LONDON
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Independent London VFX house Milk is creating the visual effects for Fox’s TV action-thriller “24: Live Another Day
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part of its expanding roster of TV and feature projects, as it celebrates its debut year in business.
Milk is working with Fox as the lead VFX studio on “24: Live Another Day” – currently airing on Sky 1 in the UK and around the world – to create
a mix of CG and effects work for the heart-stopping series. In addition to the typical action-packed “24” repertoire of explosions, Milk has so far created the CG drones that chase Jack Bauer through London; blood enhancement; effects work including CG water, fire and smoke; explosions and a range of effects to be revealed in upcoming episodes.
Set and shot in London, the 12 episode one-hour event series “24: Live another Day” follows the dramatic exploits of heroic agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland). It isthe first US drama to shoot in the UK following the implementation of the high-end TV tax incentive in April 2013.
Will Cohen, CEO and founder of Milk VFX, said, “We were extremely excited to be asked to be part of a UK “24.” Working on a high-profile television show that is chasing transmission is always a challenge but Milk is well set up in terms of technical pipeline and experienced key crew to be able to turn around VFX shots very quickly, at a high standard.”
Milk is currently in production on the forthcoming eighth series of“Doctor Who” featuring Peter Capaldi for the BBC and the new TV drama “Jonathan Strange
& Mr Norrell“ a seven part mini-series due to be broadcast on BBC One in the UK in 2015.
On the feature film side, Milk is completing work on Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures’ “Hercules” for director Brett Ratner. Milk is also creating a mix of CG and effects work for Alex Garland and DNA Films forthcoming sci-fi thriller “Ex-Machina”which was shot in Norway and in the UK and is currently in post production.
Milk recently won a British Academy Television Craft Awardfor its
visual effects
work on the BBC’s “Doctor Who” 50
th anniversary special
, “The Day of the Doctor
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During its debut year Milk has completed work on the BBC’s two most recent landmark “Doctor Who” TV specials: the 50th anniversary special “The Day of the Doctor”
and the Christmas special “The Time of the Doctor;” the third series of Hartswood Films’ “Sherlock;” Sky’s TV special – “David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive 3D”
(Sky/Atlantic); and feature film “47 Ronin.”