C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures was a Canadian film and television

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special effects studio based in Toronto, and founded at the end of March 1994. Its productions included fully animated television series and feature films. C.O.R.E. signed a production partnership deal with Radar Pictures.

History

C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures was started in 1994 by John Mariella, Kyle Menzies, Bob Munroe and

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. Its first and only animated feature film, ''

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'', was distributed by

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. It met with unfavourable critical and commercial reaction. With 400 temporary employees. As with most Canadian F/X firms, a rising exchange rate, coupled with a decline in employment due to the economic downturn, would take a negative toll on C.O.R.E. After failing to secure a loan guarantee from the provincial government of Ontario, C.O.R.E. ceased operations on March 15, 2010.

C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures

* '' Killshot'' (Weinstein Co./Film Colony/A Band Apart/Lawrence Bender Prods.) * ''

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'' (Walt Disney Pictures) * ''

Firehouse Dog ''Firehouse Dog'' is a 2007 American family film produced by Regency Enterprises and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Directed by Todd Holland, it stars Josh Hutcherson, Bruce Greenwood, Dash Mihok, Steven Culp and Bill Nunn. It was released Apri ...

'' (New Regency Prods./Twentieth Century Fox) * ''

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'' Davis Films / Wander Star / TriStar / Columbia * ''

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'' Ascendant Pictures / Weinstein Co. * '' Saw 2'' Evolution Entertainment / Twisted Pictures * ''

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'' DreamWorks Pictures / Nickelodeon Movies * '' Resident Evil: Apocalypse'' Screen Gems Studio/Davis Films/Impact * '' Siblings'' Canadian Film Centre * ''

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'' Warner Bros. * ''

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle ''Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle'' (released in some international markets as ''Harold & Kumar Get the Munchies'') is a 2004 American buddy stoner comedy film directed by Danny Leiner, written by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, and starr ...

'' Senator Films/New Line Cinema * '' New York Minute'' Warner Bros. * '' My Baby's Daddy'' Miramax Films * ''

Malibu's Most Wanted ''Malibu's Most Wanted'' is a 2003 American comedy film written by and starring Jamie Kennedy and co-starring Taye Diggs, Anthony Anderson, Blair Underwood, Regina Hall, Damien Dante Wayans, Ryan O'Neal, and Snoop Dogg. The film is written by t ...

'' Warner Bros. * '' Nothing'' 49th Parallel * ''

Against the Ropes ''Against the Ropes'' is a 2004 American sports film, sports Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Charles S. Dutton (in his List of directorial debuts, feature film directorial debut) and starring Meg Ryan and Omar Epps. The story is ...

'' Cort-Madden Productions/Paramount Pictures * '' They'' Radar Pictures * ''

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'' Pandora/Miramax Films * ''

Blade II ''Blade II'' is a 2002 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Blade, directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by David S. Goyer. A sequel to '' Blade'' (1998), it is the second installment in the ''Blade'' franchise, f ...

'' New Line Cinema * ''

The Time Machine ''The Time Machine'' is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895. The work is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle or device to travel purposely and selectively for ...

'' DreamWorks Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures * ''

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'' New Line Cinema * '' Who Is Cletis Tout?'' Fireworks / Paramount Classics * ''

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'' Columbia Pictures * '' Caveman's Velentine'' Franchise Pictures / Jersey Films / Universal Studios * '' Finding Forrester'' Columbia Pictures * '' Nutty Professor II: The Klumps'' Universal Pictures * ''

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'' (Marvel Entertainment Group/Twentieth Century Fox) * '' Thomas and the Magic Railroad'' Gullane Pictures / Destination Films * ''

Knockaround Guys ''Knockaround Guys'' is a 2001 American action crime thriller film starring Barry Pepper, Vin Diesel, Seth Green, John Malkovich and Dennis Hopper. It was filmed in locations in the U.S. and Canada including the small town of Delia, Alberta. P ...

'' New Line Cinema * '' Snow Day'' Paramount Pictures / Nickelodeon Movies * ''

A Walk on the Moon ''A Walk on the Moon'' is a 1999 drama film starring Diane Lane, Viggo Mortensen, Liev Schreiber and Anna Paquin. The film, which was set against the backdrop of the Woodstock festival of 1969 and the United States's Moon landing of that year, w ...

'' Punch Productions / Miramax Films * '' Dr. Dolittle'' (Twentieth Century Fox) * ''

The Big Hit ''The Big Hit'' is a 1998 American action comedy film directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Che-Kirk Wong, and stars Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate, Bokeem Woodbine, Antonio Sabàto Jr., China Chow, Avery Brooks, Lainie Kazan, ...

'' Columbia/Tri-Star Pictures * '' The Mighty'' Alliance/Miramax * '' Flubber'' (Disney) * '' Mimic'' (Dimension Films/Miramax) * ''

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'' (New Line Cinema) * ''

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'' (Canadian Film Centre) * ''

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'' (Columbia Pictures) * ''

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'' (Tristar Pictures) * '' The Spine'' (

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)

Television

Series, unless mentioned otherwise. * '' Planet Sheen'' Nickelodeon/Omation Animation Studio (now produced by

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) (O Entertainment) * ''

The Tudors ''The Tudors'' is a historical fiction television series set primarily in 16th-century England, created and written by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime. The series was a collaboration among ...

