Disney-owned Lucasfilm/ Industrial Light & Magic is to close its VFX and animation facility in Singapore, where more than 300 people are employed. The company points to changes in the global entertainment industry as a factor behind the decision.
“Over the next several months, Ilm will be consolidating its global footprint and winding down its Singapore studio due to economic factors affecting the industry,” Disney said in a statement emailed to Variety.
The Singapore studio was founded in 2004 as Lucasfilm Animation Singapore and began operations in 2006 with work on the animated TV series “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.”
It relocated within the city-state in 2013, setting up shop in the futuristic George Lucas-owned Eclipse Building at Fusionopolis. It was nicknamed the “Sandcrawler Building,” due to its similarity to an iconic “Star Wars” vehicle. The Eclipse Building was sold by Lucas in January 2021 to the Blackstone Group.
“Lucasfilm’s decision to wind down...
“Over the next several months, Ilm will be consolidating its global footprint and winding down its Singapore studio due to economic factors affecting the industry,” Disney said in a statement emailed to Variety.
The Singapore studio was founded in 2004 as Lucasfilm Animation Singapore and began operations in 2006 with work on the animated TV series “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.”
It relocated within the city-state in 2013, setting up shop in the futuristic George Lucas-owned Eclipse Building at Fusionopolis. It was nicknamed the “Sandcrawler Building,” due to its similarity to an iconic “Star Wars” vehicle. The Eclipse Building was sold by Lucas in January 2021 to the Blackstone Group.
“Lucasfilm’s decision to wind down...
- 8/15/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Wang Xiaoshuai‘s ‘So Long, My Son‘ secures a record six nominations.
Chinese films dominate the nominations for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Apsa) which will be held in Brisbane, Australia, on Novemer 21.
Scroll down for full list of nominations
Films from 22 countries will be represented at the awards but while the likes of India, Japan and Russia have picked up a handful of nods, Chinese films have more than double that of any other country with 13 nominations across seven features.
Wang Xiaoshuai‘s family drama So Long, My Son has secured a record six nominations, including best feature where...
Chinese films dominate the nominations for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Apsa) which will be held in Brisbane, Australia, on Novemer 21.
Scroll down for full list of nominations
Films from 22 countries will be represented at the awards but while the likes of India, Japan and Russia have picked up a handful of nods, Chinese films have more than double that of any other country with 13 nominations across seven features.
Wang Xiaoshuai‘s family drama So Long, My Son has secured a record six nominations, including best feature where...
- 10/16/2019
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Sydney Australia is to be home to Industrial Light & Magic’s fifth production hub. The Disney-owned special effects company currently has facilities in San Francisco, Vancouver, London and Singapore.
The decision to open the Sydney outpost was announced on Monday local time by executive creative director and head of Ilm Rob Bredow, Ilm executive Luke Hetherington, and New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian.
Ilm will make its home in Entertainment Quarter in Moore Park, adjacent to the recently Fox Studios Australia recently acquired by Disney.
The government said that Ilm Sydney would create 500 jobs, though it was unclear how many would be directly employed by the new facility.
It is expected to contribute services to the next “Star Wars” film, “The Rise of Skywalker.” Job advertisements have already been posted.
The green light for the Sydney facility follows less than a week after Nsw announced that it will...
The decision to open the Sydney outpost was announced on Monday local time by executive creative director and head of Ilm Rob Bredow, Ilm executive Luke Hetherington, and New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian.
Ilm will make its home in Entertainment Quarter in Moore Park, adjacent to the recently Fox Studios Australia recently acquired by Disney.
The government said that Ilm Sydney would create 500 jobs, though it was unclear how many would be directly employed by the new facility.
It is expected to contribute services to the next “Star Wars” film, “The Rise of Skywalker.” Job advertisements have already been posted.
The green light for the Sydney facility follows less than a week after Nsw announced that it will...
- 7/15/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Lucasfilm's visual effects division Industrial Light & Magic is expanding its footprint with a base at Fox Studios Australia in Sydney.
The opening is planned for later this year, hopefully in time for its artists to contribute work to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, according to Rob Bredow, executive creative director and head of Ilm. Skywalker is slated for a Dec. 20 release.
Plans call for Luke Hetherington, who heads Ilm's Singapore studio, to additionally serve as executive in charge of the Sydney base and split his time between Singapore and Australia. Bredow says he aims to have between ...
