their production ‘The North Water’, a 5-part drama series set on an Arctic whaling ship in the 1850s, starring Colin Farrell and Jack O’Connell. Matthew Healey sculpted a full-size Polar Bear, complete with a set of internal organs, for one of the key scenes:
We also fabricated seals, seal pelts and seal carcasses for the hunting scenes (click on images to expand):
Colin Farrell on the ice as Henry Drax in ‘The North Water’ with one of Mangostone’s seal carcass props.
Off the coast of Svalbard - it was the furthest North a scripted production has ever filmed.