Framestore (formerly Framestore CFC from 1998 until 2008) is a British visual effects company founded in 1986 by Sharon Reed, William Sargent, Jonathan Hills, Mike McGee and Alison Turner. Much like Hybride Technologies and Zoic Studios, Framestore started out doing commercials and TV shows and started their film division in 1994. To this day, they still work on television shows and commercials, as well as iPhone apps, Web Original animation and three of One Direction's videosList , all the while making effects for films. In November 2020, they acquired Method Studios and its sister companies — Company 3, Encore, and Stereo D — from Deluxe; with Method being directly absorbed into the company once all films in the pipeline at that time were completed.
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Framestore's works include:
- 47 Ronin
- 65
- Alien vs. Predator
- Army of the Dead
- Australia
- Avatar
- Barbie
- Basic Instinct 2
- Beast (2022)
- Beauty and the Beast (2017)
- Black Mirror (Two Episodes: "Playtest" and "USS Callister")
- Blade Runner 2049
- The Boys (2019) (Season 1)
- Cast Away
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Chicken Run
- Children of Men
- Clash of the Titans (2010)
- Christopher Robin
- Cowboy Bebop (2021) (episodes 4 and 9)
- The Crown (Season 3)
- Crysis 2 (Opening)
- Curfew
- The Dark Knight
- Deadpool 2
- Death at a Funeral
- The Dictator
- Dinotopia
- DJ Hero (Opening)
- Doctor Who (Opening)
- Don't Look Up
- Doom
- Downsizing
- Dumbo (2019)
- Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real
- Edge of Tomorrow
- Elvis (2022) (through Method)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- Garth Marenghis Darkplace (First episode only)
- GEICO (ads with the Gecko since 2008)
- Geostorm
- Ghost in the Shell (2017)
- GI Joe The Rise Of Cobra
- The Golden Compass
- Gravity
- Halo 4 ("Enlist" campaign)
- The Harry Potter films, starting with Chamber of Secrets
- His Dark Materials
- Hot Fuzz (digital intermediate)
- James Bond
- GoldenEye (Title sequence)
- Tomorrow Never Dies (Title sequence)
- Die Another Day (Title sequence)
- Casino Royale (Title sequence)
- Quantum of Solace
- Skyfall (Title sequence)
- Spectre
- No Time to Die
- Jupiter Ascending
- Jupiter's Legacy
- Jurassic World Adventure
- Kong: Skull Island (Concept and creature design)
- The Last of Us (2023) (Pre-Visualization)
- The Legend of Tarzan
- LittleBigPlanet (commercials)
- The Little Mermaid (2023)
- Lost in Space
- Lovecraft Country (Concept Art and visual effects)
- Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
- M&M's (select commercials, with Laika)
- Mamma Mia!
- Man vs. Bee
- Men (assisted by Agora Studio)
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem (Commercial)
- Mary Poppins Returns
- The Martian
- Marvel Cinematic Universe:
- Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Avengers C.A.M.P.U.S. (both the ride itself, and its promo)
- Avengers: Endgame
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Captain America: The First Avenger
- Captain Marvel (2019)
- Doctor Strange (2016)
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (both film and tie-in commercial for Tide)
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (both film and tie-in commercial
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
- Iron Man 3
- Moon Knight (2022)
- Ms. Marvel (2022)
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (through Method)
- Spider-Man: Far From Home
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Thor: The Dark World
- Thor: Ragnarok
- WandaVision
- Merlin (1998)
- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
- Mowgli
- The Mummy Returns
- The Mummy (2017) (Concept Art design)
- Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (Opening)
- Now You See Me 2
- One Piece (2023)
- Paddington (2014)
- Pokémon:
- Poltergeist (2015 remake)
- Primeval (Seasons 1-3)
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
- Ready Player One (2018) (Previz and Concept Development)
- RoboCop (2014)
- Runescape (Online cinematic)
- Salt
- The School for Good and Evil (2022)
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
- Sherlock Holmes (2009)
- The Smurfs
- The Suicide Squad
- Superman Returns
- The Tale of Despereaux (the only production of their feature animation division)
- Thunderbirds (2004 film)
- Tom & Jerry (2021)
- The Tomorrow War
- Tooned
- Top Gun: Maverick (through Method)
- Tower Heist
- Underworld
- Underworld Evolution
- V for Vendetta (digital intermediate)
- VelociCoaster
- Venom: Let There Be Carnage
- Walking with Dinosaurs and its spinoffs (including Prehistoric Park)
- Wanted
- War Horse
- Watchmen (2019)
- What Lies Beneath
- Where the Wild Things Are
- Why Women Kill
- The Witcher (2019) (Season 1)
- World War Z (Concept Art only)
- X-Men: The Last Stand
- X-Men: Days of Future Past (Provided the designs for the 1970s Sentinels)
- Your Highness (Yes, even the minotaur penis)
Tropes associated with Framestore:
- All-CGI Cartoon: The Tale of Despereaux. The openings for NFS: Hot Pursuit and DJ Hero as well.
- Medium Blending: Chicken Run.
