Company:Blur Studio
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | CGI Animation, VFX, animation |
| Founded | September 1994 |
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| Headquarters | Culver City, California |
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| Products | Films Television series Video games |
| Website | blur |
Blur Studio is an American production company which specialises in CGI visual effects, CGI animation and CGI design. Located in Culver City, California ,[1] the studio has produced CGI-animated films, teasers and ad spots for television, as well as video-game CGI cinematics.
History
Founded in March 1995[2] by David Stinnett, Tim Miller and Cat Chapman.[3] Blur has worked on numerous projects earning critical acclaim.[citation needed] Sometime in the early 2000s, the studio took interest in the Bionicle toyline by The Lego Group and came up with an idea for a Bionicle film, and a short test pitch was created, under the title "Tahu Nuva vs Kohrak". The project did not manage to be green light by Lego, however a direct-to-video film was eventually made in 2003. The final animation for the film was eventually handled by Creative Capers Entertainment.[4]
The studio worked on the 2004 short film Gopher Broke which was nominated for 2004 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[5]
In 2009, they assisted with the creation of CGI environments in the Academy Award-winning film Avatar.
In 2011, Blur created the opening title sequence for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, based on the first book of Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy and directed by David Fincher.[6][7]
They created the "Heaven and Hell" sequence for South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut.[8]
Blur Studio produced a cinematic trailer for the video game PlanetSide 2 titled "Death is No Excuse."[9][10] They were also responsible for the cinematic trailers of Batman, Batman and Batman. They remade the Halo 2 cutscenes for Halo (2014)[11] and produced the cutscenes for Halo Wars 2 (2017)[12] after doing so for Halo Wars (2009).[13]
In 2016, Miller and the studio returned to the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise and were involved with the film adaptation of the series which was in development at Sony Pictures until they put the project into turnaround and sold the rights to Paramount Pictures in 2017.[14] The film was released in February 14, 2020 in collaboration with Sega and their animation studio, Marza Animation Planet, and Original Film. A sequel was released on April 8, 2022.[15][16]
In 2017, Blur created another opening title sequence for the Netflix psychological thriller, Mindhunter based on the 1995 true-crime book, Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker, produced and directed by David Fincher.[17][18]
In 2019, the studio produced the animation for the Netflix anthology series Love, Death & Robots, created by Tim Miller, and also produced the second volume of the series. On May 16, 2019, it was announced that Blur Studio's film The Goon, based on the 1999 comic of the same name by Eric Powell, secured a distribution deal with 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment.[19]
Works
Film and television
| Year | Title |
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| 1999 | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut |
| 2004 | Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas |
| 2009 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron |
| 2017 | Mindhunter |
| 2019 | Love, Death & Robots |
| 2020 | Sonic the Hedgehog |
| 2022 | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 |
| 2024 | ''Sonic the Hedgehog 3 |
Games
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1998 | CarnEvil |
| 2001 | Quake III Revolution |
| 2001 | Grand Theft Auto III |
| 2001 | Return to Castle Wolfenstein |
| 2002 | Spider-Man |
| 2002 | Grand Theft Auto |
| 2003 | Midnight Club II |
| 2003 | Need for Speed |
| 2004 | Grand Theft Auto |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 |
| 2005 | Midnight Club 3 |
| 2005 | Shadow the Hedgehog |
| 2006 | Sonic the Hedgehog |
| 2009 | Halo Wars |
| 2009 | Prototype |
| 2010 | Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 |
| 2011 | Star Wars |
| 2014 | Dark Souls II |
| 2014 | Halo 2 Anniversary |
| 2017 | Halo Wars 2 |
| 2019 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare |
| 2020 | Valorant |
| 2022 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II |
| 2023 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III |
Rides
| Year | Title |
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| 2003 | SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D |
| 2008 | The Simpsons Ride |
Commercials
| Year | Title |
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| 2009 | Goldfish |
See also
- Marza Animation Planet
- Digital Frontier
- Digital Domain
- Digic Pictures
- Platige Image
- DNEG
- Cinesite
- Animal Logic
Links
- Blur Studio API's, Libraries and Tools (blur-dev)
- Making of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Trailer at Gnomon Events
References
- ↑ "About Blur Studio". https://blur.com/about.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19961226132804/http://blur.com/
- ↑ Intergraph Computer Systems (February 12, 1997). "Intergraph Workstations Play Starring Role in "The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest" at Blur Studio.". Business Wire. The Free Library. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Intergraph+Workstations+Play+Starring+Role+in+%22The+Real+Adventures+of...-a019109272.
- ↑ "Tahu Nuva vs Kohrak". May 26, 2011. https://youtube.com/watch?v=HUvnavULStI.
- ↑ Jessen, Taylor (February 24, 2005). "Children and Animals (and Reluctant Animators): The 2005 Oscar Nominees for Best Animated Short". Animation World Network. https://www.awn.com/animationworld/children-and-animals-and-reluctant-animators-2005-oscar-nominees-best-animated-short.
- ↑ "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) — Art of the Title". Artofthetitle.com. 2012-02-21. http://www.artofthetitle.com/2012/02/21/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo/#more-11632.
- ↑ "Blur Studio: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ~ Titles (2012) | ventilate". Ventilate.ca. 2012-01-10. http://www.ventilate.ca/2012/01/10/blur-studio-the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-titles/.
- ↑ Felperin, Leslie (September 1999). "South Park Bigger Longer & Uncut". Sight and Sound (British Film Institute). http://old.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/review/201.
- ↑ "PlanetSide 2: Death is no excuse" (in en-CA). 29 July 2012. https://www.destructoid.com/planetside-2-death-is-no-excuse/.
- ↑ "Blur Studio delivers epic new 'Planetside 2' trailer" (in en). https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/blur-studio-delivers-epic-new-planetside-2-trailer-flna912749.
- ↑ Dornbush, Jonathon (November 10, 2014). "'Master Chief Collection' developers discuss 10-year evolution of 'Halo 2' cinematics". Entertainment Weekly. http://popwatch.ew.com/2014/11/10/halo-2-cinematics-interview-blur-studios-343-industries/.
- ↑ "Halo Wars 2 BLUR". BLUR Studio. June 14, 2016. http://www.blur.com/work/project/halo-wars-2/.
- ↑ "Halo Wars BLUR". BLUR Studio. 2009. http://www.blur.com/work/project/halo-wars/.
- ↑ Kit, Borys (October 31, 2016). "'Deadpool' Director Shifts to Sony's 'Sonic the Hedgehog' Movie (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/deadpool-director-tim-miller-developing-sonic-hedgehog-movie-sony-942661.
- ↑ Kroll, Justin (May 28, 2020). "'Sonic the Hedgehog' Sequel in the Works". Variety. https://variety.com/2020/film/news/sonic-the-hedgehog-sequel-1234619356/.
- ↑ Fuster, Jeremy (July 23, 2020). "'Sonic the Hedgehog 2' Gets April 2022 Release Date". TheWrap. https://www.thewrap.com/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-gets-april-2022-release-date/.
- ↑ Zabrocki, Darek. "DAREK ZABROCKI STUDIO" (in en-US). https://www.darekzabrocki.com/.
- ↑ "Mindhunter" (in en). https://www.artofthetitle.com/title/mindhunter/.
- ↑ Trumbore, Dave (May 16, 2019). "'The Goon' in Development at Long Last Through Disney's Fox with Chernin Group". http://collider.com/the-goon-movie-details-update/.
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