C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures was a Canadian film and television

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special effects studio based in Toronto, and founded at the end of March 1994. Its productions included fully animated television series and feature films. C.O.R.E. signed a production partnership deal with Radar Pictures.

History

C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures was started in 1994 by John Mariella, Kyle Menzies, Bob Munroe and

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. Its first and only animated feature film, '' The Wild'', was distributed by

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(United States). It met with unfavourable critical and commercial reaction. As with most Canadian F/X firms, a rising exchange rate, coupled with a decline in employment due to the economic downturn, would take a negative toll on C.O.R.E. After failing to secure a loan guarantee from the provincial government of Ontario, C.O.R.E. ceased operations on March 15, 2010.

C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures

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'' (New Line Cinema) * '' Who Is Cletis Tout?'' (

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'' (

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Series, unless mentioned otherwise. * ''

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* '' Wonderfalls'' - Pilot and Series, Fox Television * ''

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'' - MOW

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* '' Spinning Boris'' - MOW Dufferin Gate Productions/ Showtime * ''

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'' - MOW

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/Spring Creek Productions * '' Tru Confessions'' (The Disney Channel, MOW) * ''

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for Fox Family/

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) * '' The Rats'' (Cort-Madden Productions/Fox Television, MOW) * '' Prancer Returns'' ( USA Studios, MOW) * '' The Feast of All Saints'' (Dufferin Gate/Showtime, miniseries) * '' Jett Jackson: The Movie'' (Alliance/Atlantis & The Disney Channel, MOW) * ''The Four Seasons'' (MOW) * ''Don Giovanni: Leporello's Revenge'' (

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/CBC, MOW) * '' Model Behavior'' (

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, MOW) * '' PSI Factor'' (Atlantis/Alliance/ CTV, Seasons I, II, III & IV) * ''Sandy Bottom Orchestra'' (Dufferin Gate Productions/Showtime, MOW) * ''Dead Aviators'' (Temple Street/Showtime/CBC, MOW) * ''Sea People'' (Temple Street/Showtime, MOW) * '' John Woo's Once a Thief'' (Alliance Communications) * ''

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'' (TiMe Film/

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) * ''

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'' (Alliance/

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, pilot) * ''Government of Playhouse'' (cancelled pitch pilot) * '' Tek War'' (Atlantis Films)

Games

* '' Midnight Club 3'' (

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, intro sequence)

C.O.R.E. Toons

* ''Dudson'' (Decode Entertainment) * '' The Naughty Naughty Pets'' (Decode Entertainment/CBC) * '' The Save-Ums!'' (Decode Entertainment/Discovery Kids/CBC/The Dan Clark Company) * '' Franny's Feet'' (Decode Entertainment/ Family Channel/

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) * '' The Hoobs'' (Decode Entertainment/

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/ PBS Kids Sprout (States)) * ''

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'' (Decode/Fox Family (States)/

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) * '' Brats of the Lost Nebula'' (Decode Entertainment (pilot only)/Jim Henson Productions/

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) * '' Iggy Arbuckle'' (Blueprint Entertainment/

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/Teletoon) * '' Planet Sketch'' (Decode Entertainment/

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/Teletoon) * '' Planet Sheen'' (

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/ Omation) * '' Chop Socky Chooks'' (Decode Entertainment/Aardman Animations/

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) * '' Paws & Tales'' (Providential Pictures) * '' Urban Vermin'' (Decode Entertainment) * ''

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'' (Decode Entertainment/Out of the Blue Enterprises/PBS)

C.O.R.E. Feature Animation

* '' The Wild'' (C.O.R.E. /

) (production company)

References

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