Blur Studio Inc. is an American visual effects and computer animation company which specializes in CGI visual effects, CGI animation, and CGI design. Located in

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, the studio has produced CGI-animated films, teasers and ad spots for television, as well as video-game CGI cinematics.

History

Blur Studio was founded in March 1995 by David Stinnett, Tim Miller, and Cat Chapman. Blur produced

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demo video ''Two to Tango'' for console's mascots Raven and Robot. Sometime between 2001 and 2003, the studio took interest in

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's ''

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'' theme and produced a short test pitch, under the title ''"Tahu Nuva vs Kohrak"'', but Lego had ultimately passed on the project. The studio worked on the 2004 short film '' Gopher Broke'' which was nominated for 2004

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. In 2009, they assisted with the creation of CGI environments in the Academy Award-winning film ''

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''. In 2011, Blur created the opening

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for ''

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'', based on the first book of

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's Millennium Trilogy and directed by

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. They created the "Heaven and Hell" sequence for '' South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut''. Blur Studio produced a cinematic trailer for the video game ''

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'' titled "Death is No Excuse." They were also responsible for the cinematic trailers of '' Batman: Arkham City'', '' Batman: Arkham Origins'' and '' Batman: Arkham Knight''. They remade the ''

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'' cutscenes for '' Halo: The Master Chief Collection'' (2014) and produced the cutscenes for '' Halo Wars 2'' (2017) after doing so for '' Halo Wars'' (2009). In 2016, Miller and the studio returned to the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise and were involved with the film adaptation of the series which was in development at

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until they put the project into turnaround and sold the rights to

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in 2017. The film was released on February 14, 2020 in collaboration with

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and their animation studio, Marza Animation Planet, and Original Film. A

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was released on April 8, 2022. In 2017, Blur created another opening title sequence for the

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psychological thriller, ''Mindhunter'' based on the 1995 true-crime book, '' Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit'' by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker, produced and directed by David Fincher. In 2019, the studio produced the animation for the Netflix anthology series ''

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'', created by Tim Miller, and also produced the second volume of the series. On May 16, 2019, it was announced that Blur Studio's film ''The Goon'', based on the 1999 comic of the same name by Eric Powell, secured a distribution deal with

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and

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Works

Film and television

Games

Rides

Commercials

Links

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Blur Studio API's, Libraries and Tools (blur-dev)

Making of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Trailer
at Gnomon Events

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Blur Studio American animation studios Film production companies of the United States Mass media companies established in 1994 Visual effects companies 1994 establishments in California Companies based in Culver City, California Adult animation studios