Germany’s Rise Visual Effects Studios has established its own animation studio for high-end film and series productions in Munich, where the company has appointed animation expert and VFX producer Sinje Gebauer to head its Munich office as well as the new division.
The new animation unit will act as an independent, creative arm within the Rise group, mainly handling animation projects from the production slate of Rise Pictures with a strong focus on visual development and concept art, according to the company.
Gebauer, who has served as senior VFX producer on such films as “Aquaman,” “Tomb Raider” and “Black Panther,” will take over as new managing director of Rise’s Munich office in August, succeeding Dominik Trimborn, who is leaving the company at his own request after five years.
“I’m looking forward to the new challenge,” Gebauer said. “For me, Rise has for years stood for innovation and outstanding entrepreneurship.
The new animation unit will act as an independent, creative arm within the Rise group, mainly handling animation projects from the production slate of Rise Pictures with a strong focus on visual development and concept art, according to the company.
Gebauer, who has served as senior VFX producer on such films as “Aquaman,” “Tomb Raider” and “Black Panther,” will take over as new managing director of Rise’s Munich office in August, succeeding Dominik Trimborn, who is leaving the company at his own request after five years.
“I’m looking forward to the new challenge,” Gebauer said. “For me, Rise has for years stood for innovation and outstanding entrepreneurship.
- 7/19/2021
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Berlin-based Rise Pictures and Simonsays Pictures in Stuttgart are partnering on a new dark supernatural comedy series about a secretive, multinational corporation established by the Grim Reaper in an effort to more efficiently collect the souls of the dearly departed.
“Grim Inc.” revolves around the mysterious enterprise founded by Death some 70 years ago. At his limits following two world wars and facing the exponential population growth that reached unimaginable proportions in the 1950s, the industrious Grim Reaper decides to start the company and outsource his work.
“Grim Inc.” was created by Tali Barde, Claudio Franke, Dominik Hochwald and Katja Winke. Rise and Simonsays are producing in association with Barde’s Avalon Film in Cologne. Rise’s Ulrich Schwarz, Simonsays’ Simon Buchner and Barde will produce, with Tomy Wigand of Simonsays and Rise’s Sven Pannicke and Robert Pinnow executive producing.
The high-end German-language series combines a quirky, high-concept premise along...
“Grim Inc.” revolves around the mysterious enterprise founded by Death some 70 years ago. At his limits following two world wars and facing the exponential population growth that reached unimaginable proportions in the 1950s, the industrious Grim Reaper decides to start the company and outsource his work.
“Grim Inc.” was created by Tali Barde, Claudio Franke, Dominik Hochwald and Katja Winke. Rise and Simonsays are producing in association with Barde’s Avalon Film in Cologne. Rise’s Ulrich Schwarz, Simonsays’ Simon Buchner and Barde will produce, with Tomy Wigand of Simonsays and Rise’s Sven Pannicke and Robert Pinnow executive producing.
The high-end German-language series combines a quirky, high-concept premise along...
- 3/4/2021
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Animated fantasy adventure will be sold by Gfm Animation.
Uncharted Territory has partnered with Germany’s Rise Pictures to produce Igraine The Brave, a 3D-animated adaptation of Cornelia Funke’s fantasy adventure novel.
Uncharted’s Volker Engel, who won the best visual effects Oscar in 1997 for his work on Independence Day, will direct the film with Germany’s Holger Tappe, whose credits include Monster Family and Animals United.
The screenplay has been written by Jane Ainscough while Disney veteran Andreas Deja, whose credits include The Lion King and Aladdin, will serve as an animation consultant.
World sales will be handled by London-based Gfm Animation.
Uncharted Territory has partnered with Germany’s Rise Pictures to produce Igraine The Brave, a 3D-animated adaptation of Cornelia Funke’s fantasy adventure novel.
Uncharted’s Volker Engel, who won the best visual effects Oscar in 1997 for his work on Independence Day, will direct the film with Germany’s Holger Tappe, whose credits include Monster Family and Animals United.
