Follows acquisitions of Imagine Engine, Trixter.
UK-Canadian visual effects studio Cinesite has acquired a majority stake in Balkan VFX firm FX3X.
FX3X has offices in Skopje, North Macedonia and Belgrade, Serbia. The company is currently in production on James Mangold’s Indiana Jones 5 and David Lowery’s Peter Pan and Wendy, both for Disney, plus season two of Paramount+ series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
The existing FX3X management team will continue to lead the company, with the support of Cinesite. The latter company now has over 2000 employees, having previously acquired fellow VFX firms Trixter in 2018 and...
UK-Canadian visual effects studio Cinesite has acquired a majority stake in Balkan VFX firm FX3X.
FX3X has offices in Skopje, North Macedonia and Belgrade, Serbia. The company is currently in production on James Mangold’s Indiana Jones 5 and David Lowery’s Peter Pan and Wendy, both for Disney, plus season two of Paramount+ series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
The existing FX3X management team will continue to lead the company, with the support of Cinesite. The latter company now has over 2000 employees, having previously acquired fellow VFX firms Trixter in 2018 and...
- 8/31/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Cinesite has continued to bolster its international footprint with the purchase of a majority stake in the Balkans-based visual effects studio FX3X.
Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, but a joint statement said FX3X, which has offices in Macedonia and Serbia, will continue to serve clients across feature films, streaming content, and episodic filmed television shows.
Founded in 1997 by Milivoje Gjorgjevikj and Kristijan Danilovski, FX3X is one of the largest VFX houses in Eastern Europe. Some of the company’s recent credits include Marvel’s Moon Knight, Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and the company is currently in production on Indiana Jones 5, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season two.
“Kristijan and I are so proud of where our team’s incredible talent has brought FX3X,” co-founder Milivoje said in a statement. “We have been creative allies with Cinesite previously, so joining forces...
Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, but a joint statement said FX3X, which has offices in Macedonia and Serbia, will continue to serve clients across feature films, streaming content, and episodic filmed television shows.
Founded in 1997 by Milivoje Gjorgjevikj and Kristijan Danilovski, FX3X is one of the largest VFX houses in Eastern Europe. Some of the company’s recent credits include Marvel’s Moon Knight, Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and the company is currently in production on Indiana Jones 5, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season two.
“Kristijan and I are so proud of where our team’s incredible talent has brought FX3X,” co-founder Milivoje said in a statement. “We have been creative allies with Cinesite previously, so joining forces...
- 8/31/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Visual effects and animation company Cinesite has acquired a majority stake in Balkans-based visual effects studio FX3X.
FX3X, which works on both feature film and episodic television projects, has offices in Skopje and Belgrade. It was founded by Milivoje Gjorgjevikj and Kristijan Danilovski in 1997 and is one of Eastern Europe’s largest VFX houses. It also boasts a fully-equipped motion capture stage at its Skopje location.
Among the credits the studio has worked on are “Thor Love & Thunder” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” The studio is currently at work on projects including “Star Trek: Picard” (season 3), “Peter Pan and Wendy” and “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”
Following its deal with Cinesite, FX3X will soon be accepting students onto its paid training program. The program launches in September and runs until Jan. 2023.
“Working together will allow us to serve our clients even better and on a greater scale in both episodic television and feature films,...
FX3X, which works on both feature film and episodic television projects, has offices in Skopje and Belgrade. It was founded by Milivoje Gjorgjevikj and Kristijan Danilovski in 1997 and is one of Eastern Europe’s largest VFX houses. It also boasts a fully-equipped motion capture stage at its Skopje location.
Among the credits the studio has worked on are “Thor Love & Thunder” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” The studio is currently at work on projects including “Star Trek: Picard” (season 3), “Peter Pan and Wendy” and “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”
Following its deal with Cinesite, FX3X will soon be accepting students onto its paid training program. The program launches in September and runs until Jan. 2023.
“Working together will allow us to serve our clients even better and on a greater scale in both episodic television and feature films,...
- 8/31/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
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