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Tuesday February 26, 2013

Amid Oscars Fanfare, Visual Effects Industry Faces Difficult Times

Life of Pi won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects, but the studio that helped bring to life the tiger Richard Parker is now facing bankruptcy in a increasingly volatile industry. AP via Twentieth Century Fox hide caption

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Amid Oscars Fanfare, Visual Effects Industry Faces Difficult Times

February 26, 2013 • In a business where effects-laden movies bring in hundreds of millions of dollars, many of the studios that create those effects are barely staying afloat.