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Dystopian movie Young Ones films South Africa with VFX work in Ireland
New dystopian movie Young Ones doubled South Africa for a dusty US state in a future where the planet is ravaged by chronic drought. Visual effects work was completed in Ireland by Windmill Lane VFX of Dublin, under a co-production…
Creative Scotland reaffirms commitment to film studio in new report
Creative Scotland has reaffirmed its commitment to a purpose-built film studio in Scotland in its new report Film Strategy 2014-17. Television drama Outlander is one of the highest-profile productions currently filming in Scotland and is based in a retrofitted facility…
Industrial Light & Magic VFX company opens new London base
Iconic visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) has officially opened its new London office. The firm is a division of Lucasfilm and was initially set up in the mid-70s to pioneer the innovative visual effects needed for the…
Trixter VFX company expands to Canada with new Toronto office
Visual effects company Trixter has announced a new Canadian office to be opened in Toronto. The firm was founded in 1998 and has a relationship with Marvel Studios having worked on shoots including The Avengers, Iron Man 3 and Captain…
Quebec Film and Television Council launches website to promote VFX industry
The Quebec Film and Television Council (QFTC) has launched a new website to promote the visual effects industry in the Canadian province. VFX-Montreal.com offers details on 17 separate companies with credits including X-Men: Days of Future Past, Hercules and Iron…
Atomic Fiction becomes latest visual effects company to open Montreal office
Atomic Fiction has become the latest visual effects company to open an office in Montreal, Quebec. The company’s recent projects include the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, Transformers: Age of Extinction and Need for Speed. The firm will retain…
X-Men Apocalypse to keep superhero franchise in Canada by filming Montreal
Upcoming superhero sequel X-Men: Apocalypse will film on location in Montreal, Canada, the same place chosen by its massively successful predecessor X-Men: Days of Future Past. It’s likely to film at the same studio facility, Mel’s Cite du Cinema. The…
Visual effects companies Double Negative and Prime Focus World merge
Visual effects company Double Negative and India-based entertainment services provider Prime Focus World have announced a merger agreement to create the industry’s biggest visual effects company. Double Negative’s recent work has included Man of Steel and Formula One drama Rush.…
Sony Pictures Imageworks follows incentives and shifts HQ to Vancouver
The visual effects company behind big-budget features like The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Edge of Tomorrow is to shift its head office from Culver City in California to Vancouver. Sony Pictures Imageworks is making the move partly because of British…
New X-Men movie films mutant drama on location in Montreal
Bryan Singer filmed new superhero sequel X-Men: Days of Future Past on location in Montreal, Canada. Through a time travel storyline, the film unites the X-Men franchise’s original characters, Professor X, Magneto and Wolverine, with their younger incarnations from X-Men:…