Fuse Group, a visual effects firm that has acquired a number of smaller shops in recent years with private equity backing, has changed its name to Pitch Black as it looks to grow into a top post-production vendor for studios and streamers who need to produce content at high volume.
Pitch Black CEO Sébastien Bergeron said the new moniker is meant to invoke a broad range of possibilities presented by a dark screen. “It’s mysterious for us — it’s like a blank canvas of our own universe,” he told Variety.
Despite the rebranding for the parent company, Pitch Black’s banners will retain their own names and label identities in the marketplace. The business case behind the Pitch Black roll-up is to offer big studio and streamer clients a menu of vfx labels, each with different specialities, but in a one-stop shopping environment under one corporate umbrella with offices around the world.
Pitch Black CEO Sébastien Bergeron said the new moniker is meant to invoke a broad range of possibilities presented by a dark screen. “It’s mysterious for us — it’s like a blank canvas of our own universe,” he told Variety.
Despite the rebranding for the parent company, Pitch Black’s banners will retain their own names and label identities in the marketplace. The business case behind the Pitch Black roll-up is to offer big studio and streamer clients a menu of vfx labels, each with different specialities, but in a one-stop shopping environment under one corporate umbrella with offices around the world.
- 1/18/2023
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Fuse Group has added another pillar of its strategy to assemble a diversified collection of visual effects firms with the acquisition of Madrid-based El Ranchito, known for its work on such fantasy blockbusters as “The Mandalorian,” “Game of Thrones” and “Stranger Things.”
El Ranchito is the latest acquisition for the parent company of FuseFX, Folks and Rising Sun Pictures. Fuse Group, backed by EagleTree Capital, aims to be a large-scale, full-service provider of vfx services with reach and expertise in major media markets in Asia, Latin America, Europe and other markets beyond the U.S.
David Altenau, Fuse co-founder and chairman, and Fuse Group CEO Sébastien Bergeron have been building up the company with private equity backing from EagleTree, since 2018. El Ranchito brings to Fuse’s portfolio specific expertise in a high-end fantasy effects and reach in an important European market.
Fuse Group is designed to operate not as a...
El Ranchito is the latest acquisition for the parent company of FuseFX, Folks and Rising Sun Pictures. Fuse Group, backed by EagleTree Capital, aims to be a large-scale, full-service provider of vfx services with reach and expertise in major media markets in Asia, Latin America, Europe and other markets beyond the U.S.
David Altenau, Fuse co-founder and chairman, and Fuse Group CEO Sébastien Bergeron have been building up the company with private equity backing from EagleTree, since 2018. El Ranchito brings to Fuse’s portfolio specific expertise in a high-end fantasy effects and reach in an important European market.
Fuse Group is designed to operate not as a...
- 6/7/2022
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
To those of you who have been following the Leo Awards, the winners have been announced. The announcement was made over an event that lasted for two days (June 4-5, 2010). For those who don't know, the Leo Awards aim to recognize outstanding achievements in the film and television industry of British Columbia, a Canadian province on the West Coast.
So, without further ado, here are the winners as revealed during the award ceremony held at the Westin Bayshore Hotel in Vancouver.
Category
Award
Recepient(s)
Film or program
Feature filmBest DirectionBruce SweeneyExcitedBest screenwritingVic Sarin, Catherine Spear and Dennis FoonA Shine of RainbowsBest Picture EditingAllan Lee and Peter ForslundAliceBest Overall SoundDavid Cyr, Paul Sharp, Iain Pattison and Graeme HughesAliceBest Sound EditingKirby Jinnah, Kris Fenske, Brian Campbell, Melody Drolet and Jay CheethamAliceBest Production DesignMichael Joy, Mark Lane and Paolo VenturiAliceBest Costume DesignMonique PrudhommeThe Imaginarium of Doctor ParnassusBest Make-UpTodd Master, Nicolas Podbrey, Werner Pretorius,...
So, without further ado, here are the winners as revealed during the award ceremony held at the Westin Bayshore Hotel in Vancouver.
