DNEG
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| Formerly | Double Negative (1998–2014) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Motion picture, TV, Animation |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | 160 Great Portland Street, Fitzrovia, London W1W 5QA United Kingdom |
Number of locations | 9 |
Key people | |
| Services | Visual effects Computer animation 3-D conversion |
| Parent | Prime Focus Limited[1] |
| Website | dneg |
DNEG (formerly known as Double Negative and stylized as D N E G) is a British-Indian visual effects, computer animation and 3-D conversion studio that was founded in 1998 in London, and rebranded as DNEG in 2014 after a merger with Indian VFX company Prime Focus; it was named after the letters "D" and "Neg" from their former name.[2]
The company has received seven Academy Awards for its work on the films Inception, Interstellar, Ex Machina, Blade Runner 2049, First Man, Tenet and Dune.[3] In addition, DNEG has received BAFTA awards for Inception, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, Interstellar, Blade Runner 2049, Tenet, Dune and Black Mirror's "Metalhead",[4] and Visual Effects Society awards for its work on films such as The Dark Knight Rises, Sherlock Holmes, Inception, Interstellar, Dunkirk, Blade Runner 2049, Altered Carbon, First Man, Chernobyl, Last Night In Soho, Foundation and Dune.[5] It has also received Primetime Emmy Awards for its work on Dreamkeeper, Chernobyl and season 3 of Star Trek: Discovery.[6]
DNEG is headquartered in Fitzrovia, London with additional locations in Vancouver, Mumbai, Los Angeles, Chennai, Montréal, Mohali, Bangalore, Toronto, and Sydney.[7][8][9][10]
History
[edit]Double Negative first opened its doors in 1998 in London. Founded by a small group of industry professionals, including Peter Chiang (Senior VFX Supervisor), Matt Holben (Joint MD), Alex Hope (Joint MD) and Paul Franklin (Senior VFX Supervisor),[11][12][13] it has grown from a small team to 8,000 members of staff worldwide.
Over the years, DNEG has worked on over 200 movies and developed working relationships with a number of leading directors. Its first project was Pitch Black, released in 2000. Since then, DNEG's work can be seen in recurring franchises like Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, James Bond, Jason Bourne, Fast and Furious, Mission: Impossible and the DC Extended Universe.[14] DNEG has worked on award-winning projects such as Inception, Interstellar, Ex Machina, Dunkirk, Blade Runner 2049, Black Mirror – Metalhead, Altered Carbon, First Man, Chernobyl, Tenet, Star Trek: Discovery (Season 3), and Dune.[15][16][17]
DNEG's visual effects work has been honored with seven Academy Awards, seven BAFTAs, eighteen Visual Effects Society Awards and three Primetime Emmy Awards.[6]
Ownership
[edit]In July 2014, Indian visual effects company Prime Focus World merged with Double Negative;[18][19] the merged company was rebranded as DNEG.[20]
In August 2021, UK-based firm Novator Capital Advisors invested $250 million in Prime Focus Limited, DNEG's parent company. This deal boosted CEO and Prime Focus founder Namit Malhotra's stake in the parent to 70% from 35%, and as the owner of Novator, Icelandic billionaire Thor Björgólfsson received a 15% stake in DNEG.[21]
On January 25, 2022, DNEG announced its entry into a definitive business combination agreement with Sports Ventures Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: AKIC). Subject to customary closing conditions, which were expected in the first half of 2022, the combined public company would be named DNEG.[22][23] DNEG called off the merger and public listing in June 2022, with CEO Malhotra vowing to expand further.[24]
International expansion
[edit]In 2009, Double Negative opened its Singapore office,[25][26] and closed it in March 2016.[27][28]
Following the 2014 merger with Prime Focus World, DNEG announced the upcoming opening of a Mumbai branch.[29] Since 2014, DNEG has opened new facilities in Vancouver, Los Angeles, Chennai, Montréal, Mohali, Bangalore and Toronto.
