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VFX Legion Launches Division in B.C.

August 21, 2020, 03:49 PM

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VFX Legion, a remote boutique-style global company, has announced the opening of a full-scale division in British Columbia.  An early proponent of the virtualization of visual effects, industry veteran James David Hattin launched the company in 2013, introducing a groundbreaking collaborative work-from-home business model almost a decade before COVID-19 made social distancing essential. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the company’s new Kelowna-based division takes its road-tested remote visual effect services to the next level. 

Proactively growing its team of talent residing throughout the province, VFX Legion has expanded its network of artists culled over the years from a global pool of talent, building a local workforce with the scale needed to take maximum advantage of substantial tax incentives,” says Hattin.  "British Columbia's investment in infrastructure technology, including fiber-optic internet connectivity, is another reason that the province is a perfect hub for our remote business model.”

“Our sophisticated pipeline's ability to render an artist's location irrelevant provides VFX Legion with its greatest asset - an abundance of exceptional remote-savvy talent,” adds the company’s creative director and founder.  â€œA collective of over 200 artists was in place long before the pandemic, bringing a mastery of remote technology and our collaborative workflow that's optimized efficiency and creativity for dozens of films and hundreds of TV episodes over the years. While the industry scrambled to set up in-house staff to work from home in response to a crisis, we didn’t need to change a thing."

Current Projects, Right out of the Gate:
The studio already has over a dozen projects lined up and in progress, including seven films for 'Welcome to Blumhouse,' a program of dark genre movies produced by Blumhouse Television and Amazon Studios. The B.C. division is currently managing the production of all of the visual effects for 'Black Box,' scheduled to premiere along with 'The Lie,' on October 6th. VFX Legion/B.C. is also sole VFX vendor for 'Evil Eye' and 'Nocturne,' both debuting on October 12th, and the final four films in the series for release in 2021.  Slated to streaming on Prime Video, the thematically connected package marks Amazon's first-ever global direct to services deal.

“We've invested in British Columbia at a very exciting time," says Hattin. "The province's work, establishing mandates and guidelines, has put it on the fast track to recovery. Shooting has resumed in B.C., making it one of North America's first regions to restart production since COVID-19 brought it to a halt. The move presented an opportunity to expand our pioneering remote service, and position VFX Legion to provide the first wave of productions with innovative digital solutions that meet unprecedented challenges."

Signings:
The new division mirrors VFX Legion's flagship studio's structure, housing a core team of leadership and senior artists. The signing of an animation supervisor, C.G. supervisor, VFX coordinator, and two senior compositors are in the final stages. 

Dylan Yestremski oversees the company's B.C. arm, bringing strong managerial and creative skills to his new post.  Exiting Allegiance Studios, the remote the B.C. VFX boutique he founded in 2015, and closing its doors, he moved on to join VFX Legion as Head of Production and partner in the new venture. Hattin works closely with the B.C. native, supervising projects managed out of both British Columbia and Los Angeles.


Before the launch of VFX Legion/L.A., Yastremski worked with Hattin on several projects, including the TV series 'Arrow,' 'The Flash,' True Blood,' and 'Falling Skies,' which received an Emmy nod in the 'Outstanding Special VFX' category in 2013. More recently, he's lent his talents to numerous films, and episodic shows under VFX Legion’s banner, such as the movie, 'Hardcore Henry,' and the episodic series, including 'Madam Secretary, 'How to Get Away with Murder' and â€˜Scandal.’


“VFX Legion provides British Columbia's film and television productions with access to a unique local resource that's way ahead of the curve. Fully remote since inception, our leading-edge pipeline, seamless workflow, honed protocols, and scalable collective of remote-savvy artists are well-established,” adds Hattin. "Without the distraction of adapting to new workflow and software, our focus remains where it's always been - on applying our creative and technical ingenuity to producing digital imagery that meets the challenges of an ever-changing industry and brings a director's vision to life."

Every episodic series that's worked with VFX Legion has returned season after season through series finals, since the company launched - attesting to a remote approach that consistently elevates visual stories, and gets the most out of every budget. 

Credits:
'How to Get Away with Murder,' 'Madam Secretary,' 'Scandal,' 'Suits,' 'Eye Candy,' 'Revolution,' 'The Catch,' and 'Gone' are among its television series credits.  Feature film work includes 'Hardcore Henry,' 'The Gift,' '12 Strong,' 'Ithaca,' 'The Circle,' 'Please Stand By,' 'Jem and the Holograms,' 'Superfly,' 'Sinister 2,' and 'Ma,' to name a few.

While the impact of CORVID-19 demanded that the vast majority of the industry move from a long-standing traditional infrastructure to a drastically different workflow, VFX Legion didn't need to change a thing," notes Hattin “Architect of a remote pipeline and  business model that introduced an evolved forerunner of today’s' new normal,' with the majority of it large collective of home-based remote artists working with VFX Legion for years, the recent launch of our new division brings the experience and digital ingenuity of a company born into a remote visual effects culture to British Columbia."

Pipeline:Technology
Hattin, the architect of VFX Legion's pioneering pipeline,  integrated Autodesk's Shotgun and Maya, SideFX's Houdini, The Foundry's Nuke, SYNTHeyes, Signiant Medial Shuttle and Adobe After Effects with proprietary in-house tools and off-label capabilities. Fluidly evolved, ongoing refinements and new technology take advantage of the pipeline's flexibility. 

For additional information about VFX Legion, contact VFX Legion LA/B.C. at www.VFXLegion.com, contact@VFXLegion.com, or call 818-736-5855.


VFX Legion, a pioneering remote boutique-style global company, has opening of a division in British Columbia. An early proponent of the virtualization of visual effects, industry veteran James David Hattin launched the company in 2013, introducing a groundbreaking collaborative work-from-home business model almost a decade before COVID-19 made social distancing essential. Headquartered in LA, the company’s new Kelowna-based division takes its road-tested remote VFX services to the next level.

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