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.) * ''

Beverly Hills Chihuahua ''Beverly Hills Chihuahua'' is a 2008 American comedy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures, the first in the ''Beverly Hills Chihuahua'' series. It is directed by Raja Gosnell and was released on October 3, 2008. The films stars Piper Perabo, ...

'' (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 Apr ...

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

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

Lucky Number Slevin ''Lucky Number Slevin'' (also known as ''The Wrong Man'' in Australia, ''The 7 Affair'' in Spain, ''Hitman for Hire'' in Mexico and ''Check-Mate'' in Brazil) is a 2006 neo-noir action crime thriller film directed by Paul McGuigan and written by ...

'' Ascendant Pictures / Weinstein Co. * '' Saw 2'' Evolution Entertainment / Twisted Pictures * '' Hotel for Dogs'' DreamWorks Pictures / Nickelodeon Movies * '' Resident Evil: Apocalypse'' Screen Gems Studio/Davis Films/Impact * ''

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'' 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 st ...

'' Senator Films/New Line Cinema * '' New York Minute'' Warner Bros. * ''

My Baby's Daddy ''My Baby's Daddy'' is a 2004 American comedy film, directed by Cheryl Dunye. Plot Childhood friends Lonnie, G, and Dominic have a rude awakening when they find out their girlfriends are pregnant. Lonnie and G have sons names Carver and Bruce-Ler ...

'' 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 the ...

'' Warner Bros. * ''

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'' 49th Parallel * ''

Against the Ropes ''Against the Ropes'' is a 2004 American sports drama film directed by Charles S. Dutton (in his feature film directorial debut) and starring Meg Ryan and Omar Epps. The story is a fictionalized account of boxing manager Jackie Kallen, the first ...

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

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'' 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, ...

'' 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 fo ...

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

S1M0NE ''Simone'' (stylized as ''S1M0̸NE'') is a 2002 American satirical science fiction film written, produced, and directed by Andrew Niccol. It stars Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Evan Rachel Wood, Rachel Roberts, Jay Mohr, and Winona Ryder. The s ...

'' New Line Cinema * ''

Who Is Cletis Tout? ''Who is Cletis Tout?'' is a 2002 comedy film written and directed by Chris Ver Wiel and starring Christian Slater, Richard Dreyfuss, Portia de Rossi, RuPaul, and Tim Allen. The film is about mistaken identity getting in the way of recovering a st ...

'' Fireworks / Paramount Classics * ''

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'' Columbia Pictures * '' Caveman's Velentine'' Franchise Pictures / Jersey Films / Universal Studios * ''

Finding Forrester ''Finding Forrester'' is a 2000 American drama film written by Mike Rich and directed by Gus Van Sant. In the film, a black teenager, Jamal Wallace ( Rob Brown), is invited to attend a prestigious private high school. By chance, Jamal befriend ...

'' Columbia Pictures * '' Nutty Professor II: The Klumps'' Universal Pictures * ''

X-Men The X-Men are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, first appearing in ''The X-Men'' #1 by artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby and writer/editor Stan Lee in 1963. Although initially cancelled in 1970 due to ...

'' (Marvel Entertainment Group/Twentieth Century Fox) * ''

Thomas and the Magic Railroad ''Thomas and the Magic Railroad'' is a 2000 children's fantasy adventure film written and directed by Britt Allcroft and produced by Allcroft and Phil Fehrle. It is the only theatrical live-action/animated ''Thomas & Friends'' film in the fra ...

'' 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. Plo ...

'' 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, wa ...

'' Punch Productions / Miramax Films * ''

Dr. Dolittle Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting starting with the 1920 '' The Story of Doctor Dolittle''. He is a physician who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in t ...

'' (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 Ka ...

'' Columbia/Tri-Star Pictures * ''

The Mighty ''The Mighty'' is a 1998 American coming of age buddy comedy-drama film directed by Peter Chelsom and written by Charles Leavitt. Based on the book ''Freak the Mighty'' by Rodman Philbrick, the film stars Sharon Stone, Gena Rowlands, Gil ...

'' Alliance/Miramax * '' Flubber'' (Disney) * ''

Mimic MIMIC, known in capitalized form only, is a former simulation computer language developed 1964 by H. E. Petersen, F. J. Sansom and L. M. Warshawsky of Systems Engineering Group within the Air Force Materiel Command at the Wright-Patterson AFB in ...