In November 2022, DNEG announced plans to open a location in Sydney, Australia, where its VFX and animation divisions will work. The new studio was scheduled to open in 2023 in Pyrmont and would be headed by VFX supervisor Andrew Jackson. It lead the visual effects for George Miller's Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.[30][31]
Services and divisions
[edit]Visual effects
[edit]DNEG started as a visual effects (VFX) studio specialised in VFX for feature films. Over the years its offering expanded to include VFX and animation for feature film and television, and stereo conversion.
In 2013 the company launched its Episodic VFX team dedicated to the creation of VFX for television, OTT and streaming providers and designed to allow content producers and networks access to DNEG's team and infrastructure for non-theatrical projects.[32][33]
Animation
[edit] Logo used as of 2022 | |
| Formerly | DNEG Feature Animation (2014–2021) |
|---|---|
| Company type | Division |
| Industry | CGI animation |
| Founded | April 11, 2014 |
| Website | www |
DNEG Animation (formerly known as DNEG Feature Animation) was founded in April 2014 as DNEG Feature Animation after DNEG formed a deal with Locksmith Animation, with Tom Jacomb leading the studio.[34] It provides animation services alongside IP creators and filmmakers for both feature and episodic animated projects. A Queen's Guard soldier with a giant pencil sometimes alongside a short six-leg robot guard are the mascots of the studio. Its first project was the short film Mr. Spam Gets A New Hat, directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker William Joyce and released in 2021, which won 'Best Animation' at 2021 New York Shorts International Film Festival, 'Best Animated Short' at Cleveland International Film Festival, 'Best Animation' at LA Shorts Festival, 'Best Animated Short' at Cordillera International Film Festival and 'Best 3D Narrative Short' at SPARK ANIMATION 2021. Its first feature film was Ron's Gone Wrong, co-produced with Locksmith Animation for 20th Century Studios, also released in 2021, which won for 'Best Longform' at the British Animation Awards (BAA).[35][36][37] With the trailer release of Mr. Spam Gets A New Hat in October 2021, and by early 2022, the studio was renamed to DNEG Animation. The studio then worked on the Netflix television special Entergalactic, created by Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi and Kenya Barris and released in September 2022.[38][39]
The studio's next feature film was Nimona, an adaptation of the webcomic of the same name by ND Stevenson for Netflix and Annapurna Pictures, released in June 2023; in the production of Nimona, DNEG would take over animation from Blue Sky Studios after the company was shut down by then-owner The Walt Disney Company before their production was completed.[40] It was followed by Under the Boardwalk for Paramount Animation, which was released in October of that year.[41][42][43] The Garfield Movie, for which DNEG is a producer alongside Alcon Entertainment for Sony Pictures, was released in May 2024.[44]
Projects currently in production include That Christmas (2024), a co-production with Locksmith Animation for Netflix, an adaptation of The Cat in the Hat (2026) with Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, Bad Fairies (2027) with Locksmith Animation and WBPA, The Angry Birds Movie 3 with Rovio Entertainment and Sega Sammy Group, and an adaptation of The Great Gatsby.
ReDefine
[edit]DNEG ReDefine was launched in 2019 to provide creative visual effects and animation services both to expanding international markets and to filmmakers and streaming companies.[45][46][47]
Stereo
[edit]DNEG Stereo (formerly known as Prime Focus World) was the first in the world to convert a full Hollywood film from 2-D to 3-D and has since become one of the largest stereo conversion companies in the motion picture industry.[48]
Virtual Production
[edit]DNEG Virtual Production is a global, end-to-end virtual production service. It offers filmmakers and content creators access to a full range of real-time production services – from script breakdown, through development / pre-production, production and post-production, to final picture delivery. DNEG Virtual Production has delivered virtual production services for Andy Serkis' Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Keneth Branagh's Death on the Nile and David Leitch's Bullet Train.[49][50]
