Scanline VFX

Short description: Visual effects and animation company

Scanline VFX

Type| Subsidiary
Industry| Visual effects
Founded| 1989; 37 years ago (1989), in Munich, Germany
Headquarters|

Vancouver

Canada

Number of employees

| 1,200+ (2021)
Parent| Netflix
Website| www.scanlinevfx.com

Scanline VFX is a global visual effects and animation company founded 1989 in Munich. The studio is led by VFX Supervisor Stephan Trojansky. The company has 7 locations including Munich, Stuttgart, Los Angeles , Vancouver , Montreal , London, and Seoul.[1]

Scanline has recently completed work on films from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) such as Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), Black Widow, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Eternals (all 2021), and films based on DC Comics such as Zack Snyder's Justice League, The Suicide Squad (both 2021) and The Batman (2022). They have also worked on Terminator: Dark Fate, Gemini Man (both 2019), Godzilla vs. Kong, Free Guy and Don't Look Up (all 2021).

In terms of television, Scanline has worked on Game of Thrones season eight (2019), Shadow and Bone (2021-), Foundation (2021-), Cowboy Bebop (2021) and Stranger Things season four (2022).

In November 2021, Netflix announced that it would acquire Scanline with plans for it to operate as a standalone business working with a variety of clients.[2][3] The acquisition closed in the first quarter of 2022.[4]

## Contents

* 1 Accolades
* 2 Completed projects
* 3 Filmography
* 3.1 2000s
* 3.2 2010s
* 3.3 2020s
* 3.4 Upcoming Projects
* 4 TV Series
* 4.1 Upcoming Projects
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Accolades

Scanline is responsible for the development of its proprietary fluid effects software, Flowline. Scanline was the sole developer of Flowline and in 2008, was the recipient of a Scientific and Technical Achievement Academy Award for the software.[5]

In 2010, Scanline was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for its work on Clint Eastwood's Hereafter, for which it was the sole visual effects vendor.[6]

Scanline received a BAFTA nomination for Best Special Visual Effects in 2010 for its work on Iron Man 3[7] as well as a second Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects in 2014, for Captain America: The Winter Soldier.[8]

In 2010, Scanline won its first Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture for Hereafter.[9] Scanline has two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Special Visual Effects to its credit for its work on Season Four[10] and Season Eight[11] of Game of Thrones as well as an HPA Award for Outstanding Visual Effects[12] and a Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Created Environment for episode The Iron Throne.[13]

Film and television awards  Year  | Project  | Award  | For  | Result

|
|
|
|

2020  | Game of Thrones - The Iron Throne | VES Award  | Outstanding Created Environment  | Won
2019  | Game of Thrones - The Bells | Emmy Award  | Special Visual Effects  | Won
HPA Award  | Outstanding Visual Effects - Episodic  | Won
2010  | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | VES Award  | Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture  | Won

## Completed projects

* 300
* 2012
* 300: Rise of an Empire
* 6 Underground
* A Good Day to Die Hard
* American Renegades
* Ant-Man and the Wasp
* Aquaman
* Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
* Battleship
* Ben-Hur
* Between Two Ferns: The Movie
* Bird Box
* Black Panther
* Black Widow
* Blackhat
* Bumblebee
* Captain America: The Winter Soldier
* Captain Marvel
* Charlie's Angels
* Cosmos: Possible Worlds
* Divergent
* Exodus: Gods and Kings
* Eternals
* Furious 7
* Game of Thrones
* Gemini Man
* Geostorm
* Godzilla
* Godzilla vs. Kong
* Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
* Gulliver's Travels
* Hereafter
* Hotel Lux
* Immortals
* In the Fade
* In the Heart of the Sea
* Independence Day: Resurgence
* Into the Storm
* Iron Man
* Iron Man 3
* Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
* Joker
* Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
* Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
* Justice League
* King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
* Kong: Skull Island
* Looper
* Luther
* Man of Steel
* Midway
* Moonfall
* Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
* Pan
* Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
* Point Break
* Pompeii
* Poseidon
* Power Rangers
* Rampage
* Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
* San Andreas
* Spider-Man: Far From Home
* Stranger Things
* Suicide Squad
* The Suicide Squad
* Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
* Super 8
* Terminator: Dark Fate
* The 5th Wave
* The Amazing Spider-Man
* The Apparition
* The Avengers
* The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
* The Cut
* The First
* The Ghost Writer
* The Golden Glove
* The Goldfish
* The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
* The Invasion
* The Last Airbender
* The Manny
* The Meg
* The Most Beautiful Day
* The Promise
* The Rescue
* The Shallows
* The Wolf of Wall Street
* Tomb Raider
* Transformers: The Last Knight
* Vicky and the Treasure of the Gods
* Vicky the Viking
* Welcome to Germany
* When Santa Fell to Earth (film) (de)
* White House Down
* Who Am I
* X-Men: Dark Phoenix