Category
Award
Recepient(s)
Film or program
Feature filmBest DirectionBruce SweeneyExcitedBest screenwritingVic Sarin, Catherine Spear and Dennis FoonA Shine of RainbowsBest Picture EditingAllan Lee and Peter ForslundAliceBest Overall SoundDavid Cyr, Paul Sharp, Iain Pattison and Graeme HughesAliceBest Sound EditingKirby Jinnah, Kris Fenske, Brian Campbell, Melody Drolet and Jay CheethamAliceBest Production DesignMichael Joy, Mark Lane and Paolo VenturiAliceBest Costume DesignMonique PrudhommeThe Imaginarium of Doctor ParnassusBest Make-UpTodd Master, Nicolas Podbrey, Werner Pretorius,...
- 6/6/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Yesterday, the nominees for the 2010 Leo Awards were announced. The objective of this award is to celebrate all the things that have been done in the film and television industry of the Prairies and the province British Columbia along with people who are based in these regions. Furthermore, foreign TV series and films that are produced in Canada's West are also included in the party. Obviously, this is not the full list of nominees. In fact, this is the presentation of the nominees for dramatic TV series, feature films, comedy series and web series.
Feature Length Drama
Best Feature Length Drama:
* A Shine Of Rainbows
* Alice
* Cole
* Excited
* The Thaw
Best Direction in a Feature Length Drama:
* Vic Sarin - A Shine Of Rainbows
* Carl Bessai - Cole
* Bruce Sweeney - Excited
* Mark A. Lewis - The Thaw
Best Screenwriting in a Feature Length Drama:
* Vic Sarin, Chatherine Spear and...
Feature Length Drama
Best Feature Length Drama:
* A Shine Of Rainbows
* Alice
* Cole
* Excited
* The Thaw
Best Direction in a Feature Length Drama:
* Vic Sarin - A Shine Of Rainbows
* Carl Bessai - Cole
* Bruce Sweeney - Excited
* Mark A. Lewis - The Thaw
Best Screenwriting in a Feature Length Drama:
* Vic Sarin, Chatherine Spear and...
- 5/4/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
No surprise there. It goes without saying that James Cameron's sci-fi spectacle Avatar has the potential to clean house at the 8th Annual Ves Awards for its breath taking visuals by the acclaimed Weta Digital. Cameron will also be picking up a well-deserved Lifetime Achievement Award. In the outstanding animated feature category, the nominees include Up, 9, Coraline, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
The official press release is as followed:
3-D Films Dominate With Most Noms as Avatar grabs 11, Coraline 4, and Visual Effects Company Weta Digital Snags Most Company Noms with 9
Los Angeles, January 19, 2010 - The Visual Effects Society (Ves) today announced the nominees for the 8th Annual Ves Awards ceremony recognizing outstanding visual effects artistry in over twenty categories of film, animation, television, commercials and video games. Nominees were chosen Saturday, January 16, 2010, by numerous blue ribbon panels of Ves members who...
The official press release is as followed:
3-D Films Dominate With Most Noms as Avatar grabs 11, Coraline 4, and Visual Effects Company Weta Digital Snags Most Company Noms with 9
Los Angeles, January 19, 2010 - The Visual Effects Society (Ves) today announced the nominees for the 8th Annual Ves Awards ceremony recognizing outstanding visual effects artistry in over twenty categories of film, animation, television, commercials and video games. Nominees were chosen Saturday, January 16, 2010, by numerous blue ribbon panels of Ves members who...
- 1/22/2010
- Screen Anarchy
James Cameron's "Avatar" led the list of nominations announced Monday by the Visual Effects Society, scooping up 11.
The animated "Coraline," another movie released in 3D, followed with four nominations.
New Zealand-based Weta Digital, which worked on "Avatar," led the company noms with nine.
For visual effects in an effects-driven motion picture feature, the nominees are "2012," "Avatar," "District 9," "Star Trek" and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."
Noms for supporting visual effects in a movie went to "Angels & Demons," "The Box," "Invictus," "The Road" and "Sherlock Holmes."
