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It’s Sweet VFX Dreams for Framestore on ‘Slumberland’

The visual effects studio's team, led by VFX supervisor João Sita and animation supervisor Fernando Herrera, delivered 200 shots that featured a bed that walks and floats, an animated stuffie named Pig, and a massive flying Canadian goose, on the fantasy adventure now streaming on Netflix.

Heading to Stuttgart Headline News

FMX 2023 Program Now Online

The 4-day hybrid event returns to Stuttgart April 25-27 with an exclusive online day April 28; confirmed presentations include the creative and technical journey of Netflix’s ‘1899’ and Digital Domain’s use of Charlatan, its neural network for ‘deep fake’-like face replacements on Disney+’s ‘She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.’

VFX for commercials Headline News

Framestore Shares ‘Enjoy the Ride’ Formula 1 Spot Breakdown Reel

Studio collaborates with Sky Creative from pre-production through shoot and VFX to create an adrenaline-fueled spot to celebrate the start of the 2023 racing season.

The Ship Finally Sails Headline News

‘The Little Mermaid’ Official Trailer Makes Oscar Telecast Debut

Witness the impressive shot-for-shot trailer for the faithful upcoming adaptation of Disney’s classic animated musical starring Halle Bailey as Ariel; the film swims into theaters May 26.

Catch ‘Em All Headline News

Has ‘Detective Pikachu 2’ Caught Its Director?

‘Portlandia’ co-creator Jonathan Krisel is reportedly in talks to helm the sequel to Legendary Entertainment’s extremely popular hybrid live-action-CG film ‘Pokémon: Detective Pikachu.’

Headed Back to Neverland Headline News

Disney Drops First Official Trailer for ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’

The latest Mouse House live-action adaptation stars dual protagonists Alexander Molony as Peter and Ever Anderson as Wendy, launching exclusively on Disney+ April 28, 2023.

And Your Crab Can Sing! Headline News

Was First Look at Sebastian Discovered by Eagle-Eyed ‘The Little Mermaid’ Fans?

The feisty crab with a Jamaican accent appears to be modeled after his real-life counterpart in the live-action adaptation, departing from the cartoony style of the animated film.

People Headline News

Framestore Pictures Adds Directors Rich Lee and Jennifer Stafford

Company to represent both filmmakers in North America and the UK; Lee’s recent credits include multi-award-winning project ‘The Hiring Chain,’ while Stafford’s include Emmy Award-winning short ‘One Shot.’

The Sea Witch Returns! Headline News

New ‘The Little Mermaid’ Teaser Reveals Ursula First Look

Melissa McCarthy is all cackles as the evil sea witch in the live-action adaptation of Disney’s classic animated musical that stars Halle Bailey as Ariel and swims into theaters May 26.

Super Bowl LVII Headline News

Watch: CrowdStrike’s ‘Troy’ Super Bowl TV Spot

The cybersecurity company’s in-house creative team and VFX studio Framestore use a not-so-metaphorical ‘Trojan horse’ to deliver a message to millions about the real and pervasive threat of cyberattacks.

One Last Ride Headline News

New ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ Trailer Teases End of Franchise

Promising ‘one last ride,’ the trailer takes us inside the team’s battle against the High Evolutionary, but more importantly, we get to see baby Rocket!

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Framestore Sets Sail on ‘1899’ with New Virtual Production Tools

The award-winning VFX studio’s team, led by Connor Ling and Freddy Salazar, created tools integrated with Unreal Engine 5.1 to render and project realistic backgrounds onto an LED wall using 18 different machines with dual GPUs, for the Netflix series about an ocean liner diverted to answer a distress signal from a long-lost sister ship.

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Framestore Shares ‘Kaleidoscope’ Breakdown Reel

Studio serves as lead VFX vendor on Eric Garcia’s new nonlinear, eight-part Netflix crime series inspired by the true story of a $70 billion Manhattan bank heist during Hurricane Sandy; challenging effects-heavy shots included creating a swarm of digital bees to camouflage a character’s movements through a super-secure bank vault.

Going Knowhere for the Holidays Headline News

Framestore Adds Festive Flair to Marvel’s 'The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special’

The award-winning studio delivers 271 shots for the Disney+ special, including a newly built and decorated Knowhere, Cosmo the (digital) dog, and a dancing adolescent Groot.

Teaching Tomorrow’s Heroes and Villains VFXWorld

Framestore Creates CG Magic for Netflix’s ‘The School for Good and Evil’

Studio delivers previs, techvis, postvis and final shots on director Paul Feig’s new film, based on Soman Chainani’s fantasy hexalogy, about two young girls who find themselves at the titular school, which raises the heroes and villains of tomorrow.

People Headline News

Milk Names Steve MacPherson Chief Technology Officer

The former Framestore CTO steps into studio’s newly created role to drive technology strategy and operations including Systems, Pipeline, Editorial, and R&D.

Community Outreach Headline News

Access: VFX Launches European Chapter

Netflix joins The Foundry to support new chapter helmed by Glassworks’ Chris Kiser; studio coalition aims to promote diversity within the VFX industry.

Let's All Head to the Maul VFXWorld

Here Kitty Kitty: The Roaring VFX of ‘Beast’

VFX Supervisor Enrik Pavdeja, along with Framestore, BlackGinger, and The Third Floor, deliver a bloodthirsty, rogue, fully CG lion involved in 240 shots, including a number of enormously long 5,000-10,000 frame one-takes, on Baltasar Kormákur’s survival thriller.

Under the Sea Headline News

Walt Disney Studios Reveals ‘The Little Mermaid’ Poster

Helmed by Oscar-winning director Rob Marshall, the live-action adaption of Disney’s classic animated musical stars Halle Bailey as Ariel and arrives in theaters May 2023.

Dare to Dream VFXWorld

Untold Studios Gets its Dream VFX Project with Neil Gaiman’s ‘The Sandman’

Led by VFX supervisor James HattSmith, the studio delivers 360 shots filled with a wide range of expansive visuals on the Netflix dark fantasy that follows the journey of Morpheus, the King of Dreams, captured and held prisoner for over a century, who struggles to fix the chaos his absence has caused.

Know Your Scales Headline News

‘Lyle, Lye Crocodile’ Original Track ‘Heartbeat’ to Release Ahead of Film

The voice of the singing croc himself, Shawn Mendes, took to Instagram to tease his all-original song – which drops September 30 - from the upcoming film, which hits theaters October 7.

Destination Torino! Headline News

VIEW Conference 2022 Reveals In-Person Recruitment Fair

Representatives from industry-leading companies such as ILM, Framestore, Trixter, Rotomaker, Technicolor Creative Studios and Escape Studios will be on-hand to review portfolios and meet potential hires; event runs October 16-21 in Torino, Italy.

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