{"id":6685,"date":"2011-06-28T11:38:04","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T10:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firedbydesign.com\/?p=6685"},"modified":"2011-06-28T12:05:20","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T11:05:20","slug":"cinesite-gears-up-for-world-war-z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/?p=6685","title":{"rendered":"Cinesite gears up for World War Z"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cinesite is to provide a &#8216;significant&#8217; number of vfx shots on Marc Foster&#8217;s World War Z. Starring and produced by Brad Pitt, the film is based on the post-apocalyptic horror novel by Max Brooks and is due for release in 2012 by Paramount Pictures.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6689\" style=\"width: 495px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/fbdimg\/2011\/06\/15_cinesite_battlela.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6689\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6689 lazyload\" title=\"15_cinesite_battlela\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/fbdimg\/2011\/06\/15_cinesite_battlela.jpg?resize=485%2C232&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sony\/Columbia\u2019s Jonathan Liebesman directed disaster movie Battle: Los Angeles centres on a series of striking visual effects from.\" width=\"485\" height=\"232\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 485px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 485\/232;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cinesite previously created apocalyptic effects for the Sony\/Columbia disaster movie Battle: Los Angeles,  directed by Jonathan Liebesman<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ten years after the human victory over the worldwide zombie epidemic referred to as World War Z, Max Brooks (Pitt) scours the world collecting the stories and experiences of those who have survived the conflict that almost eradicated humanity.<\/p>\n<p>Cinesite visual effects supervisor Matt Johnson will lead Cinesite\u2019s work on the film and will work closely with<em> <\/em>production visual effects supervisor John Nelson whose credits include\u00a0<em>The Sorcerer&#8217;s Apprentice<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Iron Man<\/em>,\u00a0<em>I, Robot<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Matrix Revolutions<\/em> and\u00a0<em>The Matrix Reloaded<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re very excited to have been awarded such a significant portion of visual effects for this highly anticipated movie,\u201d said Antony Hunt, managing director of Cinesite. \u201cWith our work on\u00a0<em>Battle: Los Angeles <\/em>and\u00a0<em>Generation Kill<\/em>, we\u2019ve proven our ability to create scenes of epic destruction and realistic character animation. We can\u2019t wait to do it again for\u00a0<em>World War <\/em>Z.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The London-based facility is also looking to fill a number of vacancies on its VFX team. <a title=\"Cinesite seeks army of animators\" href=\"\/?p=6688\" target=\"_blank\">More info here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinesite.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Cinesite<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Voyage in 3D On Stranger Tides\" href=\"\/?p=6467\">View work by Cinesite on Fired By Design<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Marc Foster\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0286975\/\" target=\"_blank\">See Marc Foster on IMDB<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"John Nelson\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0625471\/\" target=\"_blank\">See John Nelson on IMDB<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Matt Johnson\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0425778\/\" target=\"_blank\">See\u00a0Matt Johnson on IMDB<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0816711\/\" target=\"_blank\">View more info about World War Z<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cinesite is to provide a &#8216;significant&#8217; number of vfx shots on Marc Foster&#8217;s  forthcoming World War Z, starring Brad Pitt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":6689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1144,106,12],"tags":[279,2030,186,411,2025,2027,2032,2028,2029,205,407,2026,2024,2031],"class_list":["post-6685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coming-soon","category-film-news-and-features","category-vfx-news","tag-iron-man","tag-brad-pitt","tag-character-animation","tag-cinesite","tag-horror-novel","tag-i-robot","tag-imdb","tag-matrix-revolutions","tag-paramount-pictures","tag-vfx","tag-visual-effects-supervisor","tag-world-war-z","tag-world-war-z-max-brooks","tag-zombie"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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