"9," "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," "Coraline," "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" and "Up" were nominated for outstanding animation in an animated feature.
Ves noms in 20 categories, covering film, animation, TV, commercials and video games were chosen Saturday by blue-ribbon panels of Ves members, meeting in Burbank, San Francisco and London.
The eighth annual Ves Awards will be handed out on Feb.
The animated "Coraline," another movie released in 3D, followed with four nominations.
New Zealand-based Weta Digital, which worked on "Avatar," led the company noms with nine.
For visual effects in an effects-driven motion picture feature, the nominees are "2012," "Avatar," "District 9," "Star Trek" and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."
Noms for supporting visual effects in a movie went to "Angels & Demons," "The Box," "Invictus," "The Road" and "Sherlock Holmes."
"9," "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," "Coraline," "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" and "Up" were nominated for outstanding animation in an animated feature.
Ves noms in 20 categories, covering film, animation, TV, commercials and video games were chosen Saturday by blue-ribbon panels of Ves members, meeting in Burbank, San Francisco and London.
The eighth annual Ves Awards will be handed out on Feb.
- 1/18/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television has released the nominations for the 24th Annual Gemini Awards. The awards recognizes the year's best in Canadian English-language programming. In deciding which shows should be in the running, the Academy has given a big thumbs-up to Flashpoint, Being Erica and the Syfy series Sanctuary. All three shows received multiple nominations for the prestigious awards.
Flashpoint is a police procedural centred on an elite group called the Strategic Response Unit. It was created by Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern and stars Enrico Colantoni, Amy Jo Johnson and Hugh Dillon. Flashpoint airs on CTV in Canada and CBS in the United States. It received an impressive 19 nominations, including:
Best Dramatic Series
Best Direction in a Dramatic Series: Kelly Makin for 'Planets Aligned'
Best Original Music Score for a Program or Series: Ari Posner, Amin Bhatia for 'Planets Aligned'
Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series: Teresa Hannigan,...
Flashpoint is a police procedural centred on an elite group called the Strategic Response Unit. It was created by Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern and stars Enrico Colantoni, Amy Jo Johnson and Hugh Dillon. Flashpoint airs on CTV in Canada and CBS in the United States. It received an impressive 19 nominations, including:
Best Dramatic Series
Best Direction in a Dramatic Series: Kelly Makin for 'Planets Aligned'
Best Original Music Score for a Program or Series: Ari Posner, Amin Bhatia for 'Planets Aligned'
Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series: Teresa Hannigan,...
- 8/28/2009
- CinemaSpy
Despite being nominated for Best Drama and having its star Anna Paquin win Best Actress in a TV Drama at this year's Golden Globes, "True Blood" was shut out of the major categories for the 2009 Emmy Awards, which announced its nominees earlier today. But that's not to say it, and a few other genre-related shows, won't be showing up at the party.
Here's a list of the horror-tinged shows that were recognized (with a few others whose fanbase includes a lot of our readers thrown in for good measure):
Outstanding Art Direction For A Single-Camera Series
Bones • The Hero In The Hold • Fox • 20th Century Fox Television
Michael Mayer, Production Designer
Gregory S. Richman, Art Director
Kimberly Wannop, Set Decorator
Heroes • Cold Snap • NBC • Universal Media Studios in association with Tailwind Productions
Ruth Ammon, Production Designer
Sandy Getzler, Art Director
Ron Franco, Set Decorator
True Blood • Burning House Of...
Here's a list of the horror-tinged shows that were recognized (with a few others whose fanbase includes a lot of our readers thrown in for good measure):
Outstanding Art Direction For A Single-Camera Series
Bones • The Hero In The Hold • Fox • 20th Century Fox Television
Michael Mayer, Production Designer
Gregory S. Richman, Art Director
Kimberly Wannop, Set Decorator
Heroes • Cold Snap • NBC • Universal Media Studios in association with Tailwind Productions
Ruth Ammon, Production Designer
Sandy Getzler, Art Director
Ron Franco, Set Decorator
True Blood • Burning House Of...
- 7/16/2009
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
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