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'''Digital Domain''' (website [[http://www.digitaldomain.com here]]) is a California-based effects studio. Originally a collaboration between Creator/JamesCameron, Creator/StanWinston and former head of [[Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic ILM]] Scott Ross in 1992. Since then, the company has provided effects for over eighty films, multiple commercials and over a dozen games.

In 2006, leading shareholders Cox and IBM took control of Digital Domain and sold the company to Wyndcrest Holdings, LLC (led by director and reoccurring client Creator/MichaelBay, former Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino, and technology entrepreneur John Textor).

On September 6, 2012, John Textor and Michael Bay resigned, as Textor made a proposal to purchase the company and replace the company’s toxic predatory lenders. On September 11th, 2012, the board decided instead to restructure the company through "Chapter 11" bankruptcy which allowed them to sell DD to two major shareholders originally brought in by Textor. They shut down the Florida studio (the ones in [=LA=], Asia and Vancouver are still open), became tangled in lawsuits between longtime partner Creator/PrimeFocus and [[UsefulNotes/SouthKorea South Korean]] firm Samsung, against creditor[=/=]shareholder Creator/LegendaryPictures and has since become a turning point in Florida's history.

!! Films and other projects Digital Domain have worked on include:
[[index]]
* ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve''
* ''Film/TheATeam''
* ''Film/ABeautifulMind''
* ''VideoGame/AceCombat5TheUnsungWar'' ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBpx2wdlrYI Commercial]])
* ''Film/Apollo13''
* ''Film/Armageddon1998''
* ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''
* ''{{VideoGame/Barbie}} Cool Looks Fashion Designer'' & ''Digital Makeover''
* ''VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}}''
* ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory''
* ''Film/CinderellaMan''
* ''Film/TheCuriousCaseOfBenjaminButton''
* ''VIdeoGame/TheDarkness II''
* ''Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow''
* ''{{Film/Deadpool|2016}}''
* ''VideoGame/DeadSpace3: [[http://digitaldomain.com/projects/286 Take Down The Terror]]''
* ''Film/EndersGame'', also co-produced the film.
* ''VideoGame/{{Evolve}}: [[http://digitaldomain.com/projects/303 Happy Hunting]]''
* ''Film/TheFifthElement''
* ''Film/FightClub''
* ''Film/FlagsOfOurFathers''
* ''Film/TheFlightOfThePhoenix2004''
* ''Film/FrightNight2011''
* ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious Furious 7]]''
* Every ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' Commercial (using the actual Unreal 3 MediaNotes/GameEngine)
* ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra''
** ''Film/GIJoeRetaliation''
* ''Film/TheGoldenCompass''
* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'':
** ''VideoGame/Halo3'': "Starry Night" commercial
** ''VideoGame/Halo4'': [[http://digitaldomain.com/projects/84?list=9 "Awakening" Trailer]]
* ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas2000''
* ''Film/IRobot''
* ''Film/IndependenceDayResurgence''
* ''Film/IntoTheStorm2014''
* ''Film/IronMan3''
* ''Film/JackTheGiantSlayer''
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Killzone}} Killzone 3]]''
* ''Film/LakePlacid''
* ''Series/TheLastOfUs2023''
* ''Toys/LEGOAlphaTeam'' (Video Game)
* ''Film/LettersFromIwoJima''
* ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction''
* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing''
* ''Film/MadMax: [[http://digitaldomain.com/projects/291?list=9 Ethos]]''
* ''VideoGame/MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat'' (Intro)
* ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor: Warfighter'': Pre-rendered cutscenes
* ''Film/OBrotherWhereArtThou''
* ''Film/{{Oblivion|2013}}''
* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd''
* ''Film/{{Pixels}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}'' (20th anniversary trailer)
* ''Film/PowerRangers2017''
* ''Film/ReadyPlayerOne2018'', also handled ADR recording services.
* ''Film/RealSteel''
* ''Film/RedPlanet''
* ''VideoGame/RockOfAges''
* ''Film/RulesOfEngagement''
* ''Film/SecondhandLions'', also co-produced the film.
* ''[[Film/TheSeeker The Seeker: The Dark is Rising]]''
* ''Film/SpeedRacer'' (were the leads in developing the software and cars)
* ''Film/StarTrek2009''
* ''Anime/StarWarsVisions'' (Recording studio for the short ''T0-B1'')
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' (Commercial)
* ''Film/{{Supernova}}'' (for Creator/HammerheadProduction)
* ''Film/{{Thor}}''
* ''Film/Titanic1997''
* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'':
** ''Film/{{Transformers|2007}}''
** ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen''
** ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon''
** ''VideoGame/TransformersFallOfCybertron'' (VGA World Premiere and E3 Trailers)
* ''Film/TRONLegacy''
** ''VideoGame/TRONEvolution''
* ''Film/TrueLies'' (their first project) [[/index]]
* The {{Fake Shemp}}ing of Music/TupacShakur at the 2012 edition of the Coachella festival. [[index]]
* ''Film/VanillaSky''
* ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender: VR Chronicles''
* ''Film/WeWereSoldiers''
* ''Film/WhatDreamsMayCome''
* ''Film/AWrinkleInTime2018''
* ''Film/XMen1''
** ''Film/XMenFirstClass''
** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''
** ''Film/XMenApocalypse''
* ''Film/{{Zodiac|2007}}''
[[/index]]

!!Tropes the company's exhibited:
* AllCGICartoon: Their video game trailer work and several commercials.
* AlliterativeName
* {{Animesque}}: Used in a recent [[http://digitaldomain.com/projects/86 Dodge commercial]].
* DevelopmentHell: When the bankruptcy in 2012 happened, they were set to co-produce a live action ''Literature/EndersGame'' movie. Subverted in that production on it has since resumed. With Digital Domain still co-producing.
* EasterEgg: Some minor examples were included in ''The Fifth Element'', such as license plates that say "New York, The [[PrecisionFStrike Fuck-You]] State" and several employees on the rooftops, decks and windows.
* HeAlsoDid: Besides the opening paragraph; [[http://www.cracked.com/members/Mortal+Wombat/ Christina Hsu]], a former animator for the company is also a regular columnist for Website/{{Cracked}}.
* LiveActionAdaptation: ''Speed Racer'', ''The Golden Compass'', ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'', ''Thor'', the ''Transformers'' films and ''Ender's Game''; among others.
* TroubledProduction: ''Red Planet'', though other problems factored into that.
** The aforementioned ''Ender's Game'' fell into this state when the bankruptcy happened.
** Before the lawsuit, Prime Focus was bidding to buy the company. [[Creator/MovingPictureCompany Technicolor Creative Services]] was also a bidder.

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