Cinesite today confirmed that we have won a large contract for visual effects on the latest installment in the highly successful Chronicles of Narnia series, “The Voyage of The Dawn Treader.”
This news follows other recent major announcements, including a large award of work for Fox’s “Marmaduke,” and winning an Emmy award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for HBO’s highly acclaimed mini-series “Generation Kill” two weeks ago.
More announcements about new production awards are likely to be made over the coming two weeks. Cinesite is currently undertaking a major international recruitment drive, and is refurbishing key areas of our Soho-based Sheraton Street facility to accommodate the influx of new, exciting projects.
Dawn Treader, Directed by Michael Apted, follows the continuing adventures of Lucy and Edmund Pevensie, as they return to Narnia with their cousin Eustace. They meet up with Prince Caspian for a trip across the sea aboard the royal ship The Dawn Treader. Along the way they encounter dragons, dwarves, merfolk, and a band of lost warriors before reaching the edge of the world.
The production is currently filming on the Gold Coast of Australia. Angus Bickerton is Visual Effects Supervisor (Angels & Demons, Inkheart, The Da Vinci Code, Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy) and Barrie Hemsley is Visual Effects Producer (Angels & Demons, 10,000 BC, 1408). Cinesite’s Matt Kasmir and Jensen Toms are supervising the 2D and 3D aspects of our work (both have recently worked on Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time).
The Voyage of The Dawn Treader is scheduled for release in late 2010.
Cinesite is also currently working on Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Part 2, Naked Beauty, Clash Of The Titans, Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time, Marmaduke, Leap Year and The Prisoner.
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nice! ^^,
Here’s hoping they do a great job. Sail on VDT!
Band of lost Warriors? Dufflepuds?
~ReepicheepFan
Lost warriors…
Well, the Dufflepuds are armed, but that doesn’t sound like them.
Maybe the “lost warriors” are supposed to be the seven lords?
Hmm… there IS an idea. 🙂
The only thing being, “band” tends to imply a group sticking together in most cases, and the Lost Lords were scattered about… and unless the dragon-as-a lord theory and the golden statue are being taken into account as members of the “band,” I don’t see the lords requiring many effects on their persons.