Filmography
[edit]VFX
[edit]Feature films
[edit]1990s and 2000s
[edit]2010s
[edit]| Year | Title | Director(s) | Distributor(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | David Yates | Warner Bros. Pictures/Heyday Films | Installment of the Wizarding World (film series) |
| Green Zone | Paul Greengrass | Universal Pictures | ||
| Inception | Christopher Nolan | Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures/Syncopy Inc. | ||
| Iron Man 2 | Jon Favreau | Paramount Pictures/Marvel Studios/Fairview Entertainment | Installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe | |
| Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | Mike Newell | Walt Disney Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films | ||
| Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | Edgar Wright | Universal Pictures | ||
| The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Jon Turteltaub | Walt Disney Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films | ||
| The Wolfman | Joe Johnston | Universal Pictures | ||
| 2011 | Attack the Block | Joe Cornish | Optimum Releasing/StudioCanal Features/Film4/UK Film Council/Big Talk Pictures | |
| Captain America: The First Avenger | Joe Johnston | Paramount Pictures/Marvel Studios | Installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe | |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | David Yates | Warner Bros. Pictures/Heyday Films | Installment of the Wizarding World (film series) | |
| Paul | Greg Mottola | Universal Pictures | ||
| The Tree of Life | Terrance Malick | 20th Century Fox | ||
| 2012 | Battleship | Peter Berg | Universal Pictures | |
| The Bourne Legacy | Tony Gilroy | |||
| The Dark Knight Rises | Christopher Nolan | Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures/DC Comics/Syncopy Inc. | ||
| John Carter | Andrew Stanton | Walt Disney Pictures | ||
| Les Misérables | Tom Hooper | Universal Pictures/Working Title Films | ||
| The Pirates! Band of Misfits | Peter Lord | Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation/Aardman Features/Sony Pictures Releasing | ||
| Skyfall | Sam Mendes | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Columbia Pictures/Eon Productions/Sony Pictures Releasing | Installment of the James Bond (film series) | |
| Snow White and the Huntsman | Rupert Sanders | Universal Pictures/Roth Films | ||
| Total Recall | Len Wiseman | Columbia Pictures/Original Film/Sony Pictures Releasing | ||
| 2013 | Captain Phillips | Paul Greengrass | Columbia Pictures | |
| Fast & Furious 6 | Justin Lin | Universal Pictures/Original Film | Installment of the Fast & Furious franchise | |
| The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Francis Lawrence | Lionsgate Films | ||
| Man of Steel[52] | Zack Snyder | Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures/DC Comics/Syncopy Inc. | Installment of the DC Extended Universe | |
| Rush | Ron Howard | Universal Pictures (United States)/StudioCanal (United Kingdom)/Cross Creek Pictures/Exclusive Media/Working Title Films/Imagine Entertainment/Revolution Films | ||
| Thor: The Dark World | Alan Taylor | Marvel Studios | Installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe | |
| The World's End | Edgar Wright | Universal Pictures (International)/Focus Features (United States)/Relativity Media/StudioCanal/Working Title Films/Big Talk Pictures | ||
| 2014 | Cuban Fury | James Griffiths | StudioCanal | |
| Ex Machina | Alex Garland | A24 (United States)/Universal Pictures (International) | ||
| Exodus: Gods and Kings | Ridley Scott | 20th Century Fox/Scott Free Productions/Chernin Entertainment | ||
| Godzilla | Gareth Edwards | Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures/Toho | Installment of the MonsterVerse | |
| Hercules | Brett Ratner | Paramount Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | ||
| The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 | Francis Lawrence | Lionsgate Films | ||
| Interstellar | Christopher Nolan | Warner Bros. Pictures (International)/Paramount Pictures (United States)/Legendary Pictures/Syncopy Inc. | ||
| Muppets Most Wanted | James Bobin | Walt Disney Pictures/Mandeville Films | ||
| Paddington | Paul King | StudioCanal/Heyday Films | ||
| Transcendence | Wally Pfister | Warner Bros. Pictures (United States & Canada)/Summit Entertainment (International)/Alcon Entertainment | ||
| 2015 | Ant-Man | Peyton Reed | Marvel Studios | Installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe |
| Bridge of Spies | Steven Spielberg | Touchstone Pictures (United States)/20th Century Fox (International)/DreamWorks Pictures/Reliance Entertainment/Amblin Entertainment/Participant Media/Marc Platt Productions | ||
| The Danish Girl | Tom Hooper | Universal Pictures (International)/Focus Features (United States)/Working Title Films | ||
| In the Heart of the Sea | Ron Howard | Warner Bros. Pictures/Village Roadshow Pictures/Imagine Entertainment/Roth Films | ||
| The Divergent Series: Insurgent | Robert Schwentke | Summit Entertainment/Red Wagon Entertainment | ||
| The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 | Francis Lawrence | Lionsgate Films | ||
| Jupiter Ascending | The Wachowskis | Warner Bros. Pictures/Village Roadshow Pictures | ||
| Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | Christopher McQuarrie | Paramount Pictures/Skydance Media/Bad Robot/TC Productions | Installment of the Mission: Impossible (film series) | |
| Spectre | Sam Mendes | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Columbia Pictures/Eon Productions/Sony Pictures Releasing | Installment of the James Bond (film series) | |
| Terminator Genisys | Alan Taylor | Paramount Pictures/Skydance Media | ||
| 2016 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | James Bobin | Walt Disney Pictures/Roth Films | |
| Assassin's Creed | Justin Kurzel | 20th Century Fox/Regency Enterprises/Ubisoft Motion Pictures/DMC Film/The Kennedy/Marshall Company | ||
| Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Zack Snyder | Warner Bros. Pictures/DC Comics | Installment of the DC Extended Universe | |
| Captain America: Civil War | Anthony and Joe Russo | Marvel Studios | Installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe | |
| A Cure for Wellness | Gore Verbinski | 20th Century Fox/Regency Enterprises/Blind Wink Productions | ||
| Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | David Yates | Warner Bros. Pictures/Heyday Films | Installment of the Wizarding World (film series) | |
| Grimsby | Louis Leterrier | Columbia Pictures/Village Roadshow Pictures/LStar Capital/Big Talk Productions/Working Title Films | ||
| The Huntsman: Winter's War | Cedric Nicolas-Troyan | Universal Pictures/Roth Films/Perfect World Pictures | ||
| Inferno | Ron Howard | Columbia Pictures/Imagine Entertainment | ||
| Jason Bourne | Paul Greengrass | Universal Pictures | ||
| Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Tim Burton | 20th Century Fox/Chernin Entertainment | ||
| Star Trek Beyond | Justin Lin | Paramount Pictures/Skydance Media/Bad Robot | ||
| 2017 | American Assassin | Michael Cuesta | Lionsgate Films/CBS Films/Di Bonaventura Pictures | |
| Baby Driver | Edgar Wright | Tristar Pictures/Working Title Films/Sony Pictures Releasing | ||
| Blade Runner 2049 | Dennis Villeneuve | Warner Bros. Pictures (United States)/Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Releasing (International)/Alcon Entertainment/Thunderbird Entertainment/Scott Free Productions | ||
| Dunkirk | Christopher Nolan | Warner Bros. Pictures/Syncopy Inc. | ||
| The Fate of the Furious | F. Gary Gray | Universal Pictures/Original Film/China Film/One Race Films | Installment of the Fast & Furious franchise | |
| Final Portrait | Stanley Tucci | Sony Pictures Classics (United States)/Vertigo Entertainment (International) | ||
| Geostorm | Dean Devlin | Warner Bros. Pictures/Skydance Media/Electric Entertainment | ||
| Hostiles | Scott Cooper | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures | ||
| Justice League | Zack Snyder | Warner Bros. Pictures/DC Comics | Installment of the DC Extended Universe | |
| Life | Daniel Espinosa | Columbia Pictures/Skydance Media/Sony Pictures Releasing | ||
| The Mummy | Alex Kurtzman | Universal Pictures | ||
| Thor: Ragnarok | Taika Waititi | Marvel Studios | Installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe | |
| Wonder Woman | Patty Jenkins | Warner Bros. Pictures/DC Comics | Installment of the DC Extended Universe | |
| 2018 | 2.0 | S. Shankar | Lyca Productions/Dharma Productions/AA Films | |
| Alpha | Albert Hughes | Columbia Pictures/Studio 8/Sony Pictures Releasing | ||
| Annihilation | Alex Garland | Netflix (International)/Paramount Pictures/Skydance Media/Scott Rudin Productions | ||
| Ant-Man and the Wasp | Peyton Reed | Marvel Studios | Installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe | |
| Aquaman | James Wan | Warner Bros. Pictures/DC Comics | Stereo conversion
Installment of the DC Extended Universe | |
| Avengers: Infinity War | Anthony and Joe Russo | Marvel Studios | Installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe | |
| Bad Times at the El Royale | Drew Goddard | 20th Century Fox | ||
| Black Panther | Ryan Coogler | Marvel Studios | Installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe | |
| Bohemian Rhapsody | Bryan Singer | 20th Century Fox/Regency Enterprises/Bad Hat Harry Productions | ||
| Deadpool 2 | David Leitch | 20th Century Fox/Marvel Entertainment | ||
| Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | David Yates | Warner Bros. Pictures/Heyday Films | ||
| First Man[53] | Damien Chazelle | Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures/Perfect World Pictures/Temple Hill Entertainment | ||
| Holmes & Watson | Etan Cohen | Columbia Pictures/Gary Sanchez Productions/Mosaic Media Group/Mimran Schur Pictures/Sony Pictures Releasing | ||
| The Hurricane Heist | Rob Cohen | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures/Foresight Unlimited/Parkside Pictures/Windfall Productions/Tadross Media Group | ||
| Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Christopher McQuarrie | Paramount Pictures/Skydance Media/Bad Robot/TC Productions | Installment of the Mission: Impossible (film series) | |
| Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle | Andy Serkis | Netflix/Warner Bros. Pictures | ||
| Pacific Rim: Uprising | Steven S. DeKnight | Universal Pictures/Legendary Pictures | ||
| Red Sparrow | Francis Lawrence | 20th Century Fox/Chernin Entertainment | ||
| The 15:17 to Paris | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures/Village Roadshow Pictures | ||
| The Meg | Jon Turteltaub | Warner Bros. Pictures | ||
| Venom | Ruben Fleischer | Columbia Pictures/Marvel Entertainment/Sony Pictures Releasing | ||
| 2019 | Aladdin[54] | Guy Ritchie | Walt Disney Pictures | Stereo conversion |
| Alita: Battle Angel | Robert Rodriguez | 20th Century Fox/Lightstorm Entertainment/Troublemaker Studios/TSG Entertainment | ||
| Avengers: Endgame | Anthony and Joe Russo | Marvel Studios | Installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe | |
| Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw | David Leitch | Universal Pictures | ||
| Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Michael Dougherty | Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures/Toho | Installment of the MonsterVerse | |
| The Kid Who Would Be King | Joe Cornish | 20th Century Fox/Working Title Films | ||
| Men in Black: International[55] | F. Gary Gray | Columbia Pictures/Amblin Entertainment/P+M Image Nation/Sony Pictures Releasing | ||
| Shazam! | David F. Sandberg | Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema/DC Comics | Installment of the DC Extended Universe | |
| War | Siddharth Anand | Yash Raj Films |
2020s
[edit]| Year | Title | Director(s) | Distributor(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Mulan | Niki Caro | Walt Disney Pictures | Stereo conversion |
| The New Mutants | Josh Boone | 20th Century Studios/Marvel Entertainment/Kinberg Genre/Sunswept Entertainment/TSG Entertainment | ||
| Tenet | Christopher Nolan | Warner Bros. Pictures/Syncopy Inc. | ||
| Wonder Woman 1984 | Patty Jenkins | Warner Bros. Pictures/DC Comics | Installment of the DC Extended Universe | |
| 2021 | 83 | Kabir Khan | Reliance Entertainment | |
| Chaos Walking | Doug Liman | Lionsgate Films | ||
| Dune | Denis Villeneuve | Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures | ||
| F9 | Justin Lin | Universal Pictures | Installment of the Fast & Furious franchise | |
| Godzilla vs. Kong | Adam Wingard | Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures/Toho | Stereo conversion Installment of the MonsterVerse | |
| Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Jason Reitman | Columbia Pictures/Bron Creative/Ghost Corps/The Montecito Picture Company/Sony Pictures Releasing | Installment of the Ghostbusters franchise | |
| Jungle Cruise | Jaume Collet-Serra | Walt Disney Pictures/Davis Entertainment/Seven Bucks Productions/Flynn Picture Company | Stereo conversion | |
| Last Night in Soho | Edgar Wright | Focus Features/Working Title Films/Film4 Productions/Perfect World Pictures/Complete Fiction Pictures | ||
| The Matrix Resurrections | Lana Wachowski | Warner Bros. Pictures/Village Roadshow Pictures | Installment of The Matrix franchise | |
| No Time to Die | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Universal Pictures/United Artists Releasing/Eon Productions | Installment of the James Bond (film series) | |
| Venom: Let There Be Carnage | Andy Serkis | Columbia Pictures/Marvel Entertainment/Sony Pictures Releasing | Sequel to Venom | |
| 2022 | The Adam Project | Shawn Levy | Netflix/Skydance Media/21 Laps Entertainment/Maximum Effort | |
| Black Adam | Jaume Collet-Serra | Warner Bros. Pictures/DC Comics | Installment of the DC Extended Universe | |
| Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva | Ayan Mukerji | Star Studios/Prime Focus/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | First installment of the trilogy and Installment of Astraverse | |
| Bullet Train | David Leitch | Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Releasing/87North Productions | ||
| Death on the Nile | Kenneth Branagh | 20th Century Studios/Scott Free Productions | Sequel to Murder on the Orient Express | |
| Ireland | Greg MacGillivray | MacGillivray Freeman Films | ||
| Jurassic World Dominion | Colin Trevorrow | Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment | Stereo conversion
Installment of the Jurassic Park franchise | |
| The Lost City | Adam Nee Aaron Nee |
Paramount Pictures/Fortis Films/3dot Productions/Exhibit A | ||
| Moonfall | Roland Emmerich | Lionsgate Films | ||
| Moonshot | Chris Winterbauer | Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema/HBO Max | ||
| Pinocchio | Robert Zemeckis | Walt Disney Pictures/Depth of Field Studios/ImageMovers | ||
| RRR | S. S. Rajamouli | DVV Entertainment/Lyca Productions/Pen Studios/KVN Creations/HR Pictures | ||
| Lou | Anna Foerster | Netflix | ||
| The School for Good and Evil | Paul Feig | Netflix/Roth/Kirschenbaum Films | ||
| Devotion | J. D. Dillard | Columbia Pictures/Stage 6 Films/Black Label Media | ||
| Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Rian Johnson | Netflix/T-Street | Sequel to Knives Out | |
| Slumberland | Francis Lawrence | Netflix/Chernin Entertainment/About:Blank | ||
| Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | Jeff Fowler | Paramount Pictures/Sega Sammy Group/Original Film/Marza Animation Planet/Blur Studio | Sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog | |
| Uncharted | Ruben Fleischer | Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Releasing/PlayStation Productions/Atlas Entertainment/Arad Productions | Based on the video game series of the same name | |
| 2023 | Scream VI | Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett | Paramount Pictures/Spyglass Media Group/Project X Entertainment/Radio Silence Productions | Installment of the Scream franchise; stereo conversion |
| Shazam! Fury of the Gods | David F. Sandberg | Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema/DC Comics | Installment of the DC Extended Universe | |
| Peter Pan & Wendy | David Lowery | Walt Disney Pictures/Roth/Kirschenbaum Films/Whitaker Entertainment | ||
| Fast X | Louis Leterrier | Universal Pictures | Installment of the Fast & Furious franchise | |
| The Little Mermaid | Rob Marshall | Walt Disney Pictures/Lucamar Productions/Marc Platt Productions/5000 Broadway Productions | Stereo conversion | |
| The Flash | Andy Muschietti | Warner Bros. Pictures/DC Comics | Installment of the DC Extended Universe | |
| Oppenheimer | Christopher Nolan | Universal Pictures/Syncopy Inc. | ||
| Haunted Mansion | Justin Simien | Walt Disney Pictures/Rideback | ||
| Meg 2: The Trench | Ben Wheatley | Warner Bros. Pictures/CMC Pictures/DF Pictures/di Bonaventura Pictures/Apelles Entertainment | Sequel to The Meg | |
| No One Will Save You | Brian Duffield | 20th Century Studios/Star Thrower Entertainment | ||
| Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom | James Wan | Warner Bros. Pictures/DC Comics/Atomic Monster/The Safran Company/Domain Entertainment | Installment of the DC Extended Universe | |
| 2024 | Lift | F. Gary Gray | Netflix/HartBeat Productions/6th & Idaho Productions | |
| Fighter | Siddharth Anand | Viacom18 Studios | First installment in the Fighter franchise | |
| No Way Up | Claudio Fäh | Altitude Film Entertainment/Hyprr Films/Ingenious Media/Sarma Films | ||
| Dune: Part Two | Denis Villeneuve | Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures | Sequel to Dune | |
| Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Gil Kenan | Columbia Pictures/Ghost Corps/Right of Way Films | Installment of the Ghostbusters franchise | |
| Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire | Adam Wingard | Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures | ||
| Bade Miyan Chote Miyan | Ali Abbas Zafar | PVR Inox Pictures | ||
| Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | George Miller | Warner Bros. Pictures/Village Roadshow Pictures/Kennedy Miller Mitchell/Domain Entertainment | ||
| Munjya[56] | Aditya Sarpotdar | Pen Marudhar Entertainment | Third installment in the Maddock Supernatural Universe | |
| Kalki 2898 AD[57] | Nag Ashwin | Vyjayanthi Movies/AA Films/Sri Venkateswara Creations | ||
| Borderlands | Eli Roth | Lionsgate Films | Based on the video game of the same name | |
| Devara: Part 1 | Koratala Siva | Yuvasudha Arts/NTR Arts/Sithara Entertainments/Dharma Productions/AA Films/Wayfarer Films/Sri Lakshmi Movies/Hamsini Entertainment | ||
| Venom: The Last Dance | Kelly Marcel | Columbia Pictures/Marvel Entertainment/Sony Pictures Releasing | Sequel to Venom and Venom: Let There Be Carnage |
Upcoming films
[edit]| Year | Title | Director(s) | Distributor(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mickey 17 | Bong Joon-ho | Warner Bros. Pictures/Offscreen/Plan B Entertainment/Kate Street Picture Company | |
| Animal Friends | Peter Atencio | Columbia Pictures/Legendary Pictures/Maximum Effort/Prime Focus/Sony Pictures Releasing | ||
| The Gorge[58][59] | Scott Derrickson | Apple Original Films/Skydance Media | ||
| TBA | Coyote vs. Acme | Dave Green | Warner Bros. Pictures/Warner Animation Group |
DNEG Animation
[edit]2020s
[edit]| Year | Title | Director(s) | Distributor(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Ron's Gone Wrong | Jean-Philippe Vine & Sarah Smith | 20th Century Studios/20th Century Animation/Locksmith Animation/TSG Entertainment | First film produced under DNEG Animation |
| 2023 | Nimona | Nick Bruno & Troy Quane | Netflix/Annapurna Pictures | Completed animation, originally done by Blue Sky Studios |
| Under the Boardwalk | David Soren | Paramount Pictures/Paramount Animation/Big Kid Pictures | Animation services | |
| Trolls Band Together | Walt Dohrn | Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Animation | Installment of Trolls franchise; additional animation | |
| 2024 | The Garfield Movie | Mark Dindal | Columbia Pictures/Alcon Entertainment/Prime Focus/One Cool Group Limited/Wayfarer Studios/Sony Pictures Releasing | Also production company |
Upcoming films
[edit]| Year | Title | Director(s) | Distributor(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | That Christmas | Simon Otto | Netflix/Netflix Animation/Locksmith Animation | |
| 2026 | The Cat in the Hat | Erica Rivinoja and Alessandro Carloni | Warner Bros. Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures Animation/Dr. Seuss Enterprises/A Stern Talking To | |
| 2027 | Bad Fairies[60] | Megan Nicole Dong | Warner Bros. Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures Animation/Locksmith Animation | |
| TBA | The Angry Birds Movie 3[61] | John Rice | Rovio Animation/Sega Sammy Group/One Cool Group/Flywheel Media/Dentsu |
Television series and specials
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