## Filmography

### 2000s

Year  | Films  | Directors  | Studio(s) and

Distributor(s)

| Budget  | Gross

|
|
|
|
|

2006  | 300 | Zack Snyder  | Legendary Pictures

Warner Bros. Pictures

| $60–65 million  | $456.1 million
Poseidon | Wolfgang Petersen  | Warner Bros. Pictures  | $160 million  | $181.7 million
2007  | The Invasion | Oliver Hirschbiegel  | Village Roadshow Pictures

Vertigo Entertainment

Warner Bros. Pictures

| $65–80 million  | $40.2 million
2008  | Iron Man | Jon Favreau  | Marvel Studios

Paramount Pictures

| $140 million  | $585.8 million
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Andrew Adamson  | Walt Disney Pictures

Walden Media

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

| $225 million  | $419.7 million
2009  | Vicky the Viking | Michael Herbig  | Constantin Film  | €8 million  | $56.7 million
2012 | Roland Emmerich  | Columbia Pictures

Sony Pictures Releasing

| $200 million  | $791.2 million

### 2010s

Year  | Films  | Directors  | Studio(s) and

Distributor(s)

| Budget  | Gross

|
|
|
|
|

2010  | The Ghost Writer | Roman Polanski  | StudioCanal  | $45 million  | $60.2 million
Hanni & Nanni | Christine Hartmann  | UFA GmbH

Universal Pictures International

| N/A  | $7.1 million
The Last Airbender | M. Night Shyamalan  | Nickelodeon Movies

Paramount Pictures

| $150 million  | $319.7 million
Hereafter | Clint Eastwood  | The Kennedy/Marshall Company

Amblin Entertainment Warner Bros. Pictures

| $50 million  | $107 million
Gulliver's Travels | Rob Letterman  | Dune Entertainment

20th Century Fox

| $112 million  | $237.4 million
2011  | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Rob Marshall  | Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Walt Disney Studios

| $410.6 million  | $1.046 billion
Super 8 | J. J. Abrams  | Bad Robot Productions

Amblin Entertainment Paramount Pictures

| $50 million  | $260.1 million
Vicky and the Treasure of the Gods | Christian Ditter  | Constantin Film  | $11 million  | $20.8 million
Hotel Lux | Leander Haußmann  | Bavaria Film  | $11 million  | $1.6 million
Immortals | Tarsem Singh  | Relativity Media

Universal Pictures

| $75 million  | $226.9 million
When Santa Fell to Earth (film) (de) |  |  |  |
2012  | Battleship |  |  |  |
Looper |  |  |  |
The Avengers |  |  |  |
The Amazing Spider-Man |  |  |  |
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island |  |  |  |
The Apparition |  |  |  |
Cloud Atlas |  |  |  |
Hanni & Nanni 2 (de) |  |  |  |
Zettl (film) (de) |  |  |  |
2013  | White House Down |  |  |  |
Iron Man 3 |  |  |  |
Man of Steel |  |  |  |
The Wolf of Wall Street |  |  |  |
A Good Day to Die Hard |  |  |  |
Snowpiercer |  |  |  |
Don Jon |  |  |  |
The Almost Perfect Man |  |  |  |
Hanni & Nanni 3 (de) |  |  |  |
Girl on a Bicycle |  |  |  |
2014  | Who Am I |  |  |  |
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 |  |  |  |
300: Rise of an Empire |  |  |  |
Godzilla |  |  |  |
Captain America: The Winter Soldier |  |  |  |
Divergent |  |  |  |
Exodus: Gods and Kings |  |  |  |
Pompeii |  |  |  |
Into the Storm |  |  |  |
The Cut |  |  |  |
Big Game |  |  |  |
Beauty and the Beast |  |  |  |
Joy of Fatherhood |  |  |  |
2015  | Furious 7 |  |  |  |
San Andreas |  |  |  |
In the Heart of the Sea |  |  |  |
Point Break |  |  |  |
Blackhat |  |  |  |
Pan |  |  |  |
The Manny |  |  |  |
Macho Man (2015 film) (de) |  |  |  |
2016  | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice |  |  |  |
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children |  |  |  |
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story |  |  |  |
Suicide Squad |  |  |  |
The 5th Wave |  |  |  |
The Shallows |  |  |  |
Ben-Hur |  |  |  |
Independence Day: Resurgence |  |  |  |
The Most Beautiful Day |  |  |  |
The Promise |  |  |  |
Welcome to Germany |  |  |  |
The Wild Soccer Bunch 6 |  |  |  |
Seitenwechsel (de) |  |  |  |
Antonio, in Wonderland! |  |  |  |
Manhunt: Escape to the Carpathians (de) |  |  |  |
Friend Request |  |  |  |
2017  | Power Rangers |  |  |  |
Geostorm |  |  |  |
Kong: Skull Island |  |  |  |
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 |  |  |  |
American Renegades |  |  |  |
Justice League |  |  |  |
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword |  |  |  |
Transformers: The Last Knight |  |  |  |
Teenosaurus Rex (de) |  |  |  |
Bullyparade: The Film |  |  |  |
In the Fade |  |  |  |
2018  | Tomb Raider |  |  |  |
The Meg |  |  |  |
Black Panther |  |  |  |
Aquaman |  |  |  |
Ant-Man and the Wasp |  |  |  |
Rampage |  |  |  |
Bird Box |  |  |  |
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom |  |  |  |
Balloon |  |  |  |
Bumblebee |  |  |  |
Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver (film) (de) |  |  |  |
Hot Dog |  |  |  |
2019  | X-Men: Dark Phoenix |  |  |  |
6 Underground |  |  |  |
Captain Marvel |  |  |  |
Gemini Man |  |  |  |
Spider-Man: Far From Home |  |  |  |
Joker |  |  |  |
Terminator: Dark Fate |  |  |  |
Midway |  |  |  |
Between Two Ferns: The Movie |  |  |  |
The Golden Glove |  |  |  |
Charlie's Angels |  |  |  |
The Goldfish |  |  |  |

