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RSVFX is excited to announce the release of the Broad Green Pictures feature film “Wish Upon”, directed by John R. Leonetti. Our team of Rocket Scientists, led by VFX Supervisor Anthony Paterson, contributed more than 100 visual effects shots to the finished film.

We make a great co-production partner team here at RSVFX. Both helmed by VFX Supervisor Michael Gibson and VFX Producer Danny McNair, RSVFX would like to congratulate the Rocket Scientist teams responsible for 2 CSA nominations for Best Visual Effects:

Alias Grace (CBC/Netflix)

Tom Turnbull, Geoff Marshall, Chloe Tse, Frederic St-Arnaud

Killjoys Season 3 “Wargasm” (Syfy/Space)

Anthony Paterson, Lara Osland, Shoban Narayanan, John Coldrick, Tony Cybulski, Pranjal Choudhary

RSVFX is hard at work expanding the horizons of Season 3 of “The Expanse”. Catch the new adventures of the crew of the Rocinante beginning April 11 on Syfy and Space. The Expanse is an American science fiction television series developed by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, based on The Expanse series of novels by James S. A. Corey. The series is set in a future where humanity has colonized the Solar System and follows United Nations executive Chrisjen Avasarala (Shohreh Aghdashloo), police detective Josephus Miller (Thomas Jane), ship’s officer Jim Holden (Steven Strait) and his crew, as they unravel a conspiracy that threatens peace in the system and the survival of humanity.

For more information about this project or Rocket Science VFX, please contact candrews@rsvfx.com

RSVFX is currently in production on season 3 of AMC’s epic series “Into the Badlands”, produced by Millar Gough Ink and Take 5 Productions. With new adversaries to face, the stakes are even higher for Sunny, Bajie, and M.K.

“We will bring hope back to this place.” Join us or die. Don’t miss the Season 3 premiere on Sunday, April 22 at 10/9c.

For more information about this project or Rocket Science VFX, please contact candrews@rsvfx.com

We are super excited to see that a new trailer has dropped for the Summit Entertainment/Lionsgate production “Kin”. The first feature film written and directed by brothers Jonathan and Josh Baker, “Kin” stars James Franco, Jack Reynor, Dennis Quaid, Zoe Kravitz, Carrie Coon and Myles Truitt.

Chased by a vengeful criminal, the feds and a gang of otherworldly soldiers, a recently released ex-con and his adopted teenage brother are forced to go on the run with a weapon of mysterious origin as their only protection.

Led by in-house and on set VFX Supervisor Anthony Paterson, Rocket Science VFX artists produced over 140 amazing VFX shots for the finished film, many of which feature prominently in the new trailer. “Kin” is scheduled to be in wide release on August 31, 2018.

For more information about this project or Rocket Science VFX, please contact candrews@rsvfx.com

Nominations for the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced this morning in Los Angeles.

Rocket Science VFX is proud to announce it’s work on the ground-breaking NBC/Gaumont/De Laurentiis/Bryan Fuller production of Hannibal has been recognized by the Academy with an Emmy nomination in the category of Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role for the third season episode, “Primavera”.  Led by Rocket Science VFX Supervisor/Producers Anthony Paterson and Robert Crowther, the nomination includes team members Thomas Plaskett, Jay Stanners, Rob Tasker, Terence Krueger, and John Coldrick.

RSVFX is pleased to announce the North American Release of the Ambi Pictures feature film “Rupture”, directed by Steven Shainberg . Led by VFX Supervisor Tom Turnbull, Rocket Science artists delivered more than 200 visual effects shots to the feature film, including creature, environment, and action VFX.

 

Rocket Science VFX is pleased to announce it has been selected as the sole VFX vendor for the Syfy / Space hit series, “Killjoys” season 2.  Produced by Temple Street Productions in Toronto, “Killjoys” chronicles the adventures of a trio of futuristic bounty hunters as they chase contracts throughout the Quad, a distant solar system of planets.   Working with VFX Supervisor / Producer Michael Gibson (“Battlestar Galactica”, “Defiance”), RSVFX has been engaged to accent the 10 part series with state of the art creatures, environments and spacecraft, including the Killjoys AI-driven ship, Lucy.

Rocket Science VFX is excited but scared to report it has been selected by VFX Supervisor Bret Culp (“Before I Wake”, “Hush”) to provide creature and horror/action visual effects for the Intrepid Pictures (“Oculus”) feature film, “The Bye Bye Man”.   Due in theaters in December 2016, the feature film directed by Stacy Title and written by Jonathan Penner is based on the “true” events of “The Bridge to Body Island”, a short story by Robert Damon Schneck.

On behalf of the artists and staff of Rocket Science, the VFX Supervisor/Producer team of Robert Crowther and Anthony Paterson would like to thank Executive Producer Bryan Fuller for encouraging us to help realize his unique vision for three seasons of the ground-breaking and critically-acclaimed network television series, “Hannibal”.

From the Wendigo to Tarry Alanna, and from Palermo’s Norman Chapel to The Great Red Dragon, no other series project has challenged our artists to produce such creative visuals that have resonated so greatly with the series many internet-savvy Fannibals.  Through all 39 episodes, Rocket Science VFX provided the primary vfx design and supervision for the series through hundreds of shots and many man hours both on set and in the studio.

Rocket Science would also like to thank Executive Producers Martha De Laurentiis and Steve Lightfoot, and Gaumont International Television executives Carol Trussel and Tim King, as well as the entire cast and crew of Hannibal.  We hope to dine together again soon.