The Great

Elle Fanning stars as Empress Catherine II and Nicholas Hoult as the Emperor Peter III in the second season of British-American-Australian comedy-drama, The Great.

From some very stabby CG knives, to blood splatters, fire FX, clean up - and even a puddle of wee - Absolute were really excited to be working on a favourite 'dramedy'.

19 November 2021

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The Credits

Creator: Tony McNamara

Post-Production: Absolute
VFX Supervisors: Phil Oldham, Scott Simmonds
Junior Compositor: Kristin Kaas-Lutsberg
Executive VFX Producer: Danny Duke

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Absolute is an award-winning visual effects studio, home to a wealth of world-class artists and with a broad range of services for both Longform and Shortform work.

About Absolute

Originally operating within the commercial realm, circa 2015 saw the studio begin collaborations with filmmakers and content creators across feature films and episodic productions. Absolute have crafted effects across feature films featuring Hollywood stars such as Mads Mikkelsen (Return Of The Goat), Jude Law (The Nest) and Emma Stone (Maniac). Meanwhile, their episodic portfolio boasts solutions for BBC (Great Expectations), Disney+ (Super/Natural) and Prime Video UK (The Rig), whilst How To Be A Person for Channel 4 won a BAFTA.

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