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Imaginarium Games

Virtual Production & MoCap
Open roles
0
Founded
2011
Employees
11-50
Offices
2

About Imaginarium Games

The Imaginarium Studios is a Performance capture and Virtual production studio founded in 2011 by actor-director Andy Serkis and film-producer Jonathan Cavendish. Headquartered in London at Pinewood Studios, it is a leading studio in applying and developing performance capture and virtual production tools to create emotionally engaging and believable digital characters for next-generation storytelling across film, television, games, AR, VR, and mixed reality.

Studio Services:
The studio specializes in body, hand, prop, and facial capture, along with bespoke audio recording and real-time streaming into engines like Unreal Engine. They provide full performance capture, pre- and post-visualization services with a custom virtual production toolkit, and can deploy to live action sets and site-specific locations for events. Their comprehensive services include production and creative consultancy, casting, script development, character development, rehearsal coaching, and movement coaching, aiming to guide clients through the entire creative process.

Key Projects:
The Imaginarium Studios has contributed to major productions including the films Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, as well as acclaimed video games such as Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Star Wars Battlefront II, and titles from The Dark Pictures Anthology (e.g., Man of Medan, Little Hope, House of Ashes).

More about Imaginarium Games

Leadership:

  • Key People: Andy Serkis (Co-Founder), Jonathan Cavendish (Co-Founder), Matthew Brown (CEO)

Technology & Innovation:
The studio pioneered streaming motion capture data into Epic's Unreal engine and continues to innovate with custom Unreal Engine builds and MetaHuman animator processes. They have developed bespoke Head Mounted Camera systems for high-quality facial capture and unique tools for high-quality hand data capture. They collaborate with professional audio teams to capture production-quality audio alongside physical performance.

Notable credits

8 credits
  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes
  • Avengers: Age of Ultron
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens
  • Hellblade: Senua"s Sacrifice
  • Star Wars Battlefront II
  • The Dark Pictures Anthology (Man of Medan
  • Little Hope
  • House of Ashes)

Offices

Where Imaginarium Games is based

2 locations
  • London office

    London, England, United Kingdom
  • Atlanta office

    Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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