Reel FX Creative Studios
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Reel FX Creative Studios is an award-winning design, visual effects, animation and entertainment studio based in Dallas
, Texas
and Santa Monica
, California
. Its subsidiary and commercial division is called Radium, Inc.
On March 17, 2010, The Hollywood Reporter
reported that Reel FX and Cary Granat
's Granat Entertainment formed Bedrock Studios to develop and produce sub $35 million franchise films and content for TV, publishing and digital media. The new studio is now in pre-production on its first project, the animated feature Turkeys.
On December 2010, it was announced that Reel FX is producing an untitled 3D feature with producer Andrew Adamson
and Cirque du Soleil
. A CG-animated feature adaptation of Beasts of Burden
is another film that will be produced by Andrew Adamson and Reel FX.
In August 2011, a press release indicated that the studio had signed a non-binding memo of understanding with India based Crest Animation Studios
to form a venture to co-produce 10 CG-animated/hybrid film over eight years.
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
and Santa Monica
Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, US. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is surrounded on three sides by the city of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood on the north, West Los Angeles on the northeast, Mar Vista on the east, and...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. Its subsidiary and commercial division is called Radium, Inc.
On March 17, 2010, The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter
Formerly a daily trade magazine, The Hollywood Reporter re-launched in late 2010 as a unique hybrid publication serving the entertainment industry and a consumer audience...
reported that Reel FX and Cary Granat
Cary Granat
Cary Granat is co-founder and CEO of Walden Media, a production company whose goal is to produce films that "entertain and educate". Granat began his film career at Warner Bros...
's Granat Entertainment formed Bedrock Studios to develop and produce sub $35 million franchise films and content for TV, publishing and digital media. The new studio is now in pre-production on its first project, the animated feature Turkeys.
On December 2010, it was announced that Reel FX is producing an untitled 3D feature with producer Andrew Adamson
Andrew Adamson
Andrew Ralph Adamson, MNZM is a New Zealand film director, producer and screenwriter based mainly in Los Angeles, where he made the blockbuster animation films, Shrek and Shrek 2 for which he received an Academy Award nomination. He was director, executive producer, and scriptwriter for C. S....
and Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil , is a Canadian entertainment company, self-described as a "dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment." Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy...
. A CG-animated feature adaptation of Beasts of Burden
Beasts of Burden (comics)
Beasts of Burden is a Dark Horse Comics team of animals, created by writer Evan Dorkin and artist Jill Thompson, that investigate different paranormal events that occur in their small neighborhood of Burden Hill...
is another film that will be produced by Andrew Adamson and Reel FX.
In August 2011, a press release indicated that the studio had signed a non-binding memo of understanding with India based Crest Animation Studios
Crest Animation Studios
Crest Animation Studios Ltd. is an Indian animation studio. It was founded by Shyam Raja Ramanna in 1990 under the name Crest Communications and it first went public in 1995...
to form a venture to co-produce 10 CG-animated/hybrid film over eight years.
Feature-length films
- Beasts of Burden
- Turkeys
- Open Season 3Open Season 3Open Season 3 is an American 2010 computer-animated direct-to-video comedy film, the sequel to Open Season 2 and Open Season, and the third installment in the Open Season franchise. It is directed by Cody Cameron...
- Open Season 2Open Season 2Open Season 2 is a direct-to-video sequel to the 2006 computer animated film Open Season, produced by Sony Pictures Animation, directed by Matthew O'Callaghan, co-directed by Todd Wilderman, and produced by Kirk Bodyfelt and Matthew O'Callaghan....
- Everyone's HeroEveryone's HeroThe soundtrack, released on the Columbia Records/Sony Music Soundtrax labels, features tracks by the star of the film Raven-Symoné, Grammy-winners Wyclef Jean, Brooks & Dunn, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and various other artists....
- G.I. Joe: Valor vs. VenomG.I. Joe: Valor vs. VenomG.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom is a direct-to-video CGI animated movie and sequel to G.I. Joe: Spy Troops. It was released in 2004 by Reel FX Creative Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Like Spy Troops, the film was written around the theme of the toys released that year. In this case, it...
- G.I. Joe: Spy TroopsG.I. Joe: Spy TroopsG.I. Joe: Spy Troops is a 2003 direct-to-video CGI animated movie produced by Reel FX Creative Studios. Spy Troops is the first G.I. Joe movie to be released by Reel FX....
- MAD
Short animated films
- Wile E. Coyote and Road RunnerWile E. Coyote and Road RunnerWile E. Coyote and The Road Runner are a duo of cartoon characters from a series of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. The characters were created by animation director Chuck Jones in 1948 for Warner Bros., while the template for their adventures was the work of writer Michael Maltese...
shorts:- Rabid RiderRabid RiderRabid Rider is a 2010 Looney Tunes film starring characters Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner. It is directed by Matthew O'Callaghan, written by Tom Sheppard, produced by Reel FX Creative Studios and released by Warner Bros. It is the third Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner movie to be made into CGI in...
- Fur of FlyingFur of FlyingFur of Flying is a 2010 Looney Tunes film starring characters Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner. It is directed by Matthew O'Callaghan, written by Tom Sheppard, produced by Reel FX Creative Studios and released by Warner Bros. It is the second Wile E...
- Coyote FallsCoyote FallsCoyote Falls is a 2010 Looney Tunes film starring characters Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner. It is directed by Matthew O'Callaghan, written by , produced by Reel FX Creative Studios and released by Warner Bros. Animation. It is the first Wile E...
- Rabid Rider
- Secrets of the Furious FiveSecrets of the Furious FiveKung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five is an Annie Award-winning animated short produced by DreamWorks Animation which serves as a semi-sequel to the animated feature film Kung Fu Panda and appears on a companion disc of the original film's deluxe DVD release...
- The Simpsons RideThe Simpsons RideThe Simpsons Ride is a simulator ride featured at the Universal Studios Florida and Universal Studios Hollywood theme parks. The ride is based on the animated television series The Simpsons. It was first announced in 2007 and replaced the Back to the Future: The Ride at both locations...