Led by VFX supervisor Henry Badgett, alongside CG supervisor Dave Cook and 2D supervisor Graham Day, BlueBolt has revealed it delivered 138 VFX shots to help recreate the vibrant 1930s pre-war era of Focus Features’ Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. The final Downton film follows Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery) as she makes her way through … Read more
Led by VFX Supervisor Richard Frazer, BlueBolt delivered 125 VFX shots to help recreate the hard-hitting and perilous world of Victorian London’s boxing scene for the first season of Disney Original series A Thousand Blows, created by Steven Knight. As the main VFX studio on the project, BlueBolt created digital environment work for key story … Read more
Led by VFX Supervisor Henry Badgett, BlueBolt delivered 280 VFX shots as main vendor, for the Disney+ Original murder-mystery series Shardlake. BlueBolt’s work was focused on invisible world building environment work including a CG monastery, the principal setting for the story. Both the exterior and interior of Saint Donatus Monastery needed to be established in … Read more
Napoleonic coding Henry Badgett from BlueBolt explains the team’s approach that secured Napoleon a place on the Academy’s visual effects longlist. Ridley Scott described his recent epic Napoleon as “a character study with violence, with action, with everything you got”, as opposed to another history lesson. The 2023 Apple original drama, written by David Scarpa and … Read more
BlueBolt created the VFX for the third series of MRC/Hulu’s hit satirical comedy drama series The Great – based loosely on the life of Catherine The Great, Empress of all Russia and starring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult. BlueBolt have delivered VFX for all three series as lead VFX studio. Led by VFX Supervisor David … Read more
BlueBolt recently completed work on “Seven Kings Must Die”, the feature-length, final chapter of Carnival Films/Netflix’ popular historical drama The Last Kingdom, having created visual effects for all five previous seasons, as the sole VFX studio. BlueBolt have delivered more than 3,500 VFX shots over the past eight years, working in close collaboration with producers … Read more
Independent, London-based visual effects studio BlueBolt has expanded its senior management team. BlueBolt’s Co-Founders, Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor and Angela Barson welcome Tracy McCreary, Henry Badgett and Nic Birmingham onto the Board of Directors. BlueBolt’s new board directors are led by Tracy McCreary, who has served as Managing Director since 2020. Alongside Tracy are multi award-winning BlueBolt … Read more
Based on the William Gibson book of the same name, The Peripheral follows a young woman as she takes a job controlling a character in a VR game—or so she thinks. She soon discovers that the futuristic, deserted London of the game is in fact the real world of the future and the character she’s … Read more
Based on the 2012 Bethan Roberts novel and set in 1950s Brighton, My Policeman is a romantic drama in which police officer Tom carries on a same-sex love affair while being married to a schoolteacher, Marion. Homosexuality is illegal, and Tom must also deal with the consequences when his wife discovers his infidelity. The story … Read more
BlueBolt has announced their involvement in Becoming Elizabeth, the new eight part drama from STARZ. The series tells the story of a young Elizabeth Tudor (Alicia von Rittberg) at the time when her father dies and her pre-teen brother is crowned king. A power struggle ensues between various families and powerful individuals, as Elizabeth and … Read more
Based on the legend of Prince Amleth, The Northman is a revenge thriller from director Robert Eggers that chronicles the story of a Viking who seeks to rescue his kidnapped mother and avenge the death of his murdered father. The film stars Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk, and Willem … Read more
Having been the lead vendor on all previous seasons, BlueBolt have completed the fifth and final season of The Last Kingdom, delivering an impressive 782 VFX shots for the hit show produced by Carnival Films for Netflix. The VFX requirements for this project were vast and varied and included elaborate environment extensions, sprawling CG armies, … Read more
BlueBolt revealed their involvement for the new Drama Republic supernatural crime series, The Irregulars, streaming on Netflix. Starring Thaddea Graham and Darci Shaw, The Irregulars is an eight episode drama series set in Victorian London following a gang of delinquent teens who are manipulated into solving crimes for Doctor Watson and Sherlock Holmes. The BlueBolt … Read more
BlueBolt has announced the internal promotion of Tracy McCreary from executive producer to managing director. Joining co-founders Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor (CEO) and Angela Barson (creative director), McCreary will be involved in helping to push the company forward in its growth and scope of work. McCreary joined the BlueBolt team in 2015 after a substantial career working … Read more
BlueBolt was lead VFX studio for The Great, the satirical, hour long, comedic drama. Broadcast on Channel 4, The Great follows the unlikely rise and spectacular reign of feminist trailblazer Catherine the Great (Elle Fanning),the longest reigning female ruler in Russian history. Created by The Favourite co-writer, Tony McNamara and produced by MRC Television for … Read more