ICON Studios Competitors

WARNER BROS. is a global leader in all forms of entertainment and their related businesses across all current and emerging media and platforms. A WarnerMedia Company, the fully integrated, broad-based Studio is home to one of the most successful collections of brands in the world and stands at the forefront of every aspect of the entertainment industry from feature film, television and home entertainment production and worldwide distribution to DVD and Blu-ray, digital distribution, animation, comic books, video games, product and brand licensing, and broadcasting. The company’s vast library, one of the most prestigious and valuable in the world, consists of more than 61,000 hours of programming, including nearly 6,500 feature films and 3,000 television programs comprised of tens of thousands of individual episodes. Warner Bros. has employees in over 30 countries. The company is headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios lot, 142 acres in Burbank, California, which is considered one of the foremost motion picture and television production and post-production facilities in the world and is also home to 35 soundstages (including one of the world’s tallest stages, which has an in-ground tank capable of holding more than two million gallons of water). Warner Bros. Studio Facilities also manages the company’s studio in the U.K., Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, which is a 160-acre production facility that has been the production site of many highly acclaimed Warner Bros. movies including the eight Harry Potter films.

Founded by George Lucas in 1975, ILM creates iconic moments that inspire the imagination. Home of Lighter Darker: The ILM Podcast. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Since 1975, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) has set the standard for visual effects, creating some of the most stunning images in the history of film. At the forefront of the digital revolution, ILM continues to break new ground in the field not only in visual effects but now virtual reality, augmented reality, immersive entertainment, and virtual production. ILM is the leading effects facility in the world, with studios located in San Francisco, Vancouver, London, Sydney, and Mumbai. The company serves the motion picture, television, streaming, commercial production, and attraction industries. ILM has created visual effects for over 500 feature films and television shows.

Framestore is a Bafta and Oscarawarding winning creative studio that offers a range of visual effects, production, direction and post production services to its film and integrated advertising clients. It is famous for its VFX work for films such as Gravity, Harry Potter and Avatar, its CGI recreation of Audrey Hepburn for Galaxy and its pioneering virtual reality (VR) experiences, such as Game of Thrones: Ascend the Wall for HBO. Framestore is based in London, New York, Montreal and LA, with its four locations providing animation, colour grading, concept art, design, digital, digital imaging, film VFX, interactive installations, Labs, live action production and direction, previsualisation (previs) and visual development.