Venice, CA-based, Blur Studio, a leader in 3D animation, effects and
design, has spawned a new theme park and special venue division. The new venture will be
helmed by veteran ride film director Yas Takata. The new studio comes off the
heels of Blur's success with the creation of last year's METEOR ATTACK, a
custom film attraction for the Tobu Zoo Park in Tokyo, Japan co-directed by Takata and
Blur co-founder Tim Miller. The film has since been licensed by Iwerks
Entertainment to play at venues around the globe. Takata has directed
and/or produced films for Iwerks Entertainment, Imax Corp., Busch Gardens,
Busch Entertainment's Sea World of Florida and San Diego, and The MGM Grand
over the past 10 years. Currently, the Blur team is working on RIDE THE
RECORDS, another large format film directed by Takata for Guinness World
Records attractions. Blur has done ride films for the Novellus Corp. and
for Viacom's STAR TREK WORLD TOUR scheduled to open at Suntec City in
Singapore on December 5, 1999.