### 2020s

Year  | Films  | Directors  | Studio(s) and

Distributor(s)

| Budget  | Gross

|
|
|
|
|

2020  | NightLife |  |  |  |
Jim Button and the Wild 13 |  |  |  |
The Wrong Missy |  |  |  |
The Rescue |  |  |  |
2021  | Black Widow |  |  |  |
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings |  |  |  |
The Suicide Squad |  |  |  |
Godzilla vs. Kong |  |  |  |
Eternals |  |  |  |
Don't Look Up |  |  |  |
Tides |  |  |  |
Reminiscence |  |  |  |
Blood Red Sky |  |  |  |
Free Guy |  |  |  |
The Battle at Lake Changjin |  |  |  |
2022  | Moonfall |  |  |  |
The Gray Man |  |  |  |
The Adam Project |  |  |  |
The Batman |  |  |  |
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever |  |  |  |
Slumberland |  |  |  |
Black Adam |  |  |  |
2023  | Shazam! Fury of the Gods |  |  |  |
The Flash |  |  |  |
Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms |  |  |

### Upcoming Projects

Year  | Films  | Directors  | Studio(s) and

Distributor(s)

|
|
|

2023  | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom |  |
| Rheingold |  |
| 1000 Zeilen |  |

## TV Series

Year(s)  | Name of Series  | Network

|
|

| Game of Thrones | HBO
| Stranger Things | Netflix
2018  | The First | Hulu, Channel 4
| Lisey's Story |
| Shadow and Bone |
| The Nevers |
| Cosmos: Possible Worlds |
| Line of Separation |
| Foundation |
2021  | Cowboy Bebop | Netflix
| Blackout |
| Kitz |
| Moby Dick |

### Upcoming Projects

Year(s)  | Name of Series  | Network

|
|

| Yu Yu Hakusho |
| Andor |

## References

1. ↑ "About". scanlinevfx.com. http://scanlinevfx.com/about. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
2. ↑ "Netflix to Acquire Scanline VFX, Effects Studio That Has Worked on Stranger Things, Cowboy Bebop, Eternals and More". Variety. 22 November 2021. https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/netflix-acquires-scanline-vfx-stranger-things-1235116974/.
3. ↑ "Bringing More VFX Magic to Our Members With the Acquisition of Scanline VFX". https://about.netflix.com/en/news/bringing-more-vfx-magic-to-our-members-with-scanline-vfx.
4. ↑ "Netflix Q1 2022 SEC filing". https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065280/000106528022000144/ex991_q122.htm.
5. ↑ "The 80th Scientific & Technical Awards 2008". oscars.org. https://www.oscars.org/sci-tech/ceremonies/2008. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
6. ↑ "The 83rd Academy Awards 2011". oscars.org. https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2011. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
7. ↑ "Film | Special Visual Effects in 2014". awards.bafta.org. http://awards.bafta.org/award/2014/film/special-visual-effects. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
8. ↑ "The 86th Academy Awards 2014". awardsdatabase.oscars.org. https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2014. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
9. ↑ "9th Annual VES Awards". visualeffectssociety.com. https://www.visualeffectssociety.com/portfolio-items/2010-9th-annual-ves-awards/?portfolioCats=29. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
10. ↑ "66th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners". emmys.com. https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2014/outstanding-special-visual-effects. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
11. ↑ "71st Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners". emmys.com. https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2019/outstanding-special-visual-effects. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
12. ↑ "2019 HPA Awards". hpaonline.com. https://hpaonline.com/nominees-and-winners/2019-hpa-awards/. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
13. ↑ "18th Annual VES Awards". visualeffectssociety.com. https://www.visualeffectssociety.com/portfolio-items/2019-18th-annual-ves-awards/?portfolioCats=29. Retrieved 2020-03-13.

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