'' * '' National Aboriginal Achievement Awards'' National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation * '' Code Breakers'' - MOW

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Productions/ESPN Original Entertainment * ''

Kevin Hill ''Kevin Hill'' is an American legal drama that aired on UPN from September 29, 2004 to May 18, 2005. It was filmed and produced in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Synopsis The series stars Taye Diggs as the title character, a lawyer who has to bal ...

'' Kevin Hill Prods. Inc./ABC, Inc. * '' Anonymous Rex'' - Pilot Fox Television/ Sci-Fi * ''

Wonderfalls ''Wonderfalls'' is an American comedy-drama television series created by Todd Holland and Bryan Fuller that was broadcast on the Fox television network in 2004. The show centers on Jaye Tyler (Caroline Dhavernas), a recent Brown University gra ...

'' - Pilot and Series, Fox Television * ''

Dead Aviators ''L'Oiseau Blanc'' (English: ''The White Bird'') was a French Levasseur PL.8 biplane that disappeared in 1927 during an attempt to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight between Paris and New York City to compete for the Orteig Prize. ...

'' – MOW Temple Street/Showtime/CBC * ''

The Music Man ''The Music Man'' is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey. The plot concerns con man Harold Hill, who poses as a boys' band organizer and leader and sells band instruments ...

'' - MOW The Disney Channel * ''

Spinning Boris ''Spinning Boris'' is a 2003 American comedy film directed by Roger Spottiswoode and starring Jeff Goldblum, Anthony LaPaglia and Liev Schreiber. In the film, Boris Yeltsin secretly hires three American consultants during his 1996 reelection ca ...

'' - MOW Dufferin Gate Productions/ Showtime * ''

Salem Witch Trials The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused. Thirty people were found guilty, 19 of whom w ...

'' - MOW Alliance Atlantis Communications/Spring Creek Productions * ''

Tru Confessions ''Tru Confessions'' is a 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie directed by Paul Hoen and is based on the book of the same name by Janet Tashjian. Tru Walker ( Clara Bryant) aspires to be a famous filmmaker. She has a twin brother Eddie (Shia LaBeouf ...

'' (The Disney Channel, MOW) * ''

The Zack Files ''The Zack Files'' is a science fiction television program based on a book series of the same name, written by Dan Greenburg. This series was shot in Toronto, Ontario. In August 2004, Goldhill Home Media released the first season on DVD. Plot The ...

'' (Decode Entertainment for Fox Family/Channel 4) * '' The Rats'' (Cort-Madden Productions/Fox Television, MOW) * '' Prancer Returns'' (USA Studios, MOW) * '' The Feast of All Saints'' (Dufferin Gate/Showtime, miniseries) * '' Jett Jackson: The Movie'' (Alliance/Atlantis & The Disney Channel, MOW) * ''The Four Seasons'' (MOW) * '' Don Giovanni: Leporello's Revenge'' (Rhombus Media/CBC, MOW) * ''

Model Behavior ''Model Behavior'' is a 2000 television film that aired on ABC's ''The Wonderful World of Disney'' anthology series. The film starred Maggie Lawson, Justin Timberlake in his film debut, and Kathie Lee Gifford, and was directed by Mark Rosman. ...

'' (Disney Telefilms/The Wonderful World of Disney, MOW) * ''

PSI Factor ''Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal'' is a Canadian science fiction drama television series which was filmed in and around Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and aired 88 episodes over four seasons from 1996 to 2000. In 1996, Christopher Chacon an ...

'' (Atlantis/Alliance/CTV, Seasons I, II, III & IV) * '' Sandy Bottom Orchestra'' (Dufferin Gate Productions/Showtime, MOW) * ''

'' (Temple Street/Showtime/CBC, MOW) * ''

Sea People The Sea Peoples are a hypothesized seafaring confederation that attacked ancient Egypt and other regions in the East Mediterranean prior to and during the Late Bronze Age collapse (1200–900 BCE).. Quote: "First coined in 1881 by the Fren ...

'' (Temple Street/Showtime, MOW) * '' John Woo's Once a Thief'' (Alliance Communications) * ''

LEXX ''Lexx'' (also known as ''LEXX: The Dark Zone Stories'' and ''Tales from a Parallel Universe'') is a science fiction television series created by Lex Gigeroff and brothers Paul Donovan (writer), Paul and Michael Donovan (producer), Michael Dono ...

'' (TiMe Film/Salter Street Films) * ''

Shock Treatment ''Shock Treatment'' is a 1981 American musical comedy film directed by Jim Sharman, and co-written by Sharman and Richard O'Brien. It is a follow-up to the 1975 film ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show''. While not an outright sequel, the film do ...