The screenplay has been written by Jane Ainscough while Disney veteran Andreas Deja, whose credits include The Lion King and Aladdin, will serve as an animation consultant.
World sales will be handled by London-based Gfm Animation.
- 3/1/2021
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Uncharted Territory and Rise Pictures have greenlit an animated film adaptation of Igraine the Brave, a children’s fantasy novel from bestselling author Cornelia Funke (Inkheart).
Holger Tappe (Animals United) will direct the movie together with Oscar-winning visual effects artist Volker Engel (Independence Day). Engel, Gesa Engel, and Lucia Scharbatke of Uncharted Territory will produce together with Ulrich Schwarz and Sven Pannicke of Rise Pictures. L.A.-based Robyn Klein and Jeremy Ross (the short film Oscar contender If Anything Happens I Love You) are on board as international co-production partners. Gfm Animation is handling world sales.
Andreas Deja, a supervising animator on The ...
Holger Tappe (Animals United) will direct the movie together with Oscar-winning visual effects artist Volker Engel (Independence Day). Engel, Gesa Engel, and Lucia Scharbatke of Uncharted Territory will produce together with Ulrich Schwarz and Sven Pannicke of Rise Pictures. L.A.-based Robyn Klein and Jeremy Ross (the short film Oscar contender If Anything Happens I Love You) are on board as international co-production partners. Gfm Animation is handling world sales.
Andreas Deja, a supervising animator on The ...
Uncharted Territory and Rise Pictures have greenlit an animated film adaptation of Igraine the Brave, a children’s fantasy novel from bestselling author Cornelia Funke (Inkheart).
Holger Tappe (Animals United) will direct the movie together with Oscar-winning visual effects artist Volker Engel (Independence Day). Engel, Gesa Engel, and Lucia Scharbatke of Uncharted Territory will produce together with Ulrich Schwarz and Sven Pannicke of Rise Pictures. L.A.-based Robyn Klein and Jeremy Ross (the short film Oscar contender If Anything Happens I Love You) are on board as international co-production partners. Gfm Animation is handling world sales.
Andreas Deja, a supervising animator on The ...
Holger Tappe (Animals United) will direct the movie together with Oscar-winning visual effects artist Volker Engel (Independence Day). Engel, Gesa Engel, and Lucia Scharbatke of Uncharted Territory will produce together with Ulrich Schwarz and Sven Pannicke of Rise Pictures. L.A.-based Robyn Klein and Jeremy Ross (the short film Oscar contender If Anything Happens I Love You) are on board as international co-production partners. Gfm Animation is handling world sales.
Andreas Deja, a supervising animator on The ...
Uncharted Territory and Rise Pictures have joined forces to produce “Igraine the Brave,” a 3D-animated fantasy adventure based on the novel by bestselling author Cornelia Funke.
The story follows 12-year-old Igraine, the only one in her family who is not interested in magic, but is instead pursuing a headstrong plan to become a knight. Just when her brother accidentally turns their parents into pigs, their beloved home, Pimpernel Castle, is besieged by the knight Rowan Heartless and his master, Osmond the Greedy. They plan to steal her family’s singing books of magic to become all-powerful. It’s up to Igraine to save her family — even if it means facing giants and three-headed dragons.
“Igraine the Brave” will be produced by Uncharted Territory’s Volker Engel, Gesa Engel and Lucia Scharbatke, who are partnering with Rise Pictures’ Ulrich Schwarz and Sven Pannicke executive producing, with L.A.-based Robyn Klein and Jeremy Ross co-producing.
The story follows 12-year-old Igraine, the only one in her family who is not interested in magic, but is instead pursuing a headstrong plan to become a knight. Just when her brother accidentally turns their parents into pigs, their beloved home, Pimpernel Castle, is besieged by the knight Rowan Heartless and his master, Osmond the Greedy. They plan to steal her family’s singing books of magic to become all-powerful. It’s up to Igraine to save her family — even if it means facing giants and three-headed dragons.
