Projects

Production
In the nine year history of the company, we've worked on the following movies.

 

The Chronicles of Riddick

Universal Studios hired Hammerhead Productions to create the world of the Necromongers in the sequel to Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick.

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The Chronicles of Riddick

American Wedding

For American Wedding, Hammerhead Productions was asked to augment the steam covering a window in the "peeping tom" sequence at the end of the film.

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American Wedding

2 Fast 2 Furious

Hammerhead Productions created roughly 150 shots in the "Bridge Race" sequence of 2 Fast 2 Furious.

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2 Fast 2 Furious

X2

For the sequel to the original X-men, Hammerhead Productions was again asked to contribute roughly 20 shots of Wolverine's claws, both extended and in action for X2.

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X2

The Core

For The Core, Hammerhead Productions was asked to help create the destruction of Rome.

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The Core

White Oleander

Hammerhead contributed a half dozen shots to White Oleander in two sections of the film.

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White Oleander

Delusion

Hammerhead Productions provided visual effects design and production for Delusion, a short film directed by Jason Heightman.

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Delusion

Tuxedo

Hammerhead created a single but important shot for the film Tuxedo.

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Tuxedo

Blue Crush

Hammerhead Productions provided over a dozen shots for Blue Crush, supervised by Jon Farhat.

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Blue Crush

Undercover Brother

Hammerhead Productions provided the climactic shot for the demise of "Feather" in Undercover Brother.

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Undercover Brother

Joe Somebody

Hammerhead Productions created one shot for the FOX film, Joe Somebody.

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Joe Somebody

Showtime

Hammerhead delivered over 120 shots for Showtime, including a series of dramatic composites for the film's finale. We created a variety of fully CG elements for these shots, including helicoptors, water, and the rooftop pool area.

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Showtime

The Fast and the Furious

For The Fast and the Furious, hammerhead productions delivered 70 visual effects shots. They were primarily in the "das boot" sequence...

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The Fast and the Furious

Dr. Dolittle 2

Hammerhead was approached by Rhythm & Hues Studios to assist on the production of 25 visual effects shots for Dr. Dolittle 2.

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Dr. dolittle 2

Red Planet

hammerhead created 70 visual effects shots for the Warner Brothers film, Red Planet.

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Red Planet

X-Men

X-Men was released on July 14, 2000 to the largest opening weekend gross of any non-sequel film, and Hammerhead created the effects for over 100 of it's shots.

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X-men

Woman on Top

Hammerhead did the majority of the visual effects work for the romantic comedy Woman on Top, starring Penelope Cruz.

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Woman on top

Deep Blue Sea

With Hammerhead's interest in all things shark, we were interested in Deep Blue Sea from the start, and were the primary vendor of CG sharks for the production.

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Deep Blue Sea

For Love of the Game

In For Love of the Game, we created CG baseballs for shots when the motion of the ball was too specific to be captured during photography, or when the desired ball trajectory might have put an actor's safety at risk.

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For Love of the Game

Supernova

Supernova is a film that Hammerhead produced, and while Digital Domain is responsible for the bulk of the effects, we pitched in on a few sequences.

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Supernova

Paulie

For Paulie, we animated the beak of the lead character for 12 shots during the final scene of the movie.

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Paulie

U.S. Marshals

For U.S. Marshals, we created smoke and debris elements to add to a motion control shot of an explosion on a passenger jet.

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U.S. Marshals

Sphere

A last minute change to the ending for Sphere, led to the series of composites we quickly did for this movie.

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Sphere

Flubber

In Flubber, we created 25 shots of the green goo that the film is named after.

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Flubber

Titanic

For Jim Cameron's epic Titanic, we did a few shots of dolphins, as well as one of the transitions of part of the ship from the present to the past.

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Titanic

Spawn

Spawn was directed by a good friend of ours, Mark Dippe. He wanted to make the eyes of the title character a little more interesting, but didn't have much time or money.

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Spawn

Summary

We've had a great time working on these films, and have enjoyed seeing our abilities to create top-quality effects quickly, and relatively inexpensively, proven in production. Since the ability to produce effects is our core talent, we know that any movies that we create ourselves will have a large visual effects component, and the experience of working on films like the ones listed here, helps us to refine our production process.

Production

Supernova

Supernova
Supernova was a project that was started as Hammerhead was founded in 1995. Dan Chuba wrote the script, and Jamie and Thad created a short trailer for the pitch that sold United Artists on the project. After many years traversing the studio system and production process, the film was released in January, 2000. Jamie Dixon and Dan Chuba produced the film, along with Ralph Singleton. Hammerhead also contributed about 20 effects shots, with the majority of the other FX shots done by Digital Domain.

Bram Stoker's Shadowbuilder

Shadowbuilder
Bram Stoker's Shadowbuilder is directed by Jamie Dixon, and was the first film that we produced at Hammerhead. It's a modestly budgeted live-action thriller with special effects used to create the Shadowbuilder and his minions. We filmed it in Toronto during the summer of '96, and we worked through the fall and early winter creating over 200 effects shots. The effects were a tremendous success; we hired a few good freelance people, trained them to use our own in-house tools, and did all the shots in a little over four months. Shadowbuilder was the closer at Spain's San Sebastian Horror Film Festival for which it garnered the coveted "Spiked Tic Award". It also won the "Silver Bat Award" for best visual effects at the Rome Fantafestival earlier this year. Shadowbuilder is now available for rental on vhs in video stores around the country, and is for sale in a DVD version with directors commentary and production notes. (Look for it at www.dvdshowcase.com)