'' (Alliance/CBS, pilot) * '' Government of Playhouse'' (cancelled pitch pilot) * '' Tek War'' (Atlantis Films)

Games

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Midnight Club 3 ''Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition'' is a 2005 racing video game developed by Rockstar San Diego and published by Rockstar Games. It is the third installment in the '' Midnight Club'' series. Like previous installments in the series, the game is an ...

'' (Rock Star Games, intro sequence)

C.O.R.E. Toons

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Dudson Dudson is a British company that manufactured tableware, glassware and porcelain, in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. It is one of the oldest brands of its industry in England, founded in 1800. The former pottery works is the location of the Dudson C ...

'' (Decode Entertainment) * ''

Dragon Tales ''Dragon Tales'' is an animated educational television, educational fantasy children's television series created by Jim Coane and Ron Rodecker and developed by Coane, Wesley Eure, Jeffrey Scott, Cliff Ruby and Elana Lesser and produced by Sony Pi ...

'' (CBC/Sesame Workshop/Sony Pictures Television/Decode Entertainment/PBS) * '' Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends'' ( Nelvana/AbsoluteDigital Pictures/Callaway Arts) * '' Prehistonic Planet'' (Taffy Entertainment/Mike Young Productions/Sixteen South/HIT Entertainment/Blueprint Entertainment/DQ Entertainment/Telegael Teoranta/TG4/Star Utsav/CBC Television/CBeebies/Discovery Kids) * '' The Naughty Naughty Pets'' (Decode Entertainment/CBC) * '' The Save-Ums!'' (Decode Entertainment/Discovery Kids/CBC/The Dan Clark Company) * ''

Franny's Feet ''Franny's Feet'' is a children's animated television series created by Cathy Moss and Susin Nielsen. The show was produced by Decode Entertainment (now WildBrain) with the participation of Family Channel and in association with Channel Five B ...

'' (Decode Entertainment/Family Channel/PBS) * ''

Adventures from the Book of Virtues ''Adventures from the Book of Virtues'' is an American animated children's television series based on the books '' The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories'', and ''The Children's Book of Virtues'', both by William Bennett, who serve ...

'' (PorchLight/FOX/Kristin/PBS) * ''

The Hoobs ''The Hoobs'' is a live-action/animated children's television series created and produced by The Jim Henson Company and Decode Entertainment for Channel Four. Five series of 52 episodes were produced. Concept Channel 4 announced in November ...

'' (Decode Entertainment/Jim Henson Productions/Sesame Workshop/Hit Entertainment/PBS Kids Sprout Originals) * ''

Angela Anaconda ''Angela Anaconda'' is an animated children's television series created by Joanna Ferrone and Sue Rose. The show ran for three seasons, from 1999 to 2001, for a total of 65 episodes. Premise The show focuses on the adventures of an eight-year- ...

'' (Decode/Fox Family/Teletoon) * '' Yam Roll'' (CBC/Decode Entertainment/Spectra Animation) * ''

Brats of the Lost Nebula ''Brats of the Lost Nebula'' is a science fiction television series for kids. It combines puppetry and computer animation. The series follows five orphaned children from different war-torn planets. As they search for their surviving family members ...

'' (Decode Entertainment/Jim Henson Productions/Kids' WB) * '' Iggy Arbuckle'' (Blueprint Entertainment/National Geographic Kids/Teletoon) * ''

Planet Sketch ''Planet Sketch'' is an animated television series produced by Aardman Animations and Decode Entertainment. The show was first aired on CITV on September 10, 2005, and later began airing on the Canadian network Teletoon starting on November 19, 2 ...

'' (Decode Entertainment/Aardman Animations/Teletoon) * '' Planet Sheen'' (Nickelodeon/Omation/Cookie Jar Entertainment) * ''

Chop Socky Chooks ''Chop Socky Chooks'' is a computer-animated action series produced by Aardman Animations, Decode Entertainment, and Cartoon Network Europe that ran on Cartoon Network from 7 March 2008 until 24 July 2009. It was created and directed by Sergio ...

'' (Decode Entertainment/Aardman Animations/Cartoon Network Studios) * '' Paws & Tales'' (Providential Pictures) * ''

Urban Vermin ''Urban Vermin'' is a Canadian animated television series produced by Decode Entertainment for YTV. The series was broadcast for a single season of 26 episodes, airing from October 8 to November 12, 2007. Premise ''Urban Vermin'' is a story abo ...

'' (Decode Entertainment) * ''

Super Why! ''Super Why!'' (stylized as ''Super WHY!'') is a CGI-animated superhero preschool television series created by Angela C. Santomero (who also created ''Blue's Clues'') for PBS Kids and aimed for preschoolers ages 3 to 6. Produced by New York ...

'' (Decode Entertainment/Out Of The Blue Enterprises/PBS)

Animated films

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References

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{{Authority control Canadian animation studios Companies based in Toronto Mass media companies established in 1994 Mass media companies disestablished in 2010 Defunct film and television production companies of Canada Digital media 1994 establishments in Ontario 2010 disestablishments in Ontario