Germany’s Woodblock Expands Animation Production From Las Vegas’ Sphere to New Fantasy, Sci-Fi Series and Beyond

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• Woodblock Woodblock, one of the few independent European studios to have created content for the the Sphere’s 360-degree screens, created 80 minutes of sci-fi-inspired visuals for electronic music artist Anyma’s “The End of Genesys” show at the venue in 2024.
• It is also gearing up for its second Sphere project, animated visuals for the immersive “Odyssey” concert series by electronic dance music star Illenium kicking off in March.
• Popular on Variety Anyma’s “The End of Genesys” show at the Sphere Woodblock While the Woodblock team is enjoying the experience of working in the immersive space, they are also eager to explore more traditional and original animated storytelling on the big and small screens, CEO Ilija Brunck and CCO and director Fabian Pit Pross tell Variety.
• The company is partnering with Berlin-based production and distribution group DCM on one of its newest projects, “Dark World,” a globe-trotting, fantasy-horror series by Moritz Mohr, the German writer-director behind the blood-drenched, Sam Raimi-produced 2023 Bill Skarsgård actioner “Boy Kills World.” The series follows a teenage boy who forms an unlikely alliance with the Fairy Queen of Celtic lore to search for malevolent mythical creatures from around the world, among them the Yeti, Baba Yaga and a Lady Dracula — not to destroy them, but to save them from impending doom.