The opening is planned for later this year, hopefully in time for its artists to contribute work to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, according to Rob Bredow, executive creative director and head of Ilm. Skywalker is slated for a Dec. 20 release.
Plans call for Luke Hetherington, who heads Ilm's Singapore studio, to additionally serve as executive in charge of the Sydney base and split his time between Singapore and Australia. Bredow says he aims to have between ...
- 7/14/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lucasfilm's visual effects division Industrial Light & Magic is expanding its footprint with a base at Fox Studios Australia in Sydney.
The opening is planned for later this year, hopefully in time for its artists to contribute work to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, according to Rob Bredow, executive creative director and head of Ilm. Skywalker is slated for a Dec. 20 release.
Plans call for Luke Hetherington, who heads Ilm's Singapore studio, to additionally serve as executive in charge of the Sydney base and split his time between Singapore and Australia. Bredow says he aims to have between ...
The opening is planned for later this year, hopefully in time for its artists to contribute work to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, according to Rob Bredow, executive creative director and head of Ilm. Skywalker is slated for a Dec. 20 release.
Plans call for Luke Hetherington, who heads Ilm's Singapore studio, to additionally serve as executive in charge of the Sydney base and split his time between Singapore and Australia. Bredow says he aims to have between ...
- 7/14/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The George-Lucas founded Industrial Light & Magic (Ilm) is setting up shop in Australia, which will create employment opportunities for VFX artists.
The Disney-owned VFX and animation studio is establishing a facility at Disney’s Fox Studios Australia, If understands. That will be the San Francisco-based firm’s fourth outpost, joining Vancouver, London and Singapore.
Ilm executives were instrumental in persuading the Nsw Government to introduce a 10 per cent tax incentive for post, digital and visual effects (Pdv), matching South Australia and Queensland.
Starting on October 1 and requiring a minimum spend of $500,000 on Pdv in Nsw, the incentive has secured for the state post-production on Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming Elvis Presley movie for Warner Bros. Pictures, which will shoot in Queensland.
The Pdv sector has known for several months that Ilm intended to set up a facility in Australia; the big question was the location.
The Nsw Pdv rebate,...
The Disney-owned VFX and animation studio is establishing a facility at Disney’s Fox Studios Australia, If understands. That will be the San Francisco-based firm’s fourth outpost, joining Vancouver, London and Singapore.
Ilm executives were instrumental in persuading the Nsw Government to introduce a 10 per cent tax incentive for post, digital and visual effects (Pdv), matching South Australia and Queensland.
Starting on October 1 and requiring a minimum spend of $500,000 on Pdv in Nsw, the incentive has secured for the state post-production on Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming Elvis Presley movie for Warner Bros. Pictures, which will shoot in Queensland.
The Pdv sector has known for several months that Ilm intended to set up a facility in Australia; the big question was the location.
The Nsw Pdv rebate,...
- 7/11/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Hot on the heels of creating the animation for The Lego Movie 3D, which has amassed $US330 million worldwide, Animal Logic has been restructured into three divisions.
The group will now comprise Animal Logic Animation; Animal Logic VFX; and Animal Logic Entertainment, a Los Angeles-based feature film development arm that is nurturing a slate of animation, hybrid animation and live-action and director and VFX-driven films.
Eighteen months after the company bought Fuel VFX, its personnel have been integrated with Animal Logic.s VFX teams and the Fuel VFX brand has been dropped.
.The newly consolidated division will trade as Animal Logic VFX, incorporating the wealth of talent and technology under one roof, further strengthening its ongoing commitment to the Australian and international VFX industry,. Animal Logic CEO Zareh Nalbandian tells If.
.On the back of the success of The Lego Movie it is a logical step to have a clearer structure across the company.
The group will now comprise Animal Logic Animation; Animal Logic VFX; and Animal Logic Entertainment, a Los Angeles-based feature film development arm that is nurturing a slate of animation, hybrid animation and live-action and director and VFX-driven films.
Eighteen months after the company bought Fuel VFX, its personnel have been integrated with Animal Logic.s VFX teams and the Fuel VFX brand has been dropped.
.The newly consolidated division will trade as Animal Logic VFX, incorporating the wealth of talent and technology under one roof, further strengthening its ongoing commitment to the Australian and international VFX industry,. Animal Logic CEO Zareh Nalbandian tells If.
.On the back of the success of The Lego Movie it is a logical step to have a clearer structure across the company.
- 3/4/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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