This marks the company’s fourth acquisition.
UK-based animation and visual effects studio Cinesite has acquired Montreal-based studio L’Atelier Animation.
L’Atelier will retain its brand and senior management team, with general manager Benoit Blouin working with Cinesite Animation COO Brad Wald to integrate the two companies.
Cinesite hopes the deal will help it meet production demands in Quebec and elsewhere.
This marks Cinesite’s fourth acquisition, following Vancouver’s Image Engine in 2015, Nitrogen Studios in 2017 and German VFX studio Trixter in 2018.
Cinesite’s credits include Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank and The Addams Family franchise. The company is...
UK-based animation and visual effects studio Cinesite has acquired Montreal-based studio L’Atelier Animation.
L’Atelier will retain its brand and senior management team, with general manager Benoit Blouin working with Cinesite Animation COO Brad Wald to integrate the two companies.
Cinesite hopes the deal will help it meet production demands in Quebec and elsewhere.
This marks Cinesite’s fourth acquisition, following Vancouver’s Image Engine in 2015, Nitrogen Studios in 2017 and German VFX studio Trixter in 2018.
Cinesite’s credits include Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank and The Addams Family franchise. The company is...
- 7/20/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Cinesite has acquired Montreal studio L’Atelier Animation, the outfit behind hit 3D animation films “Leap!” and “Fireheart.”
Cinesite, which has operations in London, Montreal and Vancouver as well as VFX partner studios Trixter in Germany and Image Engine in Vancouver, said the deal will expand its creative and production capacity to meet demand in Quebec and elsewhere. The L’Atelier Animation management team led by general manager Benoit Blouin will work with Cinesite animation COO Brad Wald to integrate the two companies and expand their Montreal footprint.
L’Atelier Animation specialises in feature-length 3D animation and series. Established in Montreal since 2012 it’s best known for “Leap!” (Caramel Films/Quads), which had some 110M in international box office revenues. It’s most recent production is “Fireheart,” (Entertainment One) produced by Les Films Seville, Anton, Main Journey, Caramel Films, and M6 Films Snd, featuring Olivia Cooke, Kenneth Branagh and William Shatner.
Cinesite, which has operations in London, Montreal and Vancouver as well as VFX partner studios Trixter in Germany and Image Engine in Vancouver, said the deal will expand its creative and production capacity to meet demand in Quebec and elsewhere. The L’Atelier Animation management team led by general manager Benoit Blouin will work with Cinesite animation COO Brad Wald to integrate the two companies and expand their Montreal footprint.
L’Atelier Animation specialises in feature-length 3D animation and series. Established in Montreal since 2012 it’s best known for “Leap!” (Caramel Films/Quads), which had some 110M in international box office revenues. It’s most recent production is “Fireheart,” (Entertainment One) produced by Les Films Seville, Anton, Main Journey, Caramel Films, and M6 Films Snd, featuring Olivia Cooke, Kenneth Branagh and William Shatner.
- 7/20/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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VFX House Cinesite has added Montreal’s L’Atelier Animation to its expanding studio network in Canada and Germany, the company said Wednesday.
Terms of the acquisition deal were not disclosed. But Cinesite, headquartered in the UK and having moved from creating digital visual effects to feature animation on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and other tentpoles, has acquired a Montreal studio specializing in feature-length 3D animation and series.
Pending regulatory approvals, Cinesite is acquiring 100 percent of the studio, with senior L’Atelier Animation management staying on to lead the business under its own branded name. L’Atelier Animation general manager Benoit Blouin and Cinesite Animation COO Brad Wald will jointly work to merge the two companies and steer animated work to Montreal.
L’Atelier Animation is the fourth studio to join Cinesite after it acquired Image Engine VFX and Nitrogen Studios...
VFX House Cinesite has added Montreal’s L’Atelier Animation to its expanding studio network in Canada and Germany, the company said Wednesday.
Terms of the acquisition deal were not disclosed. But Cinesite, headquartered in the UK and having moved from creating digital visual effects to feature animation on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and other tentpoles, has acquired a Montreal studio specializing in feature-length 3D animation and series.
Pending regulatory approvals, Cinesite is acquiring 100 percent of the studio, with senior L’Atelier Animation management staying on to lead the business under its own branded name. L’Atelier Animation general manager Benoit Blouin and Cinesite Animation COO Brad Wald will jointly work to merge the two companies and steer animated work to Montreal.
L’Atelier Animation is the fourth studio to join Cinesite after it acquired Image Engine VFX and Nitrogen Studios...
- 7/20/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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