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The Moving Picture Company (MPC) is a post production facility creating digital visual effects and computer animation for feature films, commercials, music videos and television. A wholly owned subsidiary of Technicolor, MPC has facilities in London, Los Angeles, Vancouver, New York and Bangalore.

Recent film projects include Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 & 2 (David Yates); X-Men: First Class (Matthew Vaughn); Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Rob Marshall) and Sucker Punch (Zack Snyder). Other notable work includes Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Michael Apted); Clash of the Titans (Louis Leterrier); Prince of Persia (Mike Newell); Robin Hood (Ridley Scott) and The Wolfman (Joe Johnston).

Recent commercials that MPC has worked on include; Cadbury 'Spots V Stripes,' Virgin Atlantic 'It', Cravendale 'Cats with Thumbs', Evian 'Skating Babies,' and Sky '360'.

MPC have been one the most successful post production companies in the UK for over 25 years.

Currently in production

  • Man of Steel (film)
  • Dark Shadows (film)
    Dark Shadows (film)
    Dark Shadows is an upcoming supernatural drama film based on the 1966-1971 gothic soap opera of the same name. The film is directed by Tim Burton and stars Johnny Depp as the vampire Barnabas Collins. It is scheduled to be released on , 2012 in both conventional and IMAX theaters.-Synopsis:In 1752,...

  • John Carter of Mars
    John Carter of Mars (film)
    John Carter is a 2012 American epic science fiction film featuring John Carter, the heroic protagonist of Edgar Rice Burroughs' 11-volume Barsoom series. In the film, former Confederate captain John Carter is transported to Mars...

  • Jack the Giant Killer
    Jack the Giant Killer (2012 film)
    Jack the Giant Killer is an upcoming fantasy / adventure film based on the fairy tale of the same name. The film is directed by Bryan Singer and stars Nicholas Hoult as the titular hero with a script written by Darren Lemke, Christopher McQuarrie and Dan Studney...

  • Life of Pi
    Life of Pi (film)
    Life of Pi is an upcoming 3D fantasy adventure film based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Yann Martel. The film is directed by Ang Lee based on an adapted screenplay by David Magee. Suraj Sharma, who has no previous acting experience, will play Pi...

  • Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
    Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
    Journey 2: The Mysterious Island is an upcoming American 3D action-adventure film directed by Brad Peyton and the sequel to the 2008 film Journey to the Center of the Earth....

  • Wrath of the Titans
    Wrath of the Titans
    Wrath of the Titans is an upcoming fantasy film and sequel to the 2010 film, Clash of the Titans. The film stars Sam Worthington, Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, Danny Huston, Édgar Ramírez, Bill Nighy, Toby Kebbell and Rosamund Pike with Jonathan Liebesman directing a screenplay by Dan Mazeau, David...

  • 47 Ronin
  • Prometheus
    Prometheus (film)
    Prometheus is an upcoming science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba and Logan Marshall-Green. The film was originally intended as a direct prequel to the 1979 science fiction horror film Alien...

  • Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
    Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
    Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is an upcoming 2011 British-American action mystery film directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey, and Dan Lin. It is a sequel to the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes, based on the character of the same name created by Sir Arthur...

  • World War Z
    World War Z (film)
    World War Z is an upcoming post-apocalyptic horror film based on the novel of the same name by Max Brooks. The film is directed by Marc Forster and stars Brad Pitt, with a script written by J. Michael Straczynski and Matthew Michael Carnahan. The film is scheduled to be released on December 21,...


Completed productions

  • Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
    Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
    Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is a 2011 adventure fantasy film and the fourth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean series...

  • X-Men: First Class
    X-Men: First Class
    X-Men: First Class is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics starring the X-Men.-Publication history:The original series was an eight-issue limited series. It began in September 2006 and ended in April 2007. It was written by Jeff Parker and penciled by Roger Cruz...

  • Source Code
    Source code
    In computer science, source code is text written using the format and syntax of the programming language that it is being written in. Such a language is specially designed to facilitate the work of computer programmers, who specify the actions to be performed by a computer mostly by writing source...

  • Fast Five (film)
    Fast Five (film)
    Fast Five is a 2011 action film written by Chris Morgan and directed by Justin Lin. It is the fifth installment in the Fast and the Furious film series. It was released first in Australia on April 20, 2011, and then in the United States on April 29, 2011...

