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Scanline VFX is a global visual effects and animation company founded 1989 in
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. The studio is led by VFX Supervisor Stephan Trojansky. The company has 7 locations including Munich,
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, and
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. Scanline has recently completed work on films from the
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(MCU) such as Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), Black Widow,
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and Eternals (all 2021), and films based on
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such as
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, The Suicide Squad (both 2021) and The Batman (2022). They have also worked on Terminator: Dark Fate, Gemini Man (both 2019),
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,
Free Guy ''Free Guy'' is a 2021 American science fiction action comedy film directed and produced by Shawn Levy from a screenplay by Matt Lieberman and Zak Penn, and a story by Lieberman. The film stars Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Lil Rel Howery, Utka ...
and Don't Look Up (all 2021). In terms of television, Scanline has worked on Game of Thrones season eight (2019), Shadow and Bone (2021-),
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(2021-), Cowboy Bebop (2021) and
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season four (2022). In November 2021,
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announced that it would acquire Scanline. The acquisition is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. The company will continue to operate as a standalone business and work with a variety of clients.


Accolades

Scanline is responsible for the development of its proprietary fluid effects software, Flowline. Scanline was the sole developer of Flowline and in 2008, was the recipient of a Scientific and Technical Achievement
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for the software. In 2010, Scanline was nominated for an
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for its work on
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's ''
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'', for which it was the sole visual effects vendor. Scanline received a BAFTA nomination for Best Special Visual Effects in 2010 for its work on ''
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'' as well as a second
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nomination for Best Visual Effects in 2014, for '' Captain America: The Winter Soldier.'' In 2010, Scanline won its first Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture for ''
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.'' Scanline has two
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for Outstanding Special Visual Effects to its credit for its work on Season Four and Season Eight of '' Game of Thrones'' as well as an HPA Award for Outstanding Visual Effects and a Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Created Environment for episode '' The Iron Throne.''


Completed projects

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'' * ''
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'' * '' 300: Rise of an Empire'' * '' 6 Underground'' * ''
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'' * '' American Renegades'' * ''
Ant-Man and the Wasp ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'' is a 2018 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the characters Scott Lang / Ant-Man and Hope Pym / Wasp. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is th ...
'' * ''
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'' * '' Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'' * ''
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'' * '' Ben-Hur'' * '' Between Two Ferns: The Movie'' * '' Bird Box'' * ''
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'' * '' Black Widow'' * '' Blackhat'' * ''
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'' * '' Captain America: The Winter Soldier'' * '' Captain Marvel'' * ''
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'' * '' Cosmos: Possible Worlds'' * '' Divergent'' * '' Exodus: Gods and Kings'' * '' Eternals'' * ''
Furious 7 ''Furious 7'' (also known as ''Fast & Furious 7'') is a 2015 American action film directed by James Wan and written by Chris Morgan. It is the sequel to ''Fast & Furious 6'' (2013) and '' The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'' (2006), and ser ...
'' * '' Game of Thrones'' * '' Gemini Man'' * ''
Geostorm ''Geostorm'' is a 2017 American science fiction disaster film directed, co-written, and co-produced by Dean Devlin (in his feature directorial debut). The film stars Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Ed Harris, and Andy García. It ...
'' * ''
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'' * ''
Godzilla vs. Kong ''Godzilla vs. Kong'' is a 2021 American monster film directed by Adam Wingard. A sequel to '' Kong: Skull Island'' (2017) and '' Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' (2019); it is the fourth film in Legendary Pictures' MonsterVerse, the 36th film ...
'' * ''
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'' is a 2017 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team Guardians of the Galaxy, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to ...
'' * ''
Gulliver's Travels ''Gulliver's Travels'', or ''Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships'' is a 1726 prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan ...
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'' * '' Hotel Lux'' * '' Immortals'' * '' In the Fade'' * '' In the Heart of the Sea'' * '' Independence Day: Resurgence'' * '' Into the Storm'' * ''
Iron Man Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. The charact ...
'' * ''
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'' * '' Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver'' * '' Joker'' * '' Journey 2: The Mysterious Island'' * '' Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'' * ''
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'' * '' King Arthur: Legend of the Sword'' * '' Kong: Skull Island'' * ''
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'' * '' Man of Steel'' * '' Midway'' * '' Moonfall'' * '' Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children'' * '' Pan'' * '' Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'' * ''
Point Break ''Point Break'' is a 1991 American action crime film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by W. Peter Iliff. It stars Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Lori Petty and Gary Busey. The film's title refers to the surfing term " point break", where ...
'' * ''
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'' * '' Rampage'' * '' Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'' * '' San Andreas'' * '' Spider-Man: Far From Home'' * ''
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'' * ''
Suicide Squad The Suicide Squad is an antihero/supervillain team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first version of the Suicide Squad debuted in '' The Brave and the Bold'' #25 (September 1959) and the second and modern version, cr ...
'' * '' The Suicide Squad'' * ''
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'' * '' Super 8'' * '' Terminator: Dark Fate'' * '' The 5th Wave'' * ''
The Amazing Spider-Man ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man as its main protagonist. Being in the mainstream continuity of the franchise, it began publication in 1963 as a bimonthly ...
'' * '' The Apparition'' * '' The Avengers'' * '' The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian'' * '' The Cut'' * '' The First'' * '' The Ghost Writer'' * '' The Golden Glove'' * '' The Goldfish'' * '' The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1'' * '' The Invasion'' * '' The Last Airbender'' * '' The Manny'' * ''
The Meg ''The Meg'' is a 2018 science fiction action film directed by Jon Turteltaub with screenplay by Dean Georgaris, Jon Hoeber, and Erich Hoeber, loosely based on the 1997 book '' Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror'' by Steve Alten. The film stars Jason St ...
'' * '' The Most Beautiful Day'' * ''The Promise'' * '' The Rescue'' * '' The Shallows'' * '' The Wolf of Wall Street'' * ''
Tomb Raider ''Tomb Raider'', also known as ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' from 2001 to 2008, is a media franchise that originated with an Action-adventure game, action-adventure video game series created by British gaming company Core Design. Formerly owned b ...
'' * '' Transformers: The Last Knight'' * '' Vicky and the Treasure of the Gods'' * '' Vicky the Viking'' * '' Welcome to Germany'' * '' When Santa Fell to Earth'' * ''
White House Down ''White House Down'' is a 2013 American political action thriller film directed by Roland Emmerich and written by James Vanderbilt. In the film, a divorced US Capitol Police officer attempts to rescue both his daughter and the President of the ...
'' * '' Who Am I'' * '' X-Men: Dark Phoenix''


Filmography


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Upcoming Projects


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Upcoming Projects


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