Sony Pictures to Shutter L.A.-Based VFX Firm Pixomondo In Production Shift
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As major studios and streamers look to cut VFX-heavy movie and TV series budget costs as AI tools advance, the visual effects and animation sectors north of the U.S. border are reaping the benefits.
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Sony Pictures’ planned “wind down” of its visual effects and virtual production firm Pixomondo to focus on Sony Pictures Imageworks, headquartered in Vancouver, is the latest signal of a production shift to incentive-friendly Canada. Sony Pictures a week ago told staff at Los Angeles-based Pixomondo that their VFX operations would shut down after outstanding projects or contracts were completed, and that the major studio would streamline VFX work internally to Imageworks, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Pixomondo has VFX studios in Culver City, California, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, London and Frankfurt and Stuttgart in Germany. Related Stories Business Sony Pictures Quarterly Revenue Drops as Music and Games Divisions See Gains Business Former Paramount Co-CEO Brian Robbins Pivots to YouTube, Launches Big Shot Pictures In addition, PXO Clara, the Game of Thrones VFX house’s LED volume division, will also start the process of closing down, with some operations, including potentially a newly-launching volume stage in suburban Vancouver, to be absorbed into the Sony Group. Again, all outstanding contracts will be fulfilled. PXO Clara has separate LED volume stages operating in Vancouver and Toronto. THR understands plans to shutter Pixomondo are still developing and subject to legal and regulatory hurdles. So there’s little visibility on possible job losses, especially as Pixomondo’s VFX artists are hired to work on specific projects and may move on to additional work within the Sony Group. But the planned shuttering of Pixomondo as operations are steered to Sony Pictures Imageworks – part of the major studio behind the Spider-Man franchise and Sony Picture Animation’s GOAT – underlines the continuing lure of Canadian animation and V...
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