“Igraine the Brave” will be produced by Uncharted Territory’s Volker Engel, Gesa Engel and Lucia Scharbatke, who are partnering with Rise Pictures’ Ulrich Schwarz and Sven Pannicke executive producing, with L.A.-based Robyn Klein and Jeremy Ross co-producing.
- 3/1/2021
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Germany’s film industry has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, but the sector remains teeming with opportunities for domestic and international productions and looks set to spring back into action in the coming months.
Boasting 10 federal and regional film funders with more than €330 million ($359 million) for film and TV production and a number of major studio and VFX facilities, the country has become a favorite location for international producers.
Warner Bros.’ “The Matrix 4” and Sony Pictures’ “Uncharted” were all set to shoot at Studio Babelsberg near Berlin before work stopped amid the Covid-19 outbreak in March. While the studio initially let go hundreds of film crew members following the shutdown, it has since reinstated them after securing financial assistance from the federal labor agency, staving off a potential legal dispute.
Other recent international projects that lensed in Germany include Abel Ferrara’s Berlinale screener “Siberia,” starring Willem Dafoe,...
Boasting 10 federal and regional film funders with more than €330 million ($359 million) for film and TV production and a number of major studio and VFX facilities, the country has become a favorite location for international producers.
Warner Bros.’ “The Matrix 4” and Sony Pictures’ “Uncharted” were all set to shoot at Studio Babelsberg near Berlin before work stopped amid the Covid-19 outbreak in March. While the studio initially let go hundreds of film crew members following the shutdown, it has since reinstated them after securing financial assistance from the federal labor agency, staving off a potential legal dispute.
Other recent international projects that lensed in Germany include Abel Ferrara’s Berlinale screener “Siberia,” starring Willem Dafoe,...
- 5/8/2020
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Confirms Germany’s growing reputation as an international VFX hub.
Germany looks to set become an even more attractive destination for handling VFX-laden projects after Matthew Vaughn’s prequel The King’s Man received over €1m ($1.1m) in funding from two German funds towards financing the visual effects being handled by leading German VFX studio Rise.
The project was awarded a grant of around €700,000 from the German Federal Film Fund (Dfff II) and another €300,000 by the international feature film and series programme administered by the Bavarian regional fund Fff Bayern.
It is the first time a VFX project has received funding...
Germany looks to set become an even more attractive destination for handling VFX-laden projects after Matthew Vaughn’s prequel The King’s Man received over €1m ($1.1m) in funding from two German funds towards financing the visual effects being handled by leading German VFX studio Rise.
The project was awarded a grant of around €700,000 from the German Federal Film Fund (Dfff II) and another €300,000 by the international feature film and series programme administered by the Bavarian regional fund Fff Bayern.
It is the first time a VFX project has received funding...
- 1/30/2020
- by 158¦Martin Blaney¦40¦
- ScreenDaily
Confirms Germany’s growing reputation as an international VFX hub.
Germany looks to set become an even more attractive destination for handling VFX-laden projects after Matthew Vaughn’s prequel The King’s Man received over €1m ($1.1m) in funding from two German funds towards financing the visual effects being handled by leading German VFX studio Rise.
The project was awarded a grant of around €700,000 from the German Federal Film Fund (Dfff II) and another €300,000 by the international feature film and series programme administered by the Bavarian regional fund Fff Bayern.
This equated to 45% of the film’s VFX budget and is...
Germany looks to set become an even more attractive destination for handling VFX-laden projects after Matthew Vaughn’s prequel The King’s Man received over €1m ($1.1m) in funding from two German funds towards financing the visual effects being handled by leading German VFX studio Rise.
The project was awarded a grant of around €700,000 from the German Federal Film Fund (Dfff II) and another €300,000 by the international feature film and series programme administered by the Bavarian regional fund Fff Bayern.
This equated to 45% of the film’s VFX budget and is...
- 1/30/2020
- by 158¦Martin Blaney¦40¦
- ScreenDaily
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