Fortiche Production SAS is a French animation studio headquartered in Paris. Its biggest project to date is the television series Arcane.
Development[]
Fortiche Production SAS was founded in 2009 and initially created commercials for Coca-Cola, Honda, Samsung, Panasonic and MTV. From the start, a combination of 2D and 3D animation has defined the studio's style, the "Touche Fortiche".[1]
They moved on to creating music videos, created for Freak Kitchen, Gorillaz and LIMOUSINE. These projects caught the attention of video game studios such as Ubisoft, Volition Studios, Carbine Studios and Riot Games.[2] For the latter, Fortiche produced game trailers in the form of short films along with music videos, most notably Pop/Stars.[3]
They eventually moved on to the production of the series Rabbids Invasion, which it co-produced from 2013 to 2019 for Netflix and Nickelodeon in partnership with Ubisoft.
In 2015, the French channel France 2 broadcast the 55-minute historical documentary film Le dernier Gaulois about the Gallic Wars animated by Fortiche. Motion Capture technology was used for this.[4]
At the 2017 industry fair Cartoon Movie in Bordeaux, the studio pitched the feature film project Miss Saturne with a pilot short film.[5]
Arcane[]
In November 2021, Fortiche, in collaboration with Riot Games, released the series Arcane set in the League of Legends-universe on the streaming platforms Netflix and in China on Tencent Video. It was the world's most-watched series on Netflix for two weeks in November 2021 and was extremely well received by critics.[6][7]
During the six year creation of Arcane, staff numbers grew from around 15 to around 300.[8] The studio expanded in 2020 with branches in Montpellier and Las Palmas. The studio's revenue rose to Template:Euro16.4 million for 2021.[9] Le Figaro reported that the budget of Arcane was Template:Euro60–80 million.[10] In November 2021 Riot-Games-CEO Nicolo Laurent announced via Twitter that a second season has been commissioned from Fortiche.[11]
On March 14, 2022, Riot Games announced a new equity investment in Fortiche Production.[12] Under the terms of the investment, which closed earlier this year, Riot now holds a significant non-controlling stake in Fortiche. Brian Wright (Chief Content Officer at Riot) and Brendan Mulligan (Director of Corporate Development at Riot) have also joined Fortiche's board of directors.[13]
Movie Land era[]
In May 2022, Fortiche sign a deal with Movie Land to work on feature films and series like JH Friends Collection: The Movie, Tom the Hand 7, Baywatch, and Loppy the Dog: Dogtopia.
Filmography[]
Film[]
- Le dernier Gaulois (2015) - TV Movie[4]
- Æon Flux (2023)
- Animals vs. Monsters: Most Wanted (2023)
- Hot (2023)
- JH Friends Collection: Merry Little Powder (2023)
- JH Friends Collection: The Movie (2023) - Additional Animation and End Title Sequence
- Tom the Hand 7 (2024)
- Baywatch (2024)
- Welcome to Mumbai (2024) - Additional Asset Production
- Tomb Raider (2024) - Additional Asset Production
- Famous 5: Mystery Together (2024) - Additional Asset Production
- Fast & Furious Spy Racers: Part Two (2025)
- Carmen Sandiego 4 (2025)
- Reggie and the Penguin 2 (in production)
- Penelope of Sparta (in production)[14]
Television series[]
- Rabbids Invasion (2013-2019)
- Rocket & Groot (2017)
- Arcane (2021-now)[15]
- Crackle (2024-now)
- Echo: A Spy Racers Story (2024)
- Loppy the Dog: Dogtopia (2024)
Music videos[]
- "DoYaThing" - Gorillaz featuring James Murphy and Andre 3000 (2012)
- "Get Jinxed" - Agnete Kjølsrud and Christian Linke (2013)
- "Warriors" - Imagine Dragons (2014)
- "Pop/Stars" - K/DA featuring Madison Beer, (G)I-DLE and Jaira Burns (2018)
- "Rise" - Mako featuring The World Alive and The Glitch Mob (2018)
- "Enemy" - Imagine Dragons and J.I.D (2021)
Short films[]
- From Box to Box (2023)
- Once Upon a Universe (2023) - Uncredited
References[]
- ↑ All about.
- ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Les Français de Fortiche bousculent l'animation avec « Arcane »" [The French from Fortiche are shaking up animation with “Arcane”]. Le Monde (in French). 2021-11-04. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ↑ Interview avec Arnaud Delord, co-fondateur de Fortiche et réalisateur sur la série Arcane (fr) (7 November 2021).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Des Gaulois comme on ne les a jamais vus sur France 2 (fr) (2015-12-29).
- ↑ About (en).
- ↑ Netflix Top 10 - Global.
- ↑ dos
- ↑ Wit, Alex Dudok de (2022-01-05). The Secret To 'Arcane' Studio Fortiche's Success: It's Owned By Artists (en-US).
- ↑ Lesniak, Isabelle (2021-11-18). Fortiche, le nouveau roi français de l'animation (fr).
- ↑ Kerkour, Tom (2021-12-10). Arcane: un petit studio français derrière la série d’animation la plus chère du monde (fr).
- ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nicolo Laurent [@niiicolo] (20 November 2021). "So yeah, we are working on #arcane season 2. The good news: you won't have to wait for 6 years (the time it took us to making season 1) The bad news: it's not coming in 2022 😢" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ Stubbs, Mike. Riot Games Invests In ‘Arcane’ Animation Studio Fortiche Production (en).
- ↑ Riot Games Announces New Equity Investment in “Arcane” Animation Studio Fortiche Production (14 March 2022).
- ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lang, Jamie (10 June 2024). "'Arcane' Animation Studio Fortiche Production Preps Sci-Fi Feature 'Penelope of Sparta,' Inspired by Greek Mythology (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ↑ Arcane was inspired by these anime that only 90s kids know | ONE Esports (en-US) (2024-03-27).
External links[]
- Official website
- Arcane: Bridging the Rift | League of Legends - Five part "behind the scenes" video series documenting Fortiche's involvement
- Videos in chronological order on the Website of Catsuka (Cartoon-news) Template:In lang