Blur Studio

Blur Studio is an American visual effects, animation and design company. Blur produces 3D character animation, motion design and visual effects for feature films and television, game cinematics and trailers, large format films, location-based entertainment, commercials and integrated media. The company is located in Culver City, California.[1]

Blur Studio
TypeIncorporated
IndustryVFX, animation
Founded1995
FounderTim Miller 
HeadquartersCulver City, California
Key people
Websiteblur.com

History

Blur Studio was founded in 1995 by David Stinnett, Tim Miller and Cat Chapman.[2] In 2004, Blur was nominated for its first Academy Award for its original short film, Gopher Broke.

Blur has worked with several directors and writers to develop feature films. They created the "Heaven and Hell" sequence for South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut.[3]

Sometime during 2003, the studio auditioned for the film, Bionicle: Mask of Light, and a short test pitch was created, under the title “Tahu Nuva vs Kohrak” . The final animation for the film was eventually handled by Creative Capers Entertainment.[4]

In 2011, Blur created the opening title sequence for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, based on the first book of Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy and directed by David Fincher.[5][6]

Blur made several CGI animated cutscenes for games such as Need For Speed: Underground, Shadow The Hedgehog, CarnEvil, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and Sonic the Hedgehog (2006),[7] created all the space sequences in James Cameron's 2009 film Avatar, and produced trailers for LucasArts' Star Wars: The Old Republic and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II. They were also responsible for the cinematic trailers of Batman: Arkham City, Batman: Arkham Origins and Batman: Arkham Knight. They remade the Halo 2 cutscenes for Halo: The Master Chief Collection (2014)[8] and produced the cutscenes for Halo Wars 2 (2017)[9] after doing so for Halo Wars (2009).[10]

In 2016, Miller and the studio returned to the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise and were involved with the film adaptation of the series which was in development over at Sony Pictures until they put the project into turnaround and sold the rights to Paramount Pictures in 2017.[11] The film was released in February 14, 2020 in collaboration with Sega and their animation studio, Marza Animation Planet, and Original Film. A sequel is currently in the works aiming for a release on April 8, 2022.[12][13]

In 2019, the studio did the animation for four episodes of the Netflix anthology series Love, Death & Robots. On May 16, 2019, it was announced that Blur Studio's film The Goon, based on the 1999 comic of the same name by Eric Powell, secured a distribution deal with 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment.[14]

They also worked on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, which was released on October 25, 2019.

References
  1. "Blur Studio About | Animation, Design, VFX". Vz3.blur.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
  2. Intergraph Computer Systems (February 12, 1997). "Intergraph Workstations Play Starring Role in "The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest" at Blur Studio". Business Wire. The Free Library. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  3. Felperin, Leslie (September 1999). "South Park Bigger Longer & Uncut". Sight and Sound. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  4. "Tahu Nuva vs Kohrak". May 26, 2011.
  5. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) — Art of the Title". Artofthetitle.com. 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
  6. "Blur Studio: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ~ Titles (2012) | ventilate". Ventilate.ca. 2012-01-10. Archived from the original on 2012-06-23. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
  7. "Blur Studio: Bring Sonic to Life With Morph-O-Matic". Di-O-Matic.com. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  8. Dornbush, Jonathon (November 10, 2014). "'Master Chief Collection' developers discuss 10-year evolution of 'Halo 2' cinematics". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  9. "Halo Wars 2 BLUR". BLUR Studio. June 14, 2016. Archived from the original on August 6, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  10. "Halo Wars BLUR". BLUR Studio. 2009. Archived from the original on July 4, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  11. Kit, Borys (October 31, 2016). "'Deadpool' Director Shifts to Sony's 'Sonic the Hedgehog' Movie (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on November 1, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  12. Kroll, Justin (May 28, 2020). "'Sonic the Hedgehog' Sequel in the Works". Variety. Archived from the original on May 29, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  13. Fuster, Jeremy (July 23, 2020). "'Sonic the Hedgehog 2' Gets April 2022 Release Date". TheWrap. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  14. Trumbore, Dave (May 16, 2019). "'The Goon' in Development at Long Last Through Disney's Fox with Chernin Group". Collider. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
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