The Telegraph reports, that an American company Adobe is preparing to acquire the British visual-effects company The Foundry. This studio specializes in developing high-quality CGI-software for Warner Bros, Sony Pictures, Pixar. The company has over 20 thousand clients from entertainments industry. The Foundry was founded in 1996 and currently the company employs 370 people.

The Foundry was up for sale since late last year. Its owners from Carlyle wants to get around £150-200 million for the deal. The Foundry is a profitable business. In 2014 this company earned £10m. One of the most popular tools from the company is called Nuke. it was used during the production of various films, including Edge of Tomorrow, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avatar and The Twilight. This software stitches together different layers of filming with green screen animation and CGI. It’s incredibly complicated.