
SCREEN DAILY: VFX firm Cinesite talks animation push at Annecy
With special effects credits including Harry Potter, X-Men and Assassin’s Creed, the firm is now pushing into animation production.

With special effects credits including Harry Potter, X-Men and Assassin’s Creed, the firm is now pushing into animation production.

CG-animated feature directed by ‘Despicable Me’ co-creator Sergio Pablos enters production at London-based VFX house’s animation division lodged in a new 54,000 square-foot studio located in downtown Montréal.

Top brass at the effects and feature animation studio said on Monday the 54,000 sq ft Canadian hub will get nine features into production and create 500 permanent jobs by 2020.

Future plaque tournante internationale en animation, créant 500 emplois d’ici 2020