Framestore Evolves FANTASTIC BEASTS VR

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Framestore and Warner Bros. Pictures have expanded the storyworld of Newt Scamander and his creatures for the latest virtual reality release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'.

The Nifflers penchant for shiny objects translates into a suspended gold hideaway.

Scripted on the wizarding world created by J.K. Rowling, the VR experience allows fan to become wizards themselves complete with a wand in hand, able to cast spells and control their environment whilst tending to Newt's fantastic beasts.

A new trailer from featuring Eddie Redmayne promotes the 2018 experience.

The original 2016 project has been heralded for its craft, creativity and fan engagement, with honours like People's Voice at the Webbys and Gold trophies from award bodies London International Awards, One Show, Clio Entertainment, British Arrows and Creative Circle.

The Bowtruckles shy nature is lured out by collecting snacks for him.

With this project, we wanted to bring players into an immersive experience combining the graphic fidelity of the Fantastic Beasts brand with the interactivity of real-time games, states Julien Charlebois, Head of Production, VR, Montr al.

The 2018 version further develops the experience with an open-world game-play to include additional creatures, environments and interactive puzzles. New character additions include the Niffler, Occamy and Bowtruckle, to the already existing Erumpent, Thunderbird and Graphorn.

An Occamy protects a beautiful egg due to hatch any second now.

Charlebois continues, In order to achieve the quality expected from a Fantastic Beasts experience on such a broad range of VR platforms, we had to leverage the knowledge and expertise of our different teams around the globe.

The project evolves and sustains fan engagement between the feature film release cycles, building on an established relationship between Warner Bros. Pictures and Framestore that crosses feature film and VR productions.

This latest VR edition was led by Framestore's New York and Montr al offices; the project marking the first real-time project from Montr al, which opened its VR Studio in 2017. The team worked to optimize and enhance this latest version with unparalleled visual fidelity and technological innovation, especially for mobile VR.

Framestore's Montr al office also worked on the character animation and visual effects for the Fantastic Beasts theatrical release, ensuring users will encounter the same beasts as seen in the film. The Framestore global team exported the experience to live on Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive and Oculus, in addition to its 2016 exclusive debut on Google Daydream.

Client Warner Bros. Pictures

Creative Studio Framestore

Executive Producer Christine Cattano

Senior Producer Pete Jones

Head of Production - VR Julien Charlebois

VFX Producer PJ Stegall

Development Producer Kent Rausch

Creative Director Andy Rowan-Robinson

Lead Game Designer Jesse Johansen

VR Lead Claude Dareau

VFX Supervisor Patrick Ross

Animation Lead Jim Hundertmark

Compositing Lead Corrina Wilson

Senior VR Developer Danny LePage

Senior VR Developer Martin Barrette

CG Technical Director Charlotte Bae

FX Technical Director Nathan Diehl

CG Supervisor JP Li

CG Supervisor Mathieu Bertrand

Animation Supervisor Laurent Laban

Senior Compositor Steve Drew

Senior Designer Dan Solomon

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Framestore is an Oscar-winning creative studio that uses innovative talent and technology to create high-end images for every platform. Framestore partners with clients ranging from Hollywood studios through to advertisers, ad agencies, production companies and video game developers. In addition to being recognised for its globally celebrated visual effects, Framestore has more recently made its name as an innovator in the digital space by focusing on the immersive engagement potential of interactive visual effects. For more information please contact marketing@framestore.com on 310-975-7300.

Copyright 2018 Framestore, All rights reserved.

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