'' (Dimension Films/Miramax) * ''

Spawn Spawn or spawning may refer to: * Spawn (biology), the eggs and sperm of aquatic animals Arts, entertainment, and media * Spawn (character), a fictional character in the comic series of the same name and in the associated franchise ** '' Spawn: ...

'' (New Line Cinema) * ''

Cube In geometry, a cube is a three-dimensional solid object bounded by six square faces, facets or sides, with three meeting at each vertex. Viewed from a corner it is a hexagon and its net is usually depicted as a cross. The cube is the on ...

'' (Canadian Film Centre) * ''

Fly Away Home ''Fly Away Home'' ( ''Flying Wild'' and ''Father Goose'') is a 1996 family drama film directed by Carroll Ballard. The film stars Anna Paquin, Jeff Daniels, and Dana Delany. ''Fly Away Home'' was released on September 13, 1996, by Columbia Pic ...

'' (Columbia Pictures) * ''

Johnny Mnemonic "Johnny Mnemonic" is a science fiction short story by American-Canadian writer William Gibson. It first appeared in '' Omni'' magazine in May 1981, and was subsequently included in ''Burning Chrome'', a 1986 collection of Gibson's short fiction. ...

'' (Tristar Pictures) * ''

The Spine Spine or spinal may refer to: Science Biology * Vertebral column, also known as the backbone * Dendritic spine, a small membranous protrusion from a neuron's dendrite * Thorns, spines, and prickles, needle-like structures in plants * Spine (zoolo ...

'' (

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)

Television

Series, unless mentioned otherwise. * ''

Planet Sheen ''Planet Sheen'' is an American CGI-animated television series. It is the third and final installment in the '' Jimmy Neutron'' franchise, the second and final spin-off television series of the film '' Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'', and a spin-off ...

'' Nickelodeon/Omation Animation Studio (now produced by

Bardel Entertainment Bardel Entertainment, Inc. is a Canadian animation studio founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1987. The studio's name comes from its founders, Barry Ward and his wife Delna Bhesania. Bardel is involved in the acquisition, development ...

) (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 The Indspire Awards, until 2012 the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, are annual awards presented by Indspire in Canada. The awards are intended to celebrate and encourage excellence in the Aboriginal community. About The awards were fir ...

'' National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation * '' Code Breakers'' - MOW Orly Adelson 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 bala ...

'' 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 gr ...

'' - Pilot and Series, Fox Television * '' Dead Aviators'' – 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 reelecti ...

'' - 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'' (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 All Saints' Day, also known as All Hallows' Day, the Feast of All Saints, the Feast of All Hallows, the Solemnity of All Saints, and Hallowmas, is a Christian solemnity celebrated in honour of all the saints of the church, whether they are kno ...

'' (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 Rosma ...

'' (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 Chac ...

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

'' (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 and Michael Donovan. It originally aired on April 18, 1997, on Cana ...

'' (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 doe ...

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

Games

* '' Midnight Club 3'' (Rock Star Games, intro sequence)

C.O.R.E. Toons

* ''

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 Ce ...

'' (Decode Entertainment) * ''

Dragon Tales ''Dragon Tales'' is an animated 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 Pictures Television, Ses ...

'' (CBC/Sesame Workshop/Sony Pictures Television/Decode Entertainment/PBS) * ''

Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends ''Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends'', sometimes shortened to ''Sunny Patch'', is a CGI-animated children's television series produced by Nelvana in association with AbsoluteDigital Pictures and Callaway Arts & Entertainment as a follow-up to ...

'' ( 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 ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in ...

'' (Decode Entertainment/CBC) * ''

The Save-Ums! ''The Save-Ums!'' is a Canadian CGI animated children's television series produced by Decode Entertainment. The series premiered on Discovery Kids as part of the Ready Set Learn programming block on February 24, 2003, and ended on July 11, 2006 ...

'' (Decode Entertainment/Discovery Kids/CBC/The Dan Clark Company) * '' Franny's Feet'' (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 served ...

'' (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 20 ...

'' (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'' (Decode Entertainment/Jim Henson Productions/Kids' WB) * ''

Iggy Arbuckle ''Iggy Arbuckle'' is an animated series that premiered in Canada on Teletoon in June 2007. Based on a comic strip from National Geographic Kids, the show is created by Guy Vasilovich, and focuses on a pig (Iggy Arbuckle) who happens to be a ...

'' (Blueprint Entertainment/National Geographic Kids/Teletoon) * '' Planet Sketch'' (Decode Entertainment/Aardman Animations/Teletoon) * ''

'' (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 Se ...

'' (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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{{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