  • Sucker Punch
    Sucker Punch (film)
    Sucker Punch is a 2011 action-fantasy thriller film, directed by Zack Snyder and co-written by him and Steve Shibuya. It is Snyder's first film based on an original script. The film stars Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, and Oscar Isaac...

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 is a 2011 epic fantasy film directed by David Yates and the second of two films based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the eighth and final instalment in the Harry Potter film series, written by Steve Kloves and produced by David...

  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
    The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
    The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a 2010 3D fantasy-adventure film based on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third novel in C. S. Lewis's epic fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia . It is the third installment in The Chronicles of Narnia film series from Walden Media...

  • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
    Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (film)
    Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a 2010 sword-and-sorcery action film written by Jordan Mechner, Boaz Yakin, Doug Miro, and Carlo Bernard; directed by Mike Newell; produced by Jerry Bruckheimer; and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures...

  • Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
    Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
    Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief is a 2010 fantasy-adventure film directed by Chris Columbus. The film is loosely based on The Lightning Thief, the first novel in the Percy Jackson & The Olympians series by Rick Riordan...

  • Robin Hood
    Robin Hood (2010 film)
    Robin Hood is a 2010 British/American adventure film based on the Robin Hood legend, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett...

  • Clash of the Titans (2010 film)
    Clash of the Titans (2010 film)
    Clash of the Titans is a 2010 fantasy and action remake of the 1981 film of the same name . The story is very loosely based on the Greek myth of Perseus. Directed by Louis Leterrier and starring Sam Worthington, the film was originally set for standard release on March 26, 2010...

  • Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
    Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
    Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is an American adventure comedy film directed by Shawn Levy, and starring Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, Amy Adams, Owen Wilson, Robin Williams, and Steve Coogan. The film is a sequel to Night at the Museum...

  • The Wolfman (2010 film)
  • The Surrogates (film)
    The Surrogates (film)
    Surrogates is a 2009 American science fiction-action film, based on the 2005–2006 comic book series of the same name. Directed by Jonathan Mostow, it stars Bruce Willis as FBI Agent Tom Greer who ventures out into the real world to investigate the murder of surrogates, Radha Mitchell plays Greer's...

  • Dorian Gray (2009 film)
  • G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
  • Angels & Demons
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a 2009 fantasy film directed by David Yates and based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the sixth instalment in the Harry Potter film series, written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman and David Barron...

  • Watchmen (film)
    Watchmen (film)
    Watchmen is a 2009 superhero film directed by Zack Snyder and starring Malin Åkerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Patrick Wilson. It is an adaptation of the comic book of the same name by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons...

  • Quantum of Solace
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
    The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
    The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is a 2008 epic fantasy film based on Prince Caspian, the second published, fourth chronological novel in C. S. Lewis's epic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. It is the second in The Chronicles of Narnia film series from Walden Media, following The...

  • 10,000 BC
  • Fred Claus
    Fred Claus
    Fred Claus is a 2007 Christmas family-comedy film produced and directed by David Dobkin, written by Dan Fogelman and Jessie Nelson, and starring Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti.-Plot:...

  • Sweeney Todd
    Sweeney Todd
    Sweeney Todd is a fictional character who first appeared as then antagonist of the Victorian penny dreadful The String of Pearls and he was later introduced as an antihero in the broadway musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and its film adaptation...

  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2007 fantasy film directed by David Yates and based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the fifth instalment in the Harry Potter film series, written by Michael Goldenberg and produced by David Heyman and David Barron...

  • Elizabeth: The Golden Age
  • Casino Royale
    Casino Royale (2006 film)
    Casino Royale is the twenty-first film in the James Bond film series and the first to star Daniel Craig as fictional MI6 agent James Bond...

  • Sunshine
    Sunshine (2007 film)
    Sunshine is a 2007 British science fiction film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland about the crew of a spacecraft on a dangerous mission to the Sun. In 2057, with the Earth in peril from the dying Sun, the crew is sent to reignite the Sun with a massive stellar bomb with the mass...

  • Poseidon
    Poseidon
    Poseidon was the god of the sea, and, as "Earth-Shaker," of the earthquakes in Greek mythology. The name of the sea-god Nethuns in Etruscan was adopted in Latin for Neptune in Roman mythology: both were sea gods analogous to Poseidon...

  • X-Men: The Last Stand
    X-Men: The Last Stand
    X-Men: The Last Stand is a 2006 superhero film and the third in the X-Men series. It was directed by Brett Ratner and stars an ensemble cast including Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Kelsey Grammer, Anna Paquin, Shawn Ashmore, Aaron Stanford, Vinnie Jones,...

  • Da Vinci Code
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a 2005 fantasy film directed by Mike Newell and based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the fourth instalment in the Harry Potter film series, written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman...

  • The Corpse Bride
  • Wallace and Gromit
    Wallace and Gromit
    Wallace and Gromit are the main characters in a series consisting of four British animated short films and a feature-length film by Nick Park of Aardman Animations...

  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's book by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of the eccentric chocolatier, Willy Wonka....

  • Batman Begins
    Batman Begins
    Batman Begins is a 2005 American superhero action film based on the fictional DC Comics character Batman, directed by Christopher Nolan. It stars Christian Bale as Batman, along with Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy, Morgan Freeman, Ken Watanabe, Tom Wilkinson,...

  • Kingdom of Heaven
    Kingdom of Heaven (film)
    Kingdom of Heaven is a 2005 epic action film directed by Ridley Scott and written by William Monahan. It stars Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, David Thewlis, Marton Csokas, Brendan Gleeson, Kevin McKidd, Alexander Siddig, Ghassan Massoud, Edward Norton, Jon Finch, Michael Sheen and Liam...

  • Alexander
    Alexander (disambiguation)
    -Human names and groups:*Alexander, the name, together with a list of persons called Alexander*Alexander the Great , king of Macedonia*Alexander , persons with the surname Alexander*Aleksander , a Hasidic Jewish group...

  • Wimbledon
    Wimbledon (film)
    Wimbledon is a 2004 romantic comedy film directed by Richard Loncraine. The film centers on a washed-up tennis pro named Peter Colt and an up-and-coming tennis star named Lizzie Bradbury during the Wimbledon Championships.The film was dedicated to Mark McCormack, who died on 16 May 2003 after...

  • Alien vs Predator
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a 2004 fantasy film directed by Alfonso Cuarón and based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the third instalment in the Harry Potter film series, written by Steve Kloves and produced by Chris Columbus, David Heyman and Mark Radcliffe...

  • Troy
    Troy
    Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, located in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey, southeast of the Dardanelles and beside Mount Ida...

  • Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
  • The Medallion
    The Medallion
    The Medallion is a 2003 action-comedy film co-written and directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Gordon Chan, and starring Jackie Chan, Lee Evans, and Claire Forlani...

  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a 2002 fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the second instalment in the Harry Potter film series, written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman...

  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, released in the United States and India as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, is a 2001 fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. The film is the first instalment in the Harry Potter film series,...


Awards

2011
  • APA Showcase Diamond, Cadbury ‘Spots V Stripes’,
  • APA Showcase Diamond, Cravendale ‘Cats with Thumbs’,
  • APA Showcase Diamond, Curry's 'Star Wars'
  • APA Showcase Diamond, Drench ‘Cubehead'
  • APA Showcase Diamond, Fosters 'Suncream'
  • APA Showcase Diamond, Hovis ‘Farmers Race’
  • APA Showcase Diamond, Ikea ‘Kitchens’
  • APA Showcase Diamond, John Lewis 'Tribute to Givers'
  • APA Showcase Diamond, McDonald's 'Weather'
  • APA Showcase Diamond, Skoda ‘Mean Green’
  • APA Showcase Diamond, Stella Artois 'Respect'
  • APA Showcase Diamond, Virgin Atlantic ‘IT’
  • AEAF Winner for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial, Skoda 'Mean Green'
  • Cannes Lions Film Craft Bronze Award, Cadbury, Spots v Stripes
  • Cannes Lions Film Craft Bronze Award, Drench, Cubehead
  • D&AD Silver Pencil for Best Special Effects, Drench, Cubehead
  • Creative Circle Gold Award for Best Computer Graphics, Virgin Atlantic, 001
  • VES Award Winner for Outstanding Animated Commercial, Cadbury's Spots V Stripes
  • BAFTA Nomination for Special Visual Effects, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
  • Academy Award Nomination for Best Visual Effects, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
  • VES Nomination for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects, Robin Hood
  • VES Nomination for Outstanding Animated Character, Reepicheep, Narnia - Reepicheep
  • VES Nomination for Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program or Commercial, Drench, Cubehead
  • VES Nomination for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Live Action Commercial, DirecTV, Ice Cream
  • VES Nomination for Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program or Commercial, Travelers


2010
  • Eurobest Silver Award Winner for Best Special Effects, John Lewis, Always a Woman
  • Eurobest Bronze Award Winner for Best Special Effects, Drench, Cubehead
  • British Arrow Award Winner for Best CGI, Cadbury's Spots V Stripes
  • British Arrow Award Winner for Best Colourist, Mark Gethin MPC’s Mark Gethin grades Halo 3 ODST: The Life
  • British Arrow Award Winner for Best CGI, Kerry LowLow, Mouse
  • British Arrow Nomination for Best CGI, Plane Stupid, Polar Bears
  • British Arrow Silver Award for Best VFX, Kerry LowLow, Mouse
  • British Arrow Nomination for Best VFX, Drench, Cubehead
  • British Arrow Nomination for Best VFX, Cadbury's Spots V Stripes
  • British Arrow Nomination for Best Colourist, Jean-Clement Soret John Lewis, Always a Woman
  • LIA Bronze Award Winner for Best Visual Effects; John Lewis, Always a Woman
  • MVA Nomination for Best Telecine; Jean-Clement Soret, The Temper Trap 'Love Lost'
  • D&AD Nomination for Best Special Effects; Plane Stupid, Polar Bears
  • D&AD Nomination for Best Special Effects; Virgin Media, Fantastic Journey
  • AICP Nomination for Best Visual Effects; 4Creative Launches New ‘House of Imagination’ Brand Film for Syfy
  • AICP Nomination for Best Visual Effects; Coca-Cola, Finals
  • Prix Ars Electronica Hononary Mention; Plane Stupid, Polar Bears
  • Creative Circle Gold Award Winner for Best Special Effects; Heinz 'Bottle'
  • Creative Circle Gold Award Winner for Best Special Effects; Channel 4, Chatty Man
  • Creative Circle Gold Award Winner for Best Poster; McDonalds - Piccadilly Circus, World Cup
  • Creative Circle Gold Award Winner for Best Idea in 40 seconds; McDonalds 'Techy Types'
  • BAFTA Nomination for Best Visual Effects; Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
  • VES Nomination for Outstanding VFX in a Commercial; Kerry LowLow, Mouse
  • VES Nomination for Outstanding VFX in a Commercial; Plane Stupid, Polar Bears
  • VES Nomination for Outstanding Animated Character; Evian, Skating Babies
  • VES Nomination for Outstanding Compositing in a Commercial; Kerry LowLow, Mouse


2009
  • ILA Gold Award for Best Visual Effects; Evian 'Skating Babies'
  • Music Video Award Winner for Best Telecine; Paul Harrison, Paolo Nutini 'Candy'
  • Promax/BDA Gold Award for Best Idents; Sky
  • VES Nomination for Outstanding Created Environment in a Broadcast Program or Commercial; Wrigley’s ‘Fruit Shredder’
  • VES Nomination for Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture; ‘Narnia, Prince Caspian’
  • ELAN Award Winner for Best Animated Character; Reepicheep, Narnia 'Prince Caspian'


2008
  • BTA Craft Award for Best Colourist, Saab 'Turbo'
  • Visual Effects Society Awards Winner for Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series, 'Rome II'
  • Escape Awards Nomination for Best Visual Effects in a Film, 'Sunshine'


2007
  • EUROBEST Gold Award Winner for Best Visual Effects, Sony 'Paint'
  • BAFTA Craft Winner for Best Visual Effects, Sky One 'Hogfather'
  • Oscar Nomination for Best Visual Effects, ‘Poseidon’
  • BTAA Nomination for Best 60 seconds Commercial, Audi 'Satellite'
  • Creative Circle Silver, Best Special FX - Channel 4 Idents 'Tokyo'


2006
  • Campaign Magazine for Commercial of the Year, Sony 'Paint'
  • Promax Gold for Best Graphics, Channel 4 'Idents'
  • Academy Award Nomination for Outstanding Visual Effects, 'Poseidon'
  • VES Award Nomination for Outstanding Visual Effects for a TV Programme' - 'Hogfather'
  • VES Award Nomination for Outstanding Visual Effects for a music promo, The Killers 'Bones'

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