Last season the visual effects for Game of Thrones was handled primarily by two VFX studios, Screen Scene and Blue Bolt, and both did a fabulous job. This year, due to increased VFX work, these two smaller studios have had to bow out and Thrones producers went searching for a larger VFX studio to take over. It appears they have found their replacement.

Ran from Westeros.org did some digging and found that VFX studio Pixomondo appears to be taking over the special effects work for Game of Thrones‘ second season. Not only is the show’s logo prominently featured on their home page, but they mention working on Thrones in this press release.

Pixomondo is an international visual effects company boasting 24-hour production capabilities, sharing projects across a global network of 11 facilities in Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Berlin, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Beijing, London, Munich, Burbank, Toronto and Hamburg. Founded by CEO Thilo Kuther in 2001, Pixomondo has created visual effects for more than 30 feature films including Hugo, Super 8, Fast Five, Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, 2012, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Ninja Assassin and Sucker Punch. The company is currently in production on upcoming features including Red Tails, Snow White and the Huntsman, and TV series including Terra Nova and the upcoming season of Game of Thrones. In addition to visual effects, Pixomondo delivers the full range of creative, production and post services required to produce design-driven storytelling for commercials and special venue projects.

Here is Pixomondo’s showreel:



Winter Is Coming: Sounds good to me. I haven’t actually seen any of their work but it seems like an impressive list. Given what Screen Scene and Blue Bolt were able to do on with less manpower and (probably) a smaller budget, I’m anxious to see what Pixomondo can do this season. Although, I’m not gonna lie, I am a bit nervous about fully CG direwolves.