The Bellas VFX Studios is an American visual effects and animation company that was founded in West Hollywood, California by the screenwriter Kay Cannon on July 3, 2013, following the critical and box-office success of the 2012 musical comedy film directed by Jason Moore, Pitch Perfect, with Joshua K. Dominguez served as a president. The company was named after the fictional band character, The Bellas. It has contained 2,000 employees and created its work on Go Touching 6 (2013).
History[]
Development[]
The Bellas VFX Studios was headquartered in West Hollywood, California with additional locations in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, London, Bangalore, Frankfurt, and Stuttgart. Without the involvement of Movie Land Animation Studios until December 2014, it's first project was Go Touching 6, released in December 2013 as an additional vendors, with MLDPS San Francisco takes the lead.
International expansions[]
On July 16, 2021, The Bellas VFX Studios India has merged into Kumar Coca after Movie Land re-established its Bangalore subsidiary.
Lawsuits and closure[]
On March 1, 2023, Universal Pictures, who had been collaborated with Gold Circle Films on the Pitch Perfect franchise, along with NBCUniversal, sued The Bellas VFX Studios for mentioning the fictional band characters of its same name and due to the strings of recent box-office bombs, such as Gwen and Dan and Las Vegas, and for someone that criticized the Pitch Perfect film series. A week later, NBCUniversal forced Movie Land to shut down The Bellas VFX Studios on May 5, 2023, which operations will fold the company into Fortiche and MLDPS San Francisco. This made Animals vs. Monsters: Most Wanted the first film to be made at MLDPS San Francisco itself under their frequent companies, such as Kumar Coca, La Femme Rouge VFX, Studio Mir, 88 Pictures, and Fortiche, instead of the Bellas VFX Studios.
However, its last work made by the Bellas VFX Studios before its closure was The Rodriguez's Macaw, which was released on April 28, 2023.
After closure[]
As of July 30, 2023, the Bellas VFX Studios' website now redirects to MLDPS.com. On August 6, 2023, Carmen Sandiego director Jos Humphrey merged the Bellas VFX Studios was into La Femme Rouge VFX.
Locations[]
As of April 28, 2023, The Bellas VFX Studios has offices in the following locations:
- West Hollywood
- Toronto
- Vancouver
- Montreal
- London
- Bangalore (merged into Kumar Coca since July 2021)
- Frankfurt
- Stuttgart
Filmography[]
Films[]
- Go Touching 6 (2013) - theatrical release; first work
- Go Touching 7 (2014) - theatrical release
- Go Touching 8 (2014) - theatrical release
- Magic Tree House (2014) - theatrical release
- Life As An Animal (2015) - theatrical release
- Go Touching 9 (2015) - theatrical release
- Water of the World of the Sea (2016) - theatrical release
- Pacific (2017) - theatrical release
- Tom the Hand: The Movie (2017) - theatrical release
- All Fired Up (2017) - theatrical release
- Major Lazer: The Movie (2018) - theatrical release
- Ten Dogs (2018) - theatrical release
- Go Touching 3D (2018) - theatrical 3D re-release and Blu-ray 3D release
- Go Touching 2 3D (2018) - theatrical 3D re-release and Blu-ray 3D release
- Sarcastics (2018) - theatrical release
- The Crown (2019) - theatrical release
- Gwen and Dan (2019) - Netflix release
- Loppy the Dog 2: The Second Movie (2019) - theatrical release
- Sarcastics 2 (2019) - theatrical release
- Makoo (2020) - Disney+ release
- Las Vegas (2020) - Disney+ release
- Madeline (2020) - HBO Max release
- Overwatch (2020) - theatrical release
- Chai Lung (2020) - Disney+ release
- Roarmageddon (2020) - Disney+ release
- Tom the Hand 4 (2020) - theatrical and HBO Max release
- Jerry and Will (2021) - theatrical release
- The Amazing Lyca (2021) - Netflix release
- The Amazing World of Shanghai (2021) - HBO Max release
- Go Touching (2021) - theatrical and HBO Max release
- Voltron (2022) - theatrical release
- Arcane (2022) - theatrical release
- Street Racers: A New Road (2022) - Disney+ release
- Bolly Land (2022) - Netflix release
- China: Legends of the Shooting Stars (2023) - theatrical release
- The Rodriguez's Macaw (2023) - Netflix release; final work
Television series[]
- Tom the Hand (2016-2021)
- JH Movie Collection: A Little Adventure (2020-2022)
Short films[]
- Katz (2014)
- Skwarell (2015)
- Naughty vs. Nice: A Tom the Hand Short (2018)
- Pearl (2019)
- League (2019)
- JH Movie Collection: League of Visions ("Tokyo Tour") (2021) - Amazon Prime Video release
Commercials[]
- Oreo (2016)
- Bunch-O Balloons (2017)
- Cocoa Puffs (2018)
- Pantene (2018-2019)
- WSIB (2020)
- Chantix (2020)
- McDonald's (2021)
Others[]
- Dolby Atmos Logo (2014)
- Movie Land Animation Studios Logo (2014-2019)
- Panko & Panda Studios Logo (2019-2023)
References[]
External links[]
- Official Website (archived)
v - e - d | |
|---|---|
| Films | Pitch Perfect (2012) • Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) • Pitch Perfect 3 (2017) • Untitled Pitch Perfect animated reboot (2024) |
| Television | Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin |
| Soundtrack albums | Pitch Perfect • More from Pitch Perfect • Ultimate Pitch Perfect • Pitch Perfect 2 • Pitch Perfect 3 |
| Songs | "Cups" • "Flashlight" |