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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Visual effects |
Founded | 1989Munich, Germany | , in
Headquarters | , |
Number of employees | 1,200+ (2021) |
Parent | Netflix |
Website | www |
Scanline VFX is a global visual effects and animation company founded 1989 in Munich. The studio is led by VFX Supervisor Stephan Trojansky. The company has 7 locations including Munich, Stuttgart, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Montreal, London, and Seoul. [1]
Scanline has recently completed work on films from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) such as Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), Black Widow , Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Eternals (all 2021), and films based on DC Comics such as Zack Snyder's Justice League , The Suicide Squad (both 2021) and The Batman (2022). They have also worked on Terminator: Dark Fate , Gemini Man (both 2019), Godzilla vs. Kong , Free Guy 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-), Foundation (2021-), Cowboy Bebop (2021) and Stranger Things season four (2022).
In November 2021, Netflix announced that it would acquire Scanline with plans for it to operate as a standalone business working with a variety of clients. [2] [3] The acquisition closed in the first quarter of 2022. [4]
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 Academy Award for the software. [5]
In 2010, Scanline was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for its work on Clint Eastwood's Hereafter , for which it was the sole visual effects vendor. [6]
Scanline received a BAFTA nomination for Best Special Visual Effects in 2010 for its work on Iron Man 3 [7] as well as a second Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects in 2014, for Captain America: The Winter Soldier. [8]
In 2010, Scanline won its first Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture for Hereafter. [9] Scanline has two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Special Visual Effects to its credit for its work on Season Four [10] and Season Eight [11] of Game of Thrones as well as an HPA Award for Outstanding Visual Effects [12] and a Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Created Environment for episode The Iron Throne. [13]
Year | Project | Award | For | Result |
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2020 | Game of Thrones - The Iron Throne | VES Award | Outstanding Created Environment | Won |
2019 | Game of Thrones - The Bells | Emmy Award | Special Visual Effects | Won |
HPA Award | Outstanding Visual Effects - Episodic | Won | ||
2010 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | VES Award | Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture | Won |
Year | Films | Directors | Studio(s) and Distributor(s) | Budget | Gross |
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2006 | 300 | Zack Snyder | Legendary Pictures | $60–65 million | $456.1 million |
Poseidon | Wolfgang Petersen | Warner Bros. Pictures | $160 million | $181.7 million | |
2007 | The Invasion | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures | $65–80 million | $40.2 million |
2008 | Iron Man | Jon Favreau | Marvel Studios | $140 million | $585.8 million |
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Andrew Adamson | Walt Disney Pictures | $225 million | $419.7 million | |
2009 | Vicky the Viking | Michael Herbig | Constantin Film | €8 million | $56.7 million |
2012 | Roland Emmerich | Columbia Pictures | $200 million | $791.2 million |
Year | Films | Directors | Studio(s) and Distributor(s) | Budget | Gross |
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2020 | NightLife | ||||
Jim Button and the Wild 13 | |||||
The Wrong Missy | |||||
The Rescue | |||||
2021 | Black Widow | ||||
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | |||||
The Suicide Squad | |||||
Godzilla vs. Kong | |||||
Eternals | |||||
Don't Look Up | |||||
Tides | |||||
Reminiscence | |||||
Blood Red Sky | |||||
Free Guy | |||||
The Battle at Lake Changjin | |||||
2022 | Moonfall | ||||
The Gray Man | |||||
The Adam Project | |||||
The Batman | |||||
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | |||||
Slumberland | |||||
Black Adam | |||||
2023 | Shazam! Fury of the Gods | ||||
The Flash | |||||
Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms | |||||
Meg 2: The Trench | |||||
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom |
Year | Films | Directors | Studio(s) and Distributor(s) |
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2024 | Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire | ||
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Year(s) | Name of Series | Network |
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Game of Thrones | HBO | |
Stranger Things | Netflix | |
2018 | The First | Hulu, Channel 4 |
Lisey's Story | ||
Shadow and Bone | ||
The Nevers | ||
Cosmos: Possible Worlds | ||
Line of Separation | ||
Foundation | ||
2021 | Cowboy Bebop | Netflix |
Blackout | ||
Kitz | ||
Moby Dick |
Year(s) | Name of Series | Network |
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Yu Yu